 and wash your hands afterwards." --Robert Heinlein.  We've
moved!   Friday, May 14, 2010  Grapefruit Spoon  from here  In
order to understand how hard it is for my to by fruit at the
grocery store, especially citrus, I need to paint a picture for
you of how I grew up. My parents live (still) on two acres in
southern California. The backyard is mostly avocado trees other
than back porch, falling apart chicken coop, and an assortment
of apple, plum and peach trees. The front yard is mainly
landscaping, but there are still a handful of avocado trees,
several orange trees, a peach tree, a grapefruit tree, a lemon
tree, a lime tree and a tangerine tree.  As a kid, even as an
adult, when dinner is in the oven and its salmon (which it
typically is if my dad has his say) someone gets sent outside to
pick a lemon. Having breakfast for dinner, or just feel like a
nice glass of freshly squeezed orange juice? Just head down the
driveway and pick some oranges. Having tacos or making a salad
and want to add more to it? Go