This particular list is in existence to rate 5 types of fruit on a scale of one to ten on the basis of what I believe the best or worst factor of the fruit, either by flavor, texture, or something different entirely. The stories are directly related to the basis of the rating, but there's no guarantee that they're real. In a way, how I rated them is a mystery until the end of the rating, so you can challenge yourself to figure out how I rated them. Alternatively you can think that they're really dumb. Those are both just suggestions though. I have absolutely no jurisdiction over what you do, and I also have no right to tell you what to do, but if you'll do anything, then perish. And now, on to the list!
5. It's midnight on a Tuesday in November. My older sister walked out of her bedroom to the kitchen for a glass of water. When she pulled the glass out of the cabinet, she didn't see the small spherical object that had snuck into it. She slowly turns on the drinking tap; Sleep hadn't left her yet. She takes a sip. Then another. She then gulps down the rest of the glass, the object going unnoticed. The object gets lodged in her throat and she chokes on it. She died of suffocation. All that we found on the scene was a broken glass, and a single grape. Grapes will forever be my enemy. 2/10 They usually aren't crisp enough. The grape in the glass, was.
4. When I was 13, I read somewhere about the starfruit. I also remember the fated day when I found this particular fruit. My sister insisted that I wouldn't like them (This was before the incident of course), but I couldn't let go of the idea of this starfruit. I raised that starfruit, put it through school. We were all happy, up until starfruits graduation. Starfruit started getting with the wrong crowd, doing despicable things that left a sour taste in my mouth when it recounted what it had done. My sister (bless her soul) was right. I didn't like it. I never did. 5/10 The banana apple mix of flavor doesn't work for me.
3. Picture this: You are laying in your favorite place (bed), scrolling through social media. You are not feeling inspired, but suddenly a post appears on your timeline. It is an orange, the most profitable commercial citron. This particular orange has had its peel cut into the shape of a human, the arms behind its back supporting the fruit itself. You see this inspirational image, you still don't feel inspired, you're mostly creeped out. You start bawling. This is life. This crying child is me, and the pulpy substance we call oranges will forever haunt me. 4/10 Not a fan of pulp, but the sweetness is nice.
2. I remember hot summer days when I was only 5. I would sit on the couch with my mom and we would eat cherries; My mom extracting the pit so that I could have the fruit itself. Things were all good, but nostalgia aside, those freaking pits get EVERYWHERE if you drop what you're keeping them in. I'm absolutely positive that there is still a cherry pit hiding somewhere in my living room. Some nights I can hear it, other nights it manifests physically. If you eat cherries, be sure that you give every single one of them a proper burial, otherwise, they'll never leave. 8/10 Nostalgically sweet.
1. This fruit is very easy to grow here in Kansas, beautiful and simple, but simultaneously not. One of the beautiful berries that you eat almost every day. You put it in cake, you use it in your meals, you use it to cleanse your soul. This fruit is the real OG, but by itself, you don't like it as much. The tomato is there for you, and will always be there for you. This fruit is my friend, and will always have a place in my heart. 10/10 This fruit loves me, and I love it back. The most versatile fruit.
(Bonus) The forbidden fruit. One person at our school ate one, the fabled tide pod. Do not be this person. This is the only real story. Plus tide pods aren't even a fruit. 0/10 Don't be stupid.
