How can you not know what a grapefruit spoon is?!

Recently I received a grapefruit from my parents. Upon bringing it back to my apartment, I realized our only grapefruit spoon was nowhere to be found. By this point, I had already cut my grapefruit in half, so I knew I had to eat it soon. I decided my only option at this point was to ask people from neighboring apartments if I could borrow a grapefruit spoon. After visiting many many different apartments, I felt like some kind of freak for asking. The most common reaction I got was a weird look and "a what?"


Anyway, this next portion is a little tutorial on grapefruit and its related utensils.


First of all, this is a grapefruit:




And this is what it looks like when it's cut open:




As you can see, it is a citrus fruit, similar to an orange or a lemon. The little triangular-ish sections are where the juicy tasty goodness is. Now this is the important part, so listen up--in order to efficiently remove said juicy goodness from the bitter skin, you use one of these:



This is a grapefruit spoon. The little serrated edges on the tip cut into the grapefruit and help you to scoop out the good parts, like so:




If you have never had a grapefruit, I recommend you go get one (and a grapefruit spoon) and eat it. If you can't figure out how to eat one, give me a call and I would be happy to split one with you and give the full walkthrough. However, you will need to bring your own spoon. I don't have one.