Why is fruit salad always chopped up into huge pieces of fruit?

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I want it to be chopped up into smaller pieces so I can get a mouthful of different fruits at once. Who's with me?

zeitgeist057 · Accepted Answer

Try a smoothie. All the fruit is cut very small so you get that blend of all of them you’re looking for.

As a former chef, we cut them larger for a number of reasons:
1. Efficiency: fewer cuts, less time, more food prepped.
2. Presentation: it looks good in larger, recognizable pieces. Too small and it also will tend to get mushy or lose shape.
3. Mouthfeel: as you said, you want multiple flavors. But the satisfaction of a single piece of fruit in a bite-sized piece is also fantastic. Unfortunately, you would need to make them 1/4 bite or smaller to fit 4 or more different pieces into a bite.

AviatorTom · Accepted Answer

To get multiple fruits, you can use a larger spoon, or spear more with a fork. The fruits are cut to the sizes they are so that the stay firm, not mushy.

Smoke-n-Growls · Accepted Answer

I don't know, the last time I had an "all chopped up" fruit salad was at an ex's SIL's house... It tasted like diapers and she put in way too much sugar.

I haven't tried one like it since.

I live in Canada, so fresh fruits are kind of a summer or fall treat. I prefer getting big chunks so I feel like I'm eating a whole fruit. And I can pick out ones I like more easily and save them for last.

But I'll have to give a smaller chopped fruit salad another try. This time I'm making it myself and adding no sugar or whatever the fuck the SIL added that made it smell like fucking diapers.

SaartjieJane · Accepted Answer

I cannot stand people chopping fruit. I wouldn’t eat fruit that someone has gone and peeled and chopped. I got goosebumps and hair on my arms stand just thinking about it while typing that. I’ll buy my fruit whole and do it all myself and most probably just eat them, not chop and make a fruit salad. I don’t like that stuff touching.

Jamesshinobi · Answer

am i with you? always. i would follow you in to the gates of Heck

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

Its more work, but more importantly if its smaller pieces there is more surface area to oxidize and the fruits become mushy more quickly. Larger pieces stay fresh longer.

FreyaRed · Answer

If you make your own fruit salad you can chop it as fine as you want. Market products are chopped into bigger pieces because people want see fruits or want those fruit pieces as single snacks.

DermalPunch · Answer

No, you see, this is where you're wrong. It will be soup if they are small.

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

Some people like bigger chunks so they can still taste the individual fruits because small chunks absorbs each other's flavor and you won't get each of it's own particular taste. And it stays fresh longer.

JakeS00 · Answer

I like bite-sized pieces. It doesn't matter to me either way.

FilmGuy93 · Answer

I always assumed that was an aesthetic and texture thing.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Yes, I agree with you I like my fruit cut into smaller pieces.

Gloree · Answer

Chop it to your desired size but not too small so it don't sort of melt cos of the water content is usually large

Anonymous · Answer

I agree, more work with the chopping, but I’m with you! 😄👍🏼

Likes2drive · Answer

I guess it’s too time consuming for the people that prepare it

Anonymous · Answer

My complaint is why does fruit salads always got to have watermelon swimming in watermelon juice at the bottom. It's nasty!

DiamondsReal · Answer

Talking about fruit I need to start eating it more often

anon1903 · Answer

Because then it'd be fruit juice

slatyb · Answer

So make your own.

Why is fruit salad always chopped up into huge pieces of fruit?

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