strange fruit

The Citrus maxima--pummelo (name derived from the same Dutch word that led to the French pamplemousse for "grapefruit") or, less commonly, shaddock--is huge, wicked hard to get into, and extremely tasty. Like grapefruit, only sweeter.

A very handsome specimen, not unlike the one heres_luck and I consumed tonight, can be seen here.

A Tahitian pummelo tree, and an even more impressive Chinese one (scroll down).

In Cambodia, they sell pummelo on the streets.

Here's a picture that lets you see just how thick the pith is.

And for scale, this page has pictures of a pummelo with a person and (my favorite) a pummelo with a Rottweiler.