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Q My local veggie store is selling a heap of what looks like grapefruit but is bigger and green and labelled pomelo. What is it and how does one use it? Kabelo, Pretoria

● The season has been good for pomelos if the glut of the green citrus fruit is anything to go by; they’re everywhere. It’s the largest of all the citrus species and is unique in that it’s the only one whose juice sacs are not fused together and is often passed off as a grapefruit. The pleasant surprise is the delicate coral flesh, sweet mellow flavour without the sharpness of a grapefruit, it requires no sugar and can be eaten like an orange. It is said to have originated in Malaysia and Indonesia and grows wild in parts of China.

An excellent source of vitamin C, the thick pith and skin mean it stays fresh for a long time. Remove all the bitter white pith before eating and enjoy in a salad with prawns or other seafood and is delicious with avocado — and good breakfast fruit too.