Watermelon
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The perfect food if you live where it's hot; a lot; like Florida. I've probably had at least double that. I like me a $4 watermelon twice as much as a $8 watermelon though. Joe
labworm
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Tough to beat a slice of ice cold sweet watermelon in hot weather.
I don't think you are going to get many negatives when it comes to WATERMELON.
cussedemgun
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& I quote
I believe Samuel Clemmens said it best.
"when you have eaten watermellon you know what the angels eat"
Jim
I believe Samuel Clemmens said it best.
"when you have eaten watermellon you know what the angels eat"
Jim
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Watermelon by itself is great.
My grandpa used to get one, usually one he grew in the backyard, and eat it by the half. As he scooped out the meat, he'd fill it with beer. So it was more like beermelon.
I'll never forget the day I sneaked a spoonful of that for the first time.
Try it.
Sure beats my Mr's way of eating half a muskmelon with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it.
My grandpa used to get one, usually one he grew in the backyard, and eat it by the half. As he scooped out the meat, he'd fill it with beer. So it was more like beermelon.
I'll never forget the day I sneaked a spoonful of that for the first time.
Try it.
Sure beats my Mr's way of eating half a muskmelon with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it.
snowman
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With respect to all who love the stuff: I can't even eat it.
I am not a picky eater; there are precious few foods that I don't like. But don't serve me any kind of melon.
For some reason unknown to me, and probably unknown to anyone who would venture to investigate the matter, all melons trigger my gag reflex. If someone wanted to induce vomiting in me, he/she would force-feed me melon.
I guess I didn't need to participate in this thread; pardon me for striking a sour note.
Enjoy your melons, O melon enthusiasts! You need never worry that I will shrink the supply!
Andy
I am not a picky eater; there are precious few foods that I don't like. But don't serve me any kind of melon.
For some reason unknown to me, and probably unknown to anyone who would venture to investigate the matter, all melons trigger my gag reflex. If someone wanted to induce vomiting in me, he/she would force-feed me melon.
I guess I didn't need to participate in this thread; pardon me for striking a sour note.
Enjoy your melons, O melon enthusiasts! You need never worry that I will shrink the supply!
Andy
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My wife likes watermelon way more than I do and she buys a lot of them. The strange thing is , this year we have had only one really good watermelon. The rest have been just so so. Donrburg
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I stopped buying whole melons. Too much space taken up in the 'fridge, and too much waste in the rind. Since my wife won't touch them, I've got to eat all I buy. Krogers (also City Market and a bunch of other chains) have started marketing filet of watermelon. I buy those. Its not a great deal if you measure it by the pound, but if you select the pieces you buy, you get only the center sections. Boy are those good. And for a couple of bucks, you get enough for 3 servings.
I've also changed my eating methods. I used to eat it with a spoon, drilling out circular sections to munch on. Now with the filets, I use a really sharp knife and slice it into squares and put them in a bowl. A lot less mess than having a rind and soup spilling out in the plate.
Now that I think about it, I've got 2/3rds of a filet in the fridge, its ice cold, and I'm hungry.
I've also changed my eating methods. I used to eat it with a spoon, drilling out circular sections to munch on. Now with the filets, I use a really sharp knife and slice it into squares and put them in a bowl. A lot less mess than having a rind and soup spilling out in the plate.
Now that I think about it, I've got 2/3rds of a filet in the fridge, its ice cold, and I'm hungry.
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She counts her watermelons?
jag312
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I eat watermelons WITH seeds, just the way that God intended. Watermelons without seeds just don't taste as good. Watermelons that I used to get in Alabama taste better than the watermelons grown in California.
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Plant some next year, they are easy top grow. I made the mistake years ago of planting a 50' row of watermelon seeds, and I had melons coming out my ears. Home grown taste way better than you can buy anyway.
5Wire
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There's a popular variety around here called the New Hampshire Midget hybridized for the area by the University of NH. Very sweet. Other midget varieties show up in produce sections, too. Very convenient.
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If there is a better tasting fruit I haven't found it.
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Hot day...sweet, cold watermelon, a sharp spoon, some sea salt and a shade tree. Please! I long for those southern melons. Whatever they ship up here to WA state aren't as good.
I had a black First Sergeant when I extended for the 101st in Vietnam. He was a stand up guy and good as gold. When we were in the rear and the mess hall served watermelon, he would not eat it in front of the men. He thought they would laugh at him. I'd go back at get the Mess Sergeant to give me a watermelon and the First Sergeant and I would go down by the old French Pill Box at the FOB we were at and eat watermelon. Great man, he was KIA in the A Shau, wouldn't leave his men in a hot extraction of a team in contact.
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I don't care for them as food, but they're great demonstration tools for teaching kids respect for firearms. Hand a kid a .223 cartridge, ask the kid how much damage can be done to a melon, using the cartridge as a tool. Compare the size of the melon to the kid's head. Of course, the cartridge doesn't appear to pose much danger to the melon. Then, load the cartridge and fire the round into the melon (25 yards or greater range recommended to avoid unpleasantly messy results). This will hydraulically explode melon bits in a huge radius --- a dramatic and memorable lesson about the potential for damage/injury firearms can cause --- way more dramatic than punching paper, etc. Leftover scraps may be edible, if any of worthwhile size might be found...
"Okay, hon! I got dessert for the grandkids covered! Not to worry!"
"Say, kids, do y'all like watermelon? Ya do? Well, okay then. Step on back here behind the house with me and get ready!"
Ker-blammy! Watermelon shards raining down all over!
"Go and get it, kids! Run, run! Ha ha!"
I love it.
"Say, kids, do y'all like watermelon? Ya do? Well, okay then. Step on back here behind the house with me and get ready!"
Ker-blammy! Watermelon shards raining down all over!
"Go and get it, kids! Run, run! Ha ha!"
I love it.
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old dogs children and water melon wine
ohiobuckeye
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"Okay, hon! I got dessert for the grandkids covered! Not to worry!"
"Say, kids, do y'all like watermelon? Ya do? Well, okay then. Step on back here behind the house with me and get ready!"
Ker-blammy! Watermelon shards raining down all over!
"Go and get it, kids! Run, run! Ha ha!"
I love it.
Wasn't there some idiot comedian who used to smash melons with a big mallet and shower the front rows, as part of his stage act?
DeathGrip
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Gallagher!
Also infamous for the 7 dirty words you can't say on TV or here.
I thought that was George Carlin.
venomballistics
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Oh come come now .... good old Gallagher could take any of today's comedians to school
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