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You know you like it!
 I once went to the grocery store and picked up a watermelon in produce. I carried it under one arm because I only wanted one other item. The store was having a promotion that day. In all the aisles, there were a few spots that were specially marked and numbered ... and every now and again when a customer was standing near one of those spots it would be announced over the intercom that the customer in aisle 6 would get something free. There I was, wandering in an aisle, with a big watermelon under my arm, standing in the right spot at the right time. Wouldn't you know it ... but I got a free bucket of fried chicken!   I took it ... and ran. Watermelon ... Let's talk about it.  |
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I would DIE without watermelon!!!
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C3 |
Best with chitterlings.
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Can't eat it...it makes the roof of my mouth burn/itch.
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I'm not gonna front. I love watermelon! It's my favorite summertime fruit, actually, it's my favorite fruit. However, I CAN NOT eat it out of season. I mean, if I see watermelon in the fall/winter, I'm not trying to have any; that would just mess up the order of things.
 *********************************** “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.†-- James Baldwin |
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 In the summer I'll go through one watermelon per week. Questions: What is the best method to pick a good watermelon? What do you consider "good"? |
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C3 |
Look for the melon with the biggest yellowish/white patch. From what I am told that shows that it had time to mature and ripen on the vine and will be the sweetest. Thumping is an old wives tale.
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I agree that eating watermelon any other time outside of summer would throw off the cosmic order of things.
But does anyone ever eat yellow meat watermelon? And if so which do you prefer red/pink or yellow meat? By the way, you can't get yellow meat watermelon in the north. At least I've never seen it.Our people have made the mistake of confusing the methods with the objectives. As long as we agree on objectives, we should never fall out with each other just because we believe in different methods, or tactics, or strategy. We have to keep in mind at all times that we are not fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as free humans in this society Malcolm X, 1965 |
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I LOVE watermelon. . .
but. . . but the SEEDLESS only.  I do NOT like eating 'around' all those damn seeds. |
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I do the COMPLETE fool and sit outside eating a big ol' piece while I spit out the seeds. That's how my sister and I ate it growing up(to prevent indoor mess), and I'm gonna eat it that way forevermore. Fun fact: Watermelon is from Africa... Egyptians grew watermelons more than 5,000 years ago, decorating wall paintings with watermelon. From Egypt, watermelon's popularity grew as traders began selling seeds along Mediterranean trade routes. By the 10th century, watermelon made its way into China and by the 13th century, the Moors introduced watermelon into southern Europe. European colonists and African slaves are credited with bringing watermelon to North America. .. ... Modern varieties of the watermelon are derived from the native African vine Citrullus lanatus (or C. vulgaris). Cultivated for thousands of years in the Nile Valley, this species still grows wild in the arid interior where it supplies native people with water during drought seasons. Wild watermelons, called citron in Africa, have a spherical, striped fruit, and white, slightly bitter or bland flesh. The pale flesh tastes like the rind of a typical watermelon. http://darwin.nmsu.edu/~molbio/plant/watermelon.html Egungun, Egungun ni t'aiye ati jo! Ancestos, Ancestors come to earth and dance! "I'm sick of the war and the civilization that created it. Let's look to our dreams, and the magical; to the creations of the so-called primitive peoples for new inspirations." - Jaques Vache and Andre Breton "Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone." -John Maynard "You know that in our country there were even matriarchal societies where women were the most important element. On the Bijagos islands they had queens. They were not queens because they were the daughters of kings. They had queens succeeding queens. The religious leaders were women too..." -- Amilcar Cabral, Return to the Source, 1973    |
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\ IMHO, seedless watermelons don't have any taste to them. I got to have my seeds to spit. Truth is undoubtedly the sort of error that cannot be refuted because it was hardened into an unalterable form in the long baking process of history... Michel Foucault Hope begets many children illegitimately and prematurely. Allie M. Frazier Beware the terrible simplifiers... Jacob Burckhardt  |
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I'm lazy that way. |
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Bad Mother Fucker |
Fuzzy Zoeller must have been the manager... Peace, AudioGuy ************************************************* "I am African, not because I was born in Africa; but because Africa was born in me" -Anonymous "The cost of Liberty is less than the cost of repression." -W.E.B. DuBois, John Brown 1909 "... can you imagine Doobie in yo' funk??!!" -G. Clinton Sense is far from COMMON! ... The tragic irony here is that a lot of African Americans may not fully recognize the implications of this decision for years to come. Stop by any barbershop, barbeque or church basement in Black America and you will hear – with distressing frequency – that old canard that "integration" ruined the Black community. William Jelani Cobb ************************************************* |
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Watermelons even have mythology:
#1 - if you swallow a seed, you will become pregnant I love yellowmeat watermelon. My auntie taught me to sprinkle salt on it and take a big bite...When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak Audre Lord |
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Vanguard |
This thread is cracking me up!
Ubuntu - I am what I am, because of who we all are. "Peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice." - MLK www.PersonalSafetyInstitute.org |
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Yesterday I walked past a supermarket and saw fresh cut watermelon on display outside. It's the friggin' end of November. No thanks!
Anyway on selecting.... "Although a seedless watermelon will ripen after it's picked, if you want it ripe when you buy it, look for a stem that's shrunken and discolored. If the stem is missing, the watermelon is too ripe; it will be mealy and dark and not taste fresh. If the stem is green - the watermelon is too green and not ripe. The skin should be dull, not shiny. Slap the melon and listen for a hollow thump. A yellow belly or the underside of the watermelon usually indicates the fruit is ripe." Anybody ever sprinkle salt on watermelon? *********************************** “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.†-- James Baldwin |
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Phoenix Rising |
It's true! That's how I got three children!  Peace, Khalliqa "The Goddess emerges as the evanescence of the inferior dissipates.... " |
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I agree with this. I look at the coloration but I also thump. Some people say that thumping is a wive's tale. It might be. But I'll confess I hoist that bad boy on my shoulder close to my ear and beat it like an Afrikan drum as I slowly turn it. I think you can detect over-ripeness that way. I've found that I pick a good one about 9 times out of 10. As for what constitutes good: I like the meat to be firm. It should offer some resistance when I sink my teeth in. But it should be crisp and squirt plenty of fresh tasting sweet juice when I bite down. I prefer it chilled. I like it with seeds or without. I've never had yellow meat before. How does it compare in taste? 
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What! you ain't had watermelon until you've sprinkled salt on it and chomped salty watermelon all the way down to the "Rime"! It's like eating green apple slices with salt. You've had that, right? I have known some ofays to pickle watermelon. RE: yellow meat watermelon. It's sweeter and more mellow at the same time, almost link a hint of papaya or maybe plum taste. When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak Audre Lord |
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  Not all melons are created equal. My b/f doesn't understand how I can love watermelon and hate cantalope/honeydew melon. Huh?  Apples and oranges, mayne!*********************************** “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.†-- James Baldwin |
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