Thread: Watermelon

Originally Posted by davisbonanza

Well thanks I guess..... I was pretty happy although that was before I cut into that 20 lb melon to find it wasn't ripe yet. I guess I'm just a happy guy!

I'm just kidding with ya. It'd be cool to be able to successfully grow fruit. I've been thinking about doing my own spices but I've never been too hot with plants. Apparently you have to water them. Whoda thunk it

Originally Posted by IsaacRN

Watermelon was something special provided by my grandfather. The great thing that he taught us was to sprinkle salt on the watermelon. This brings out the sweetness...you should try it some time.

That's pretty funny, because...I was just about to post the exact same thing. My grandfather loved salt of his watermelon and I even ate it that way from time to time.

Watermelon with seeds in it is getting harder and harder to find.

I did score one a couple weeks back, and the flavor, juiceyness, and overall awesomeness was far and away better than all of the seedless varieties they hawk nowadays.



JimR- I have always been bemused by the melon section of Japanese grocery stores. Each melon or cantaloupe carefully wrapped, and damn expensive too!

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Watermelon with seeds in it is getting harder and harder to find.

I did score one a couple weeks back, and the flavor, juiceyness, and overall awesomeness was far and away better than all of the seedless varieties they hawk nowadays.



JimR- I have always been bemused by the melon section of Japanese grocery stores. Each melon or cantaloupe carefully wrapped, and damn expensive too!

Don't I know it, man. Melons especially get me...wrapped in paper, boxed and then wrapped again...

And the foam wrapped peaches costing $5 each...

If you go to the "cheap" grocery stores, you'll find less expensive watermelons (still higher than the States, of course) and they're not individually wrapped, but you're right--the Japanese practice of individually wrapping fruit is stunning to me. I've seen ONE BANANA carefully wrapped in a plastic bag...why? Fruit has its own bag!!!