Watermelon, classic or...classic?

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Is watermelon the perfect food? It is sweeter than heaven itself, it quenches one's thrist, it's bright pink, it comes in a cool green wrapping, it makes great punch, it is the ideal complement to a big BBQ, it is fabulous frozen....

But what I really want to know is: what's the deal with seedless watermelon? How do they get the seeds out of there? Is it some kind of genetic tinkering? That scares me. Picking out watermelon seeds is perhaps the only downside of watermelon (although spitting them out and gauging the distance is k-classic, in the right company), so I want to get behind the seedless stuff, but something tells me to be afraid.

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 18 August 2003 04:51 (twenty-two years ago)

It's not genetic tinkering, but it's tinkering. It's all about convincing the fruit to ripen before it produces black seeds.

BTW:
3 parts watermelon
1 part ice
1 part vodka
blend well.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 18 August 2003 04:54 (twenty-two years ago)

This is late in the season for watermelons, anyway. For the prime melons, you have to wait until next year.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 18 August 2003 04:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Why not eat the seeds? They're tasty and crunchy. Did I miss something poisonous being in there?

― nestmanso (nestmanso), Monday, 18 August 2003 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

apparently not, if you're still with us

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 18 August 2003 04:59 (twenty-two years ago)

it IS genetic tinkering (of the mendel sort, not the modern laboratory sort)

if you take a normal diploid and cross it with a quadroploid, you get a triploid -- the seedless watermelon!! (2n x 4n --> 3n)

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

whoops, forgot something

― electric fnord of carcinogens (electricsound), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

(the x means 'crossed with', not 'multiplied by', you math pedants)

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

wow, mendel. that's bringing back 8th grade science class.... thanks, geeta!

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Makes good barbecue sauce, too.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

it IS genetic tinkering (of the mendel sort, not the modern laboratory sort)

*light bulb*

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:08 (twenty-two years ago)

what geeta said--tinkering with genetics, just not actively arranging and re-arranging the genome itself

or something

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I totally want a slice of Friendly's Watermelon Roll now, dammit.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:26 (twenty-two years ago)

It's too, um, watery for me and I'm not too fond of the texture, but watermelon + cool whip is yummy. (normally I hate cool whip)

― oops (Oops), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:35 (twenty-two years ago)

What, so I really *am* the only person alive who hates watermelon?

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't worry, it doesn't necessarily mean we killed the others.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 18 August 2003 05:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't like watermelon either. And I'll eat almost anything. Too much water, too messy ... and yeah don't really dig the texture either.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Monday, 18 August 2003 06:15 (twenty-two years ago)

where's trife when you want him to be around to talk some shit?

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 18 August 2003 06:17 (twenty-two years ago)

add to my complaints I don't even like the taste.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Monday, 18 August 2003 06:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Do you watermelon-haters also hate cucumber? Because I find these afflictions are linked.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 18 August 2003 06:47 (twenty-two years ago)

when I was in Jordan, there were a huge number of ppl selling watermelon, which had usually already been cut into slices ready for consumption. The sensible ones (who appeared to be very much in the minority) had set up their stalls under canopies to protect them from the searing heat, but most were selling their watermelon on uncovered stalls so it was all dried up and most unappetising! It usually had flies crawling on it too which the traders made no attempt to discourage.

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 18 August 2003 07:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I love cucumber!

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Monday, 18 August 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I love cucumber *and* I love watermelon (but not Jordanian watermelon, obv.)

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 18 August 2003 07:28 (twenty-two years ago)

i love cucumbers and watermelon!

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 18 August 2003 07:43 (twenty-two years ago)

mmm I had watermelon for breakfast. yum.

― j0e (j0e), Monday, 18 August 2003 08:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I prefer cantaloupes actually!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 18 August 2003 08:38 (twenty-two years ago)

i hate watermelon despite it being a triploid, but i like cucumber

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 August 2003 08:48 (twenty-two years ago)

with cucumbers, I think you only have to ensure that you remove the flowers as soon as they appear to get the soft colourless seeds rather than the proper hard gritty ones that can actually grow into new plants? So no genetic tinkering is actually necessary?

I think of the melons I like watermelon the best, followed by gallia and then honeydew. Never had cantaloupe.

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 18 August 2003 09:04 (twenty-two years ago)

regular un-special watermelons are diploids

(mark only eats dodecaploids: this explains why he likes marmite)

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 18 August 2003 09:13 (twenty-two years ago)

marmite crossed with nutella!!

*mendel faints*

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 August 2003 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Mendel fudged his results.

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 18 August 2003 10:02 (twenty-two years ago)

i love watermelon and hate cucumbers...

― colette (a2lette), Monday, 18 August 2003 10:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Watermelon is a good source for lycopene and beta-carotene, and it's yummy!

― Larcole (Nicole), Monday, 18 August 2003 11:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Larcole - is that a good thing?

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 18 August 2003 11:27 (twenty-two years ago)

They're both antioxidents, so yes.

― Larcole (Nicole), Monday, 18 August 2003 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

I love it so much I just get a smallish round one, cut it in half, and eat it with a spoon as though the rind were a big green bowl

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 18 August 2003 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)

When I'm finished eating my watermelon I wear the rind as a hat.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Monday, 18 August 2003 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I eat watermelons of the seedless yellow variety with much pleasure!
http://www.vegiworks.com/waty.jpg

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 18 August 2003 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh i've never had one of those, I must try it!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 18 August 2003 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.panspermia.org/reb3017.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 18 August 2003 12:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Let us praise the watermelon, source of goodness.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 18 August 2003 12:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Cut a hole in the side of a watermelon (big enough to fit the top of a bottle of dark rum inside) fill it.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 18 August 2003 12:24 (twenty-two years ago)

A novelty bottle holder, or do you pour the rum in?

< / semi-facetious but slightly confused post >

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 18 August 2003 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Pour the rum in. Make sure to empty the whole bottle.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 18 August 2003 12:31 (twenty-two years ago)

don't forget the geometric prowess of the japanese:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1740000/images/_1741980_japan300ap.jpg

cube melons!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 18 August 2003 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Hate watermelon, love cucumbers.

― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo (cindigo), Monday, 18 August 2003 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooooo, I need to make that hat!!

Also, I have watermelon, ice and vodka in the house. I know what I'm doing tonight.

― rosemary (rosemary), Monday, 18 August 2003 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)

i actually don't like it much...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 18 August 2003 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

OH DUDE WHERE'S MOMUS EVERYBODY LOOK WATERMELON CUBIST IS WEARING AN IRONIC TRUCKER HAT!!!!!!!!!!!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 18 August 2003 14:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I like honeydew melons best.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 18 August 2003 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

those are good too. i had a "honeydew melon" bubble tea in chinatown a few months ago. it was horrifying. it was greener than a patch of well-tended grass, it was so sweet as to induce toothache, and the powder didn't really mix well with the ice. it didn't taste much like honeydew either.

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 18 August 2003 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I will eat the watermelon for those of you who don't like it. Because I care.

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 18 August 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.mercermuseum.org/fonthill/Fourth of July - watermelon.jpg

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 18 August 2003 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.retrorecipe.com/parties/icecream/watermelon.jpg

http://www.furinkan.com/rumic/reviews/watermelon.jpg

― amateurist (amateurist), Monday, 18 August 2003 18:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate cucumber with a vengeance. They killed my partner two days before his retirement. But watermelon, though not my favorite people, are ok by me. I'll eat them if they're there, but I don't actively seek them out or purchase them. Mainly the texture, seeds, and messiness disagree with me, but the taste is pretty good. Watermelon and vodka and ice sounds great. Maybe we can have that at Sarah's birthday cookout.

― NA (Nick A.), Monday, 18 August 2003 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I've never tried watermelon and vodka, but watermelon margaritas are great -- I tried one after seeing my ex sprinkle a little salt on some melon.

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 18 August 2003 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Cut a hole in the side of a watermelon (big enough to fit the top of a bottle of dark rum inside) fill it.

Woah! I'm tripping my watermelon in a frenzy of dikplay

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 18 August 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

the demolition derby I went to yesterday had a 'watermelon bonus,' ie a watermelon set up in a styrofoam planter in the middle of the pit at the beginning of each heat. the car that hit it got a hundred bucks, but of course also the meeting of bumpers with other eager drivers.

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Monday, 18 August 2003 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

mmm, memories of a holiday in Istanbul. Breakfast was a buffet deal, and I ate colossal amounts of watermelon every day. Lovely.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 18 August 2003 19:58 (twenty-two years ago)

i (still) like cucumber soup.

http://www.animal.ufl.edu/iga/Picture%20of%20Meetings/2000-2001/Caribbean-tropical%20night/Refreshing%20cold%20cucumber%20soup.jpg

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 18 August 2003 20:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Mmmm, memories of chilling out with my melon during a hot Summer day in NYC on my grandfather's porch when I was 8.....

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Monday, 18 August 2003 21:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Search also the various colors of watermelons on different days in Richard Brautigan's In Watermelon Sugar

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 18 August 2003 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Watermelon and feta cheese is one of those perfect food combinations.

― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Monday, 18 August 2003 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Watermelon and feta cheese go together like bacon and ice cream.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 18 August 2003 21:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you both pregnant?

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 18 August 2003 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan is carrying my lovechild. It was a romantic night.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 18 August 2003 21:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Watermelon and feta cheese YES! Also watermelon soup YES!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Monday, 18 August 2003 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

OH NO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GAS

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 18 August 2003 22:02 (twenty-two years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1740000/images/_1741980_japan300ap.jpg

Life imitating the Simpsons?

― Leee (Leee), Monday, 18 August 2003 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)

3 parts watermelon
1 part ice
1 part vodka
blend well.

-- Kenan

Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream, less ice and more vodka and you have food porn! As so it has been called.

― danielle g. (danielle g.), Tuesday, 19 August 2003 07:07 (twenty-two years ago)

nine months pass...

i bought a big ass watermelon for myself and the roomate yesterday.
got it home - she refused to eat it.
she told me she hates watermelon.
she eats all sorts of other melons - just not watermelons.
what is wrong with her¿

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 12:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Watermelons are crap

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.yfinder.de/sa/hitlermelon.gif

― HAMBURGER NEURON GROUP (ex machina), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hey mistah, you dropped your melon"

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 12:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"big ass watermelon"

Anyway, I don't feel them.

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 13:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe she has issues with roommates buying her melons?

― ___ (___), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)

no, this she has no problem with.

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 8 June 2004 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

Most overrated fruit ever. So much work for so little reward!

(I'm not saying it's bad--good watermelon is indeed nice on a hot summer's day (whatever the hell that is)--but all those seeds! all that water! all that mess!)

― G00blar, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 09:23 (eighteen years ago)

Honeydew wins teh melon fite for me.

― onimo, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 09:28 (eighteen years ago)

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 11:24 (eighteen years ago)

mmm watermelons, the riper and runnier the better. i had my first yellow watermelon recently and it was dazzling.

cucumbers are best as a foil to spicy/vinegary food. also when they're turned into sour garlic pickles.

― get bent, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 11:59 (eighteen years ago)

cucumber salad with yogurt and dill is ace too.

― get bent, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:00 (eighteen years ago)

I'm a Honeydew or Gala girl, watermelon is too cucumbery for my liking.

― *rumpie*, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:48 (eighteen years ago)

Finding out some people don't like watermelon is like finding out some people don't like The Rolling Stones. I can accept it, but I'll never understand it.

― kenan, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:52 (eighteen years ago)

i love watermelon and hate cucumbers...
-- colette (a2lette), Monday, 18 August 2003 10:50 (3 years ago) Link

word. it had never occurred to me before that they could be considered even remotely similar.

still need to swing by cook-out for my annual watermelon shake before it's too late

― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:56 (eighteen years ago)

watermelons are fantastic. cucumbers are also fantastic.

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:57 (eighteen years ago)

i admire that family of fruits.

― latebloomer, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:57 (eighteen years ago)

learning that there's anybody who doesn't like watermelon is like learning there's no God & the universe is empty and cruel

― J0hn D., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 13:20 (eighteen years ago)

I love all melons, watermelons especially. But it is worth noting that honeydew becomes a new taste sensation when you squeeze lime juice on top of it.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:33 (eighteen years ago)

Melons (cantaloupe, honeydew, etc) and watermelons are related like Joseph McCarthy and Eugene McCarthy were related.

― G00blar, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)

I can't read this thread. I can't hear trash talked about my beloved welon. My parade will not be rained upon. My sundae will not be shat in. Watermelon = Classic.

― Ben Boyerrr, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:12 (eighteen years ago)

I dont like watermelon or rockmelon or any melon :( I realise I am in a minority and I can't explain why I dont like it :/

― Trayce, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 02:57 (eighteen years ago)

I like watermelon, but when it goes rotten, man does it stink!

― Kate, non masonic, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 04:57 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

watermelon is dope imo

― oj da hoosman (J0rdan S.), Friday, 22 May 2009 08:37 (sixteen years ago)

four years pass...

i have cut up six ziploc bags worth of watermelon this week. luckily, my bf and i REALLY like watermelon and we're going through it fast.

― hannah arendt you glad you didn't say banana (get bent), Sunday, 21 July 2013 19:28 (twelve years ago)

watermelon triangles (not the green part)
arugula
kalamata olives
feta
"italian dressing"

1) put watermelon
2) put arugula on it
3) put other items

^ BEST SALAD

― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Sunday, 21 July 2013 22:10 (twelve years ago)

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