Curse seedless watermelon and all of it’s deliciousness!
Today I had 3 cups of watermelon for breakfast. That is a lot of freaking watermelon, let me tell you! A huge amount of fruit, in fact. Yet I am still hungry. 3 cups of watermelon actually turned out to be 2 cups of edible fruit and 1 cup of water (I know this because my tupperware thingy has cup measurements on the side, showing me 1 cup of pink water in the bottom of said container right now.) That 2 cups of edible fruit compacts down into about 2 tbsp of solid material after all is said and done. I thought to myself this morning that there is no way I could eat 3 cups of watermelon, that I would have at least a cup left over because my tummy would be so full of fiberous fruit that there would be no room for anything else. I was wrong about that! 3 cups of any other food (except perhaps marshmallows or possibly some sort of broth) would have left me full for the entire day.
3 cups of tacos? Delicious and filling. 3 cups of spaghetti? Full until bedtime. 3 cups of steak? I don’t think I could finish that much! But noooooo, watermelon has to be the crappy, non-filling food. Tomorrow I am making french toast, scrambled eggs, and bacon for breakfast to make up for today! Well, in reality I will probably have some Cap’n Crunch, but I will still be more full than I am at this moment!
My stomach is growling right now, as though it contains a tiny, angry bear. I am never eating fruit as a meal on it’s own again. Stupid fruit!
While your fruit-inspired rage is indeed quite formidable, I’m not sure this thread is quite…substantial enough for the Pit. I’ll move it over to our appetizer bar, MPSIMS.
I defend watermelon. It was never intended to be a serious food product. Watermelon is a playful, edible, fun and frolicking food type substance that reduces strangers into 7 year old kids as they happily spit seeds together. Seedless watermelon is just not right.
I just spent twenty minutes composing an invective-filled reply about the Great Satan that is watermelon. In fact 30% of the words were variations of the “f-word”. I thought it was quite creative. Now, because of Giraffe, I can’t do it.
I appreciate the support, ArizonaTeach. Watermelon is tasty and until now had not been something I felt the need to pit but after my horrible breakfast experience this morning it needed to be done.
Mmmm, I love watermelon. I haven’t had any yet this year. The weather’s been so cool, gray, and rainy that it just hasn’t felt right yet. But it’s clearing today and I may buy some this weekend. Then I shall live on watermelon for two or three days because there’s just something special about the first watermelon of the year. I know a lot of people like them cold, but I like to leave one on the counter till it’s room temperature and the flavor is at it’s zenith. About one watermelon a day will take care of me. Cut it open for breakfast and then its about a third of the watermelon for each meal. You don’t find it filling because you’re not eating enough of it.
Hey, I don’t want to be responsible for suppressing obscene screeds against melon, or any fruit for that matter. I myself am working on a short film about how granny smith apples are destroying families and poisoning the oceans.
So, if such a screed exists, by all means post it. MPSIMS can handle a few f-words. Perhaps I’ll have a clown in sad makeup reading it aloud in the background of my film.
I went to Belize last summer, and my favorite thing about the trip was that just about every restaurant and bar had watermelon juice. There’s nothing more refreshing after a dive than a tall cool glass of watermelon.
Especially with rum.
I wish it was more readily available here in the US.
And if you eat a substantial amount of watermelon in the evening - say, for dessert after dinner - you get the added benefit of having to get up and pee multiple times all night. I believe it’s a natural diuretic.
Watermelons are quite easy to grow Lightnin’. My personal favorites for home use are Sugar Babies. The plants remain rather small and will yield 3-4 small bowling ball sized fruits. They are a good personal size and make a wonderful popping sound when you whack 'em with a machete.
My dreams of being a watermelon rancher went kaput last year when it ceased to rain in Georgia. I probably have 50 plants this year. Watermelons make great gifts.
Watermelon juice is proof the Gods love us and want us to be happy. When I first began to travel Asia was my first exposure to it. Available, made fresh before your eyes, on every street corner.
Just cut into chunkage, toss into blender, add as dash of any combo of the following; simple syrup, rum or just a little water, for a tad more viscosity, hit puree, pour over ice into a tall glass and hit the hammock.
Truly the nectar of the Gods, I have infected all of my friends with the addiction now!
No one is arguing that they aren’t tasty, just that they aren’t filling. Well, other people might be but I am not. They are delicious but it seems to me that they are natures version of lite cool whip.
