# I Pit Watermelon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564 "2008-05-16T16:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/21 "2008-05-16T19:33:47Z")
Watermelons are evil. All that tasty lovely goodness and I can’t eat it because I’m allergic to them. Damn watermelon. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/22 "2008-05-16T19:34:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **Shagnasty** > > I pit peaches! Am I the only one who can’t eat fresh peaches because the fuzz on the outside combined with the color makes me feel like I am eating people? I like peaches and peach flavored things, but I cannot eat fresh peaches. It is soylent green, I swear! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/23 "2008-05-16T19:40:29Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] Am I the only one who can’t eat fresh peaches because the fuzz on the outside combined with the color makes me feel like I am eating people? I like peaches and peach flavored things, but I cannot eat fresh peaches. It is soylent green, I swear! [/QUOTE] Peaches and peach flavored things are disgusting. Apricots are much the same. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/24 "2008-05-16T19:41:58Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] I pit peaches! [/QUOTE] That’s great! Can you come over to my house in July and August and pit mine for me? I live close to [here](http://www.palisadecoc.com/). I can get fresh picked ones every Thursday at the Farmer’s Market. And watermelon isn’t supposed to fill you up. That’s why you can eat it after a huge meal and not get any fuller. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/25 "2008-05-16T19:51:50Z")
I need an olive pitter. ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/26 "2008-05-16T20:41:16Z")
Watermelon, like Jello, is mouth food. It’s job is to make the mouth happy, not the stomach. A big ole bacon cheeseburger, now that’s stomach food! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/27 "2008-05-16T20:46:58Z")
One of the things I look forward to with the beginning of summer is the combination of a nice long run in hot sweaty weather followed by consumption of a large quantity of watermelon. I will often go for a 10-15 mile run that leaves me pretty much exhausted and dehydrated. In summer months, I will then typically consume a half of a small watermelon or a quarter of a huge one. It tastes great and replenishes a huge amount of water. Oh, and to **Stana Claus** ’ comment, in the condition I end up in, watermelon makes my whole entire body happy. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/28 "2008-05-16T20:54:28Z")
Am I the only one who if consumes a large quantity of watermelon is pretty much guaranteed to have the squats? A little bit is alright, but a whole lot of watermelon is asking for more stomach trouble than a case of Busch light. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/29 "2008-05-16T20:55:36Z")
I’ve found it’s best not to gnaw too close to the rind (TTNOMNA) ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/30 "2008-05-16T20:56:13Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] 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! [/QUOTE] The reason you’re hungry is that watermelon is a high glycemic index food. Mostly sugar and water, very little fiber. If you want a filling fruit meal, try apples or pears instead. Personally, I find a very satisfying snack in apple slices smeared with peanut butter, even to the extent of replacing an entire small meal if I haven’t used a lot of energy that day. I know PB has fat, but apples+PB is better for you than the cookies that they’re replacing. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/31 "2008-05-16T20:59:53Z")
[QUOTE=Cosmic Relief] The reason you’re hungry is that watermelon is a high glycemic index food. [/QUOTE] Or maybe she actually has a small bear inside her stomach. I know a guy that happened to once. Man, that wasn’t good for him or the tiny bear. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/32 "2008-05-16T21:09:02Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Or maybe she actually has a small bear inside her stomach. I know a guy that happened to once. Man, that wasn’t good for him or the tiny bear. [/QUOTE] To be fair, the bear was probably more scared of him than he was of it. ---
**Author:** ![Thinks2Much](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Thinks2Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinks2Much)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/33 "2008-05-16T21:15:25Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] Am I the only one who can’t eat fresh peaches because the fuzz on the outside combined with the color makes me feel like I am eating people? I like peaches and peach flavored things, but I cannot eat fresh peaches. It is soylent green, I swear! [/QUOTE] That is the funniest thing I have seen all day! I have always hated the fuzz - I can only eat peeled sections of peach - and now I know why! ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/34 "2008-05-16T21:22:21Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] 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! [/QUOTE] Have you called your [Congressperson](http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/29/956580.aspx)? Last month they voted to declare a National Watermelon Month. > [@](#): > > On this very day your US House will vote to express its “sense” that "there should be established a National Watermelon Month. ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/35 "2008-05-16T22:43:35Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] Am I the only one who can’t eat fresh peaches because the fuzz on the outside combined with the color makes me feel like I am eating people? I like peaches and peach flavored things, but I cannot eat fresh peaches. It is soylent green, I swear! [/QUOTE] this is why I prefer nectarines to peaches; and canteloup to watermelon. Watermelon used to make me ill to my stomach just seeing it, and then I went many years not being around it and now I can tolerate its presence. One lady introduced me to yellow watermelon - which is kinda like a cantelope. those, I like! And, watermelon is totally not a fill-you-up kind of food, which is why many people get sick from eating too much of it. I think it’s meant for hydration (?) ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/36 "2008-05-16T23:06:35Z")
[QUOTE=3acresandatruck] You don’t find it filling because you’re not eating enough of it. [/QUOTE] Wiser words have never been typed. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/37 "2008-05-17T02:03:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **3acresandatruck** > You don’t find it filling because you’re not eating enough of it. How many watermelons does one have to eat to be full? My guess is six, but I don’t think anyone will ever get that far because that much watermelon would probably render you unable to leave the bathroom for the next several days. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/38 "2008-05-17T02:06:29Z")
[QUOTE=StGermain] Watermelons are icky. So are canteloupe. StG [/QUOTE] So that leads us to ask: Why was the amorous melon unhappy? His girlfriend just told him she canteloupe. Watermelon-cholly fruit he was after that. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/39 "2008-05-17T03:27:26Z")
Y’know how you can walk into any grocery store in the country and get a packet of red koolaid or yellow koolaid or blue koolaid? When I walk into my local Somali grocery I can get watermelon koolaid. It doesn’t mix as well as straight-up watermelon juice, but American junk food producers are not only missing the boat but also the entire goddamn fleet. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/40 "2008-05-17T03:49:15Z")
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