# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ducktail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Ducktail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ducktail)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/41 "2008-05-17T03:59:41Z")
Whatever you do, don’t eat a lot of watermelon after having had beef jerky. I recall that had unpleasant results for an acquaintance. Something about the water content of the watermelon causing the jerky to expand. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/42 "2008-05-17T07:19:26Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] the fuzz on the outside combined with the color makes me feel like I am eating people [/QUOTE] You say that like eating people is a bad thing 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/43 "2008-05-17T07:32:15Z")
[QUOTE=Cheez\_Whia] That’s great! Can you come over to my house in July and August and pit mine for me? [/QUOTE] I was **waiting** for that! Good one! [QUOTE=Dervorin] 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. [/QUOTE] I actually started to write a song along these lines when I was a teenager: “Casaba sure Walter Mellon canteloupe the way my honeydew…” But, you know, where do you go from there? **The best popsicle I EVER had was a fresh watermelon-juice popsicle!** ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/44 "2008-05-17T10:55:16Z")
[QUOTE=pbbth] [QUOTE=3acresandatruck] You don’t find it filling because you’re not eating enough of it. [/QUOTE] 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. [/QUOTE] Ah, you must have missed the part where I said [QUOTE=3acresandatruck] About one watermelon a day will take care of me. [/QUOTE] Or maybe I just wasn’t clear that what I meant was that when I eat a watermelon per day, that’s all I eat all day long. That would be one of those big spherical watermelons, a little bigger than a basketball. Other posters have hinted at the possibility of certain digestive difficulties when doing something like this, but for me, the only noticeable effect is the same as when I drink a lot of water. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/45 "2008-05-17T20:31:03Z")
I read this thread while eating fruit salad. I made it with a whole Sugar Baby watermelon, a canteloupe, a pineapple, a pound of green grapes and a pound of strawberries. And DAMN was it good. Good thing, because holy crap did I make a lot of it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/46 "2008-05-18T02:49:40Z")
[QUOTE=elbows] 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… [/QUOTE] I tried making watermelon juice in a juicer one time. It extracted a good amount of pulp-free juice, but the container that usually catches the pulp was full of a thick, deep red liquid the consistency of applesauce. I wasn’t sure what to do with this stuff, so I tried sending it through the juicer again, which accomplished nothing. I tried drinking it, but the texture was off-putting, almost gelatinous and slimy. I concluded watermelon was one of the fruits that did not improve by running it through a juicer. Oh, and it was a pain to clean the machine after my little experiment. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/47 "2008-05-18T03:30:18Z")
I pit myself because there was watermelon at the grocery store this morning but I didn’t buy any because I thought it was ‘too early’. It’s been just like summer here the last few days. Watermelon would have been the final touch to a perfect Saturday. ☹ I shall console myself with a popsicle now. I don’t pit watermelon; I heartily endorse watermelon. But, yeah… it’s a lot of water, and not much else. I can see where once you pee, you’re going to be hungry again. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/48 "2008-05-18T05:30:07Z")
My husband has acquired for me, on his way home, a watermelon. 🙂 It’s all good now. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/49 "2008-05-18T06:32:27Z")
Blech. You all crazy. Where’s that damn puke smiley again? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/50 "2008-05-18T12:00:58Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] Nest time, throw the watermelon in the blender with a nice dark rum. That will be a breakfast experience to remember. [/QUOTE] And that day - breakfast will be _all_ you remember. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564/51 "2008-05-18T16:50:34Z")
Yeah, **Fear Itself** , I had a similar experience. Think blender, not juicer. As you say the juicer extracts too much and the result i_s_ off putting. You’ll be delighted with the results should you try a blender though, I promise! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-watermelon/449564.md?page=2)