I Pit Watermelon

Watermelons are evil. All that tasty lovely goodness and I can’t eat it because I’m allergic to them. Damn watermelon. :frowning:

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!

Peaches and peach flavored things are disgusting. Apricots are much the same.

That’s great! Can you come over to my house in July and August and pit mine for me? I live close to here. 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.

I need an olive pitter.

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! :smiley:

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.

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.

I’ve found it’s best not to gnaw too close to the rind

(TTNOMNA)

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.

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.

To be fair, the bear was probably more scared of him than he was of it.

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!

Have you called your Congressperson? Last month they voted to declare a National Watermelon Month.

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 (?)

Wiser words have never been typed.

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.

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.

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.

I pit the blueberries in yogurt because they’re too much like bugs. Blecch.