Two differing viewpoints
When faced with fresh, lightly chilled, extremely juicy and sweet, seedless watermelon:- one of my sons, the “former neophobic,” has very low facial muscle tone which makes eating a strenuous business, my other son, who eats more or less anything [except bananas] displays a remarkable dislike for this most innocent of fruits.
“I am called it an ‘aqua jaw breaker’ coz of dah watery and hard to biting.”
Or……..how to eat watermelon without using your hands.
On the other hand……his brother:-
“IZ DISGUSTIN LIKE EATIN A SPONGE!”
For yet another alternative view of watermelons, zip over to my pal “Melody” for a quick “slurp” and spit out the pips.
In a last note, it may be that you too are enjoying a thoroughly delightful life, but others, sadly, are not so blessed.
Maybe you could help out a smidge, or visit to see the devastation for yourself so that we can all thank our lucky stars.
Best wishes
July 12th, 2009 at 3:57 am
Ah yes, I tried to grow some watermelons this year, but somehow the seeds never made it to the ground. So, maybe next year.
The Elder does enjoy eating watermelon, but like most foods that are green (minus Lime Jell-o), he does not approve of the seeds. Even the Seedless watermelon white seeds are unacceptable. So, instead of the traditional watermelon wedges or cubes, I use a teaspoon to scoop “almost” watermelon balls. This cuts down on the seeds and is much faster to disseminate the watermelon and since the watermelon rind acts like a bowl, cleanup is a cinch!
July 13th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Watermelon is one of those fruits Jacob has finally agreed to at least suck the juice from, but in no way will he take a bite. Ah . . . small steps.