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Title: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 24 June 2019, 11:03:47
Tp4 is on his 8th watermelon this summer.


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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Mon, 24 June 2019, 11:43:20
That looks like the start of a Stonehenge scale model.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 24 June 2019, 11:50:34
That looks like the start of a Stonehenge scale model.

Thought about it, 

The surface is really not rigid enough to retain the texture detail necessary, unless each block was extremely large.


Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: chyros on Mon, 24 June 2019, 12:38:05
Don't see the point of watermelon at all. Just tastes like slightly gone off squash with pits in it. I'd rather just have normal squash xD .
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 24 June 2019, 14:21:21
Don't see the point of watermelon at all. Just tastes like slightly gone off squash with pits in it. I'd rather just have normal squash xD .

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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Mon, 24 June 2019, 14:36:11
Don't see the point of watermelon at all. Just tastes like slightly gone off squash with pits in it. I'd rather just have normal squash xD .

Not sure what kind of watermelon you've been eating  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: Sniping on Mon, 24 June 2019, 14:37:36
yeah i've never really thought about squash when i eat watermelon either
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 24 June 2019, 14:44:49
Probably haven't had watermelon in years. It's never worth the effort and mess.

The taste is mild, nutrition minimal, you need to slice and prep a large mass and conserve most which will get 'spicy' in mere days, and when cut it makes a huge mess.

A pathetic and wasteful fruit, just like those damn bananas.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 24 June 2019, 14:47:50
As with many fruits, it can be exquisite but usually isn't.

Home-grown melons are often much better than store-bought, if you can manage to grow them without having them ruined by marauding natural critters.
 
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: Lanrefni on Mon, 24 June 2019, 17:25:52
None,I do not like watermelon in any form.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Mon, 24 June 2019, 17:51:52
None,I do not like watermelon in any form.

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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 24 June 2019, 17:56:52
None,I do not like watermelon in any form.

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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: Sniping on Mon, 24 June 2019, 18:10:55
watermelon haters not allowed in this thread
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 24 June 2019, 18:31:10
watermelon haters not allowed in this thread

Remember ur #Tolerance training Sniping. !!
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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Mon, 24 June 2019, 18:33:26
watermelon haters not allowed in this thread

More melon for us!

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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 24 June 2019, 18:39:29
I like a good stone fruit or compound fruit. Peaches, nectarines, cherrys, and plums, raspberries, strawbs, pineapples, and pomegranates.

Raspberries are the best though. Best fruit.

Watermelon is not a good fruit. Just look at the state of the thing. Nearly no taste, unwieldy, messy. Not a good fruit at all, no sir.

I suppose pineapples and pomegranates are messy. But poms are a special occasion thing, generally just using the juice. And pineapples deliver much more bang in terms of taste than a watermelon. Like a crunchy wedge-shaped Vitamin Water, that's watermelon.

Watermelon has a good aesthetic though. A pleasing round pink and striped-green thing. Good looking fruit, that I'll give it.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 24 June 2019, 18:40:17
More melon for us!
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Yeey.. Boi.. !!

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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Mon, 24 June 2019, 18:52:10
I like a good stone fruit or compound fruit. Peaches, nectarines, cherrys, and plums, raspberries, strawbs, pineapples, and pomegranates.

Raspberries are the best though. Best fruit.

Watermelon is not a good fruit. Just look at the state of the thing. Nearly no taste, unwieldy, messy. Not a good fruit at all, no sir.

I suppose pineapples and pomegranates are messy. But poms are a special occasion thing, generally just using the juice. And pineapples deliver much more bang in terms of taste than a watermelon. Like a crunchy wedge-shaped Vitamin Water, that's watermelon.

Watermelon has a good aesthetic though. A pleasing round pink and striped-green thing. Good looking fruit, that I'll give it.

Raspberries are good but I'll choose strawberries that are perfectly ripe. The same with peaches. Those who have had excellent flavorful watermelon know the full potential.  The same goes for cantaloupes as well. I've had lot's of not so good melon usually stuff that's not ripe and lacks flavor but get a nice ripe one and it's a game changer.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 24 June 2019, 18:56:59
See that's the thing. I've had an incredible cantaloupe before. Even a few very notable honeydew in my day. But I've never had a watermelon that blew my wig back. Not once.

It's like tater tots vs fries. Tots are good, but to me they are all within a parameter. I've never had a REALLY amazing tot, but I have had fries that gave me pause for retrospection.

Perhaps I am just waiting for that one perfect, actually sweet watermelon to sweep me off my feet. I need to get on wetripemelons.com and hook up with a real slut.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Mon, 24 June 2019, 19:32:21
See that's the thing. I've had an incredible cantaloupe before. Even a few very notable honeydew in my day. But I've never had a watermelon that blew my wig back. Not once.

It's like tater tots vs fries. Tots are good, but to me they are all within a parameter. I've never had a REALLY amazing tot, but I have had fries that gave me pause for retrospection.

Perhaps I am just waiting for that one perfect, actually sweet watermelon to sweep me off my feet. I need to get on wetripemelons.com and hook up with a real slut.

Apparently you've never had homemade tater tots. :p I know some people who swear they can pick the sweetest melon in the store. Look for a heavy watermelon with a splotch on its belly and a hollow sound which means it is brimming with juice and at the peak of its ripeness.

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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Mon, 24 June 2019, 19:44:21
Also ya gotta watch out for overripe melon.

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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: Sintpinty on Tue, 25 June 2019, 08:31:14
Sintpinty does not like watermelons. But i've well eaten over 10 brownies this year.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: Kavik on Wed, 26 June 2019, 15:45:22
I don't understand this notion that watermelons don't have flavor. The best watermelon is the kind that's very sweet and slightly frosty so that it's almost like biting into a snow cone in taste and texture. This experience is even better if you've just come inside from the hot outdoors and/or you've just finished exercising.

That said, I've had zero watermelons this summer simply because I haven't thought about them. Maybe I'll pick one up this week.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: Lanrefni on Wed, 26 June 2019, 19:31:54
Sintpinty does not like watermelons. But i've well eaten over 10 brownies this year.

Thank you for reminding me I have a couple boxes of brownie mix in the cupboard,I'm going to have to make some in a bit,thinking about topping them with cream cheese frosting.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: fohat.digs on Wed, 26 June 2019, 20:25:37
"Suttree" by Cormac McCarthy is a great book, better than "All the Pretty Horses" in my opinion.

https://biblioklept.org/2015/08/29/crimes-of-the-moonlight-melonmounter-cormac-mccarthys-suttree/ (https://biblioklept.org/2015/08/29/crimes-of-the-moonlight-melonmounter-cormac-mccarthys-suttree/)
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Wed, 26 June 2019, 21:28:53
"Suttree" by Cormac McCarthy is a great book, better than "All the Pretty Horses" in my opinion.

https://biblioklept.org/2015/08/29/crimes-of-the-moonlight-melonmounter-cormac-mccarthys-suttree/ (https://biblioklept.org/2015/08/29/crimes-of-the-moonlight-melonmounter-cormac-mccarthys-suttree/)

Wrong thread?  :confused: I mean it might be a tasty read but hard to digest.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 26 June 2019, 22:16:32
We have this.  It really smells of watermelon, but doesn't really taste of anything much.

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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 26 June 2019, 22:40:27
We have this.  It really smells of watermelon, but doesn't really taste of anything much.

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I've had this. it smells more similar to watermelon candy more than real watermelon (which is more floral)


Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: chyros on Thu, 27 June 2019, 01:02:27
We have this.  It really smells of watermelon, but doesn't really taste of anything much.

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I've had this. it smells more similar to watermelon candy more than real watermelon (which is more floral)

It's probably dimethylheptanal.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 27 June 2019, 07:13:25

https://biblioklept.org/2015/08/29/crimes-of-the-moonlight-melonmounter-cormac-mccarthys-suttree/ (https://biblioklept.org/2015/08/29/crimes-of-the-moonlight-melonmounter-cormac-mccarthys-suttree/)


Wrong thread?


Correct thread, perverse sense of humor.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Thu, 27 June 2019, 07:53:29

https://biblioklept.org/2015/08/29/crimes-of-the-moonlight-melonmounter-cormac-mccarthys-suttree/ (https://biblioklept.org/2015/08/29/crimes-of-the-moonlight-melonmounter-cormac-mccarthys-suttree/)


Wrong thread?


Correct thread, perverse sense of humor.

 :)) I didn't click the link and didn't notice 'melon' earlier in the link. I guess some folks really love their melons. I'll have to find a virgin one the next time I go shopping.

Edit: Also Fohat have you read the whole novel?
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 27 June 2019, 08:20:10

Also Fohat have you read the whole novel?


Yes, I consider it to be McCarthy's masterpiece, but I lived in Knoxville for years.
If you were not familiar with the city, and/or with the culture of Tennessee in the 1950s-1960s, it might not be as moving.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: invariance on Fri, 28 June 2019, 07:26:29
This is what you do with a watermelon before eating it:
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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Fri, 28 June 2019, 10:01:24
This is what you do with a watermelon before eating it:
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Noooo... :'( the alcohol breaks down the fruit until you have an ungodly slurry of fruit and booze.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: Sintpinty on Fri, 28 June 2019, 10:06:08
This is what you do with a watermelon before eating it:
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I prefer materwelons instead
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Fri, 28 June 2019, 17:17:07
This is what you do with a watermelon before eating it:
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that mixture looks absolutely foul. stick to one type of booze for this sort of thing.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 28 June 2019, 17:27:49
Personally, I loathe attempts to introduce alcohol into mundane culinary locales.

Eat your food and enjoy it, and drink your alcohol straight up. That picture looks like a technique to ruin a good watermelon and get drunk afterwards.

PS - if you were serious about drinking, as opposed to getting drunk, you wouldn't use vodka anyway
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: invariance on Fri, 28 June 2019, 17:51:22
Lol.
Was wondering what sort of responses this would get.  :D ;D
I have never done this myself and likewise would prefer a nicely ripened, sweet fruit without ‘infusions’.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: kiwi99 on Fri, 28 June 2019, 17:56:32
anyone ever had yellow watermelon? its lit  :cool: :cool: :cool:
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: fanpeople on Fri, 28 June 2019, 20:35:20
We have this.  It really smells of watermelon, but doesn't really taste of anything much.

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I've had this. it smells more similar to watermelon candy more than real watermelon (which is more floral)

It's probably dimethylheptanal.

anyone?
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 30 June 2019, 09:18:39
Definitely an off-topic subject here.

Surprising that of all the food categories, fruits would cause such arguments. I can see how everyone has his own opinion on which is best, but aren't they the least controversial form of foodstuff?
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: chyros on Sun, 30 June 2019, 09:56:21
Definitely an off-topic subject here.

Surprising that of all the food categories, fruits would cause such arguments. I can see how everyone has his own opinion on which is best, but aren't they the least controversial for of foodstuff?
I think if the discussion was about apples or something it wouldn't have as many arguments  in it :p .

Besides, I'm all ready for a rabbit food veggie topic if you want ;p .
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Sun, 30 June 2019, 11:23:21
Definitely an off-topic subject here.

Surprising that of all the food categories, fruits would cause such arguments. I can see how everyone has his own opinion on which is best, but aren't they the least controversial for of foodstuff?
I think if the discussion was about apples or something it wouldn't have as many arguments  in it :p .

Besides, I'm all ready for a rabbit food[/i] veggie topic if you want ;p .

Apples! So many different varieties so I could see this ending with disastrous results. Not to mention various ways to slice apples, peeled vs. unpeeled, apples with peanut butter, caramel apples, etc. Let's not forget apple pie which then segues into a thread about pie. I think you did this on purpose to divide this community. The big apple conspiracy I say! Takes one bad apple to spoil the lot. ;D
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 June 2019, 11:34:08
Definitely an off-topic subject here.

Surprising that of all the food categories, fruits would cause such arguments. I can see how everyone has his own opinion on which is best, but aren't they the least controversial for of foodstuff?
I think if the discussion was about apples or something it wouldn't have as many arguments  in it :p .

Besides, I'm all ready for a rabbit food[/i] veggie topic if you want ;p .

Apples! So many different varieties so I could see this ending with disastrous results. Not to mention various ways to slice apples, peeled vs. unpeeled, apples with peanut butter, caramel apples, etc. Let's not forget apple pie which then segues into a thread about pie. I think you did this on purpose to divide this community. The big apple conspiracy I say! Takes one bad apple to spoil the lot. ;D

/Tp4 Conspiracy mode activated !!

Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: duckboi on Sun, 30 June 2019, 12:00:17
While melons certainly have their merits, the fruit is no match for the all powerful MANGO

Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 June 2019, 13:25:07
While melons certainly have their merits, the fruit is no match for the all powerful MANGO

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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: JP on Sun, 30 June 2019, 13:48:13
I'm not gonna dis the power of mango but usually they are just meh but I suspect there is a lot of variability but they don't exactly grow where I'm from. Unripe mango is no bueno but ripe ones are good. I dunno, the first fruit I go after next time I go shopping is straight to the melons.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 30 June 2019, 13:58:59

the first fruit I go after next time I go shopping


Summertime is the time for fruit. Right now we are in that brief window where great fruit is available and cheap.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 June 2019, 14:44:47
I'm not gonna dis the power of mango but usually they are just meh but I suspect there is a lot of variability but they don't exactly grow where I'm from. Unripe mango is no bueno but ripe ones are good. I dunno, the first fruit I go after next time I go shopping is straight to the melons.

Melon iz KING.

Next is either Mango,  or Papaya..

Then things like Lychee/ Asian Peach/ Pineapple


Special Case for "Durian" which would be superior to Melon if you're from a Durian culture.

Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Sun, 30 June 2019, 17:23:38
durian is not superior to anything except your skull when it falls from a tree
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 30 June 2019, 17:54:01
durian is not superior to anything except your skull when it falls from a tree

Falling Coconuts and Durian kill many humans every yaer.

Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: duckboi on Mon, 01 July 2019, 13:02:22
I'm not gonna dis the power of mango but usually they are just meh but I suspect there is a lot of variability but they don't exactly grow where I'm from. Unripe mango is no bueno but ripe ones are good. I dunno, the first fruit I go after next time I go shopping is straight to the melons.

This time of year is great since i have 2 mango trees in my backyard

ALL MANGO ERRYTHANG  ;D
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: Sintpinty on Tue, 02 July 2019, 15:33:47
durian is not superior to anything except your skull when it falls from a tree

Falling Coconuts and Durian kill many humans every yaer.

They kill more than sharks every year...

Don’t fear the shark... fear the coconut!
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Tue, 02 July 2019, 15:46:42
durian is not superior to anything except your skull when it falls from a tree

Falling Coconuts and Durian kill many humans every yaer.

They kill more than sharks every year...

Don’t fear the shark... fear the coconut!

That's not saying much at all, sharks bites are generally fatal to less than half-a-dozen people per year. Usually like 2-3 internationally.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: fohat.digs on Tue, 02 July 2019, 16:51:10

sharks bites are generally fatal to less than half-a-dozen people per year. Usually like 2-3 internationally.


My theory is that sharks are developing a taste for human flesh. Soft, not many bones, and very slow-moving in the water.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: invariance on Wed, 03 July 2019, 05:34:52
You guys are throwing up all of the red flags!
Mango trees means screeching, rabies carrying Fruit Bats.
Sharks mean Great Whites: very few survive.
Oh, that’s TP’s other thread about w00dpeckers.  STAY INSIDE!
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: chyros on Wed, 03 July 2019, 05:49:13
IMO, strawberries are the best fruit, and almost always the best flavour of fruit stuff too. However, they're bleeding expensive and a bit of a chore to prepare.

Bananas are probably the most convenient fruit. I like mine well ripe - I don't touch them if they're not pretty brown.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 03 July 2019, 05:56:21
You guys are throwing up all of the red flags!
Mango trees means screeching, rabies carrying Fruit Bats.
Sharks mean Great Whites: very few survive.
Oh, that’s TP’s other thread about w00dpeckers.  STAY INSIDE!

What is postulated in your d00mzday projections ?
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: invariance on Thu, 04 July 2019, 05:33:50
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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: Sintpinty on Thu, 04 July 2019, 06:33:12
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Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: fanpeople on Thu, 04 July 2019, 21:37:59
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And you know what, I thank my dads ball sack every day that I was not born in a nation with wild bears and mountain lions and ****.

I will take my door shake over bears any day.

Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: Kavik on Sat, 06 July 2019, 23:06:33
I had my first watermelon of the season today. Not an entire watermelon, but maybe five or six 2" x 2" squares. Pretty decent, but it would have been better if colder.
Title: Re: How many have you eaten so far ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Sat, 06 July 2019, 23:12:59
Cherries are locally in season, and they are super cheap and delicious right now. I'm particularly fond of the Rainier.