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[iron_felix]

I was going to revive this thread to discuss this, but it appears to have been locked for some reason.  I will start this new thread instead.

I had this dream a couple of nights ago.  It wasn't about Achewood, it was all freaky shit like people crawling around sideways on walls and so forth, but towards the end I did dream about making a reference to something in Achewood.  I was paraphrasing something Little Nephew said, where he was disparaging something/someone for being old-fashioned.  It had something to do with being "from back when people ate watermelons."  It was a little like this.

I borrow stuff from Achewood quite frequently, whether or not the company I'm with know what the hell I'm talking about, so I suppose it's not that weird to allude to a nonexistent strip in a dream.  For some reason, though, I'm kind of surprised at myself.  Has anyone else done this?  It can't be that uncommon, can it?

It also occurred to me that I, personally, haven't eaten a watermelon in a very long time.  Now I'm confused as to whether Little Nephew was making a valid cultural observation or whether it was all just so much nonsense from a dream.  I can just picture a dude with a strawboater and a handlebar mustache, sitting on a checkered blanket eating a picnic of watermelons.  All children running around in little sailor suits, all playing such as croquet afterwards....

So I also ask, has anyone eaten a watermelon as of late?  Does it remain a common practice to do so?  If so, is this considered a modern sort of thing to do, or is it a holdover from our agrarian past?  Would one date oneself by recalling a prior meal of watermelon?  Inquiring minds would like to know.

[littlefallsmets]

I am not fond of watermelon. Everyone says it is awesome but, to me, it tastes like... a chemical attempt at replicating a fruit flavour, not an actual fruit flavour. It's difficult to explain, I suppose.

I'm pretty sure I don't see people eating watermelon as much anymore, as well, but it may be an artifact of living in a largely Hispanic area and I don't believe watermelon is big in the Latin areas.

Could it be that watermelon has fallen out of favour because of its relationship with ancient stereotypes about African-Americans? I know that I have had black friends who feel uncomfortable ordering fried chicken in public for similar reasons.

[AugustWest]

Like my father, I personally am not fond of watermelon.  I'll eat it, but there are other melons that I much prefer.

My daughter on the other hand, loves the stuff.  Generally during the warmer months we have vats of watermelon chunks sitting around the premises.  So yes, people do eat watermelon.

[KeithHernandez]

Honey dew is the money melon.

[linnea]

I'm allergic to them, which makes me really sad. Watermelon is effing delicious.

[robot_god]

I'm glad to hear there are other civilized men who do not appreciate watermelon.  I too do not appreciate watermelon.  There are many humans who have wished me dead for this fact.

[CortJstr]

I apparently have only been exposed to some sort of tasteless variety of watermelon. Why anybody would breed such a thing I don't know but apparently there's a market for a flavor that can only be described as watered-down water.

[Ruta Bagas]

Yeah, I've always found watermelons pretty bland. They're good at soaking up other, tastier fruit juices, though.

And also vodka.

[wombat]

I'm pretty sure I don't see people eating watermelon as much anymore, as well, but it may be an artifact of living in a largely Hispanic area and I don't believe watermelon is big in the Latin areas.

Are you sure? The only place I have ever had watermelon juice is at taco places in LA.

Oh also: seedless watermelons are tasteless. 

[Carlos del Vaca]

Watermelon is good.  My kids hell of love it.

[jaydub]

I sort of go through phases where at one time I'm thinking "Ugh, why go to the effort for something so tasteless" to times where I go "Damn, I'd forgotten how good this is!".  I suspect its the watermelon varying though, and not me.

I've had seedless watermelons, and for the most part they seem to fall on the lower-tastiness part of the spectrum.  Usually, when I eat regular watermelon (if I'm inside) I just crush it against my palate with my tongue and swallow the seeds.  If I'm outside I'll spit them out.

[Nabubrush]

Hate it.

[slink]

Love good ones, very rarely find them...
Tend thusly to get other melons instead.

[side_show]

We eat hella' watermelon around here, but locally is very seasonal.  I totally chowed down on all sorts of insane fruit while in Indonesia, and even though it was nothing special, I did chow down on watermelon too, since it was nice and tasty there this winter. 

I fondly remember a little more than a year ago when I found a place that sold those little volleyball sized seedless watermelons with a written guarantee that the melon would be juicy and flavourful.  It was awesome.  I prefer the large melons though - the kind where  you eat a big slice and your whole face gets sloppy. 

Also, I plan to grow watermelon this year.  Hells yeah.

[theinevitable]

smells likes getting Sloppy with Large Melons, pass it on!