"ViLco" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>
>>> Just let it fall to the ground: it will break into many pieces *all*
>>> standing on the rind. The first time I heard this I thougth
>>> "nonsense", then I saw it happen and now I too use this method.
>>> Obviously some juice will fall to the ground, expecially for a very
>>> mature fruit, so don't do it on a carpet. I do it in the porch.
>
>> I can assure you nobody would eat it like that.
>
> Same thing I thougth when I first heard of this method, but it's perfectly
> clean.
> BTW you can also break them on a table

That hardly sounds less messy and the rind would still need to be removed.
And the seeds!