"Julie Bove" wrote in message ...

My family is going through melon like crazy and they don't like to eat them
with the rind on. Plus I just read online that it is no longer safe to
serve some kinds like cantaloupe with the rind on because it traps
salmonella. Only smooth rinds like watermelon are safe to serve that way.

So far this week I have cut up 6 melons and I am sick of it. So sticky and
messy. I used to not mind it when I could just whip out my over the sink
cutting board and whisk the mess down the garbage disposal. Yep! I put the
rinds, the seeds, everything down there. You're not supposed to. I know.
And I can't do that here. Not only would my disposal or sink give me a nice
expensive clog but our waste company is urging us not to put food down the
sink as it creates pollution. We have to use a Biobag and put with our yard
waste or if we have a compost pile, put it there.

I think I know pretty much every method for prepping a melon, from balling,
cutting or even doing the filleting method. Balling seems perhaps a tad
less messy but more time consuming and you waste some melon. But it's still
messy and I am getting sick of the sticky mess. And I can't usually afford
to buy it cut up although once in a while I do find a good deal on it.

So, in your opinion, what is the least messy method? I think watermelon is
the easiest melon to deal with because you don't have to scoop out the
seeds. But daughter is on South Beach diet and for some reason watermelon
is not allowed. Or perhaps there is some other sort of melon that is not as
messy? I have been buying cantaloupe and honeydew because I have gotten the
best prices on those. But if there is some sort of less messy melon that I
could get at say...Whole Foods or Central Market, I'm there! Thanks!

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Wash the melon. Cut it in half (assuming you are talking about small melons
like cantaloupe) and scoop out all the seeds. Put them in your biobag.
Slice the melon in wedges, and let your family remove the rind from their
own portions--just run a knife around the inner edge of the rind, between
the rind and the fruit. Dump the rind in your biobag. I eat a lot of
cantaloupe, and I find it exceptionally easy to do it that way--no mess if
you are careful in scooping out the seeds.

MaryL