"J. Clarke" > wrote in message
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> In article >, says...
>>
>> 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!
>
> My mother would halve the melon, scoop the seeds out, cut each half into
> 3 or 4 pieces, and then let whoever was going to be eating it worry
> about it from there.
>
> As for salmonella, I wonder how we all survived.
From what I have read, it is more common these days but they don't know why.
The only melon we were allowed as kids was watermelon because my mom
couldn't stand the smell of cantaloupe so it wasn't allowed in the house.
Not sure there were any other options in those days. I never ate any until
I went to a Boeing campout. I did like it. But the last time I ate it was
at a buffet in Reno or Vegas. I can't remember which. Caused me horrid
stomach pains. I know it had to be that because it was the only thing I
ate. It was not very good for a brunch buffet unless you liked sweets.
They had all sorts of pastries, muffins, etc. I don't eat those things and
at the time I didn't eat meat. So the melon was the only thing I could eat.
Made me so ill I will never eat it again.