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Cheri[_3_]

"J. Clarke" > wrote in message
in.local...
> 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.

Truly.

Cheri