"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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>> 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.
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> Growing up we ate lots of melons of all kinds. We only ate watermelon
> outside at the farm so we could spit the seeds at each other or onto the
> lawn. We never understood why they didn't grow.
>
> I loved cantaloupe. I'd cut one in half, scrape out the seeds and fill it
> with fruit yogurt. Then the salmonella scare made headlines. One of the
> biggest food upsets of my life.
>
> I haven't had melon in probably 10 years. The last being a seedless
> watermelon for $3.00. What a rip-off. It tasted artificial, like
> medicine. ICK.

Yeah. Often that watermelon is tasteless I've been told. We had to eat
watermelon outside when I was a kid. No seedless in those days.

Daughter loves the stuff but it isn't allowed on South Beach. Not really
sure why.