"Julie Bove" wrote in message ...


"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "ViLco" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>>> 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!
>>> Do you really remove the rind and the seeds everytime? I understand why
>>> you have these issues
>>
>> Of course! Who wants to pick around the seeds? And as I said, it is no
>> longer advised to serve it with the rind on if it is a bumpy rind. I
>> used to just cut in half, scoop out the seeds and serve. But my family
>> doesn't like to eat it this way. They prefer it cut up and no rind.
> What is the point of not serving in the rind, given that you still need to
> cut through that rind to get to the interior? Put a cut piece on a plate,
> eat the melon, don't lick the plate or the rind, and wash your hands well
> afterwards, if you're concerned.

They just won't eat it that way. I have tried.

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Then let them go without. It is "beyond ridiculous" to think that you
should cater to their every whim. It's one thing to cook a meal, quite
another to have two people who think they cannot even cut cantaloupe from a
wedge that has been cut from a melon.

MaryL