On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:26:08 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"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.

Wonderful, I'd eat it for them, more for me! LOL

Actually I don't enjoy my melon served all hacked into chunks, the
least obvious handling the better I like it... I abhor those fruit
salads with everything all hacked up unless I prepare it myself... I
especially don't want anyone hulling and slicing my strawberries...
I'm a big boy, I know how to use a knife. So who cuts your steak?