Heliomance's Everchanging Thread Title Random Banter #167

[Eon]

There is a reason for that, chewing ice is fun.

Eh... My teeth don't like to chew ice.

[Tragic_Comedian]

It's tough to go with the flow when someone keeps damming the stream.

[Cobalt]

Too many seeds are in watermelons.
*shakes head and continues de-seeding*
Too many seeds are in watermelons.

[Rawhide]

Too many seeds are in watermelons.
*shakes head and continues de-seeding*
Too many seeds are in watermelons.

Why on earth would you ever want to de-seed a watermelon?

[Qwertystop]

Huh. People around me seem to fill up the entire glass with ice as of late.

I find that that's generally done by eateries of various sorts, so they don't have to sell you as much beverage.

[Cobalt]

Why on earth would you ever want to de-seed a watermelon?

Well, you surely can't expect me to just eat the seeds, surely. Such bravery is saved for the battlefield, civilian life is above such reckless foolhardy.

And it's been a boring Sunday.

[Rawhide]

Well, you surely can't expect me to just eat the seeds, surely. Such bravery is saved for the battlefield, civilian life is above such reckless foolhardy.

And it's been a boring Sunday.

There is absolutely nothing wrong, at all, with eating the seeds. Just eat them whole, no need to chew. It's incredibly easy not to crunch them due to the way one eats a watermelon.

I have never understood why some people feel the need to remove the seeds from a watermelon.

[Pheehelm]

Why on earth would you ever want to de-seed a watermelon?

Bobbing for seeds is fun!

[Rawhide]

Bobbing for seeds is fun!

Now that's the RIGHT way to de-seed a watermelon (the first way, not the farce way). Except there's no need to spit them out.

[Tragic_Comedian]

We used to have seed-spitting contests.

EDIT: I feel a little glum.

ION: I'm thinking of writing to Ursala K. Le Guin.

IOON: The Tao Te Ching is interesting....

[Mutant Sheep]

EDIT: I feel a little plum.

You feel plum? Here, have a prune. *hands over an internet prune and a free raisin* That plum-feeling is annoying.

[MoonCat]

Do you know how figs are pollinated? It's disgusting.

[Zeb The Troll]

There is absolutely nothing wrong, at all, with eating the seeds. Just eat them whole, no need to chew. It's incredibly easy not to crunch them due to the way one eats a watermelon.

I have never understood why some people feel the need to remove the seeds from a watermelon.

It would seem that you and I eat watermelon differently, since your method apparently doesn't involve chewing and mine does.

[Rawhide]

It would seem that you and I eat watermelon differently, since your method apparently doesn't involve chewing and mine does.

Watermelon is so full of water and air that it doesn't need to be chewed in the traditional sense.

Step 1: Take (or break off) a bite or two of watermelon (it's so soft that you could actually suck a few bites worth without actually biting).
Step 2: Crush watermelon without actually chewing. There's no need for your teeth to connect while eating watermelon, and if they do there's no need for them to actually crush anything.
Step 3: Enjoy watermelon taste.
Step 4: Swallow seeds whole and uncrushed.
Step 5: ???
Step 6: Profit!

[Zeb The Troll]

Watermelon is so full of water and air that it doesn't need to be chewed in the traditional sense.

Step 1: Take (or break off) a bite or two of watermelon (it's so soft that you could actually suck a few bites worth without actually biting).
Step 2: Crush watermelon without actually chewing. There's no need for your teeth to connect while eating watermelon, and if they do there's no need for them to actually crush anything.
Step 3: Enjoy watermelon taste.Step 4: Swallow seeds whole and uncrushed.
Step 5: ???
Step 6: Profit!

Ah, I think I see the part I'm missing here. As a youngster at picnics I quickly determined that I don't really like watermelon (I like stuff that is "watermelon flavored", just not actual watermelon). As a result I never learned that you can basically inhale the stuff seeds and all.

[Mutant Sheep]

Ah, I think I see the part I'm missing here. As a youngster at picnics I quickly determined that I don't really like watermelon (I like stuff that is "watermelon flavored", just not actual watermelon). As a result I never learned that you can basically inhale the stuff seeds and all.

Same thing with me. I cant stand watermelon's texture or taste, but everything with watermelon flavor is deliciousness.
ION:

[Eon]

Same thing with me. I cant stand watermelon's texture or taste, but everything with watermelon flavor is deliciousness.
ION:

Ya, I seem to prefer the artificial flavoring of watermelon.

[Rawhide]

Ah, I think I see the part I'm missing here. As a youngster at picnics I quickly determined that I don't really like watermelon (I like stuff that is "watermelon flavored", just not actual watermelon). As a result I never learned that you can basically inhale the stuff seeds and all.

I feel sorry for you if the quality of watermelon there is so poor that you can't enjoy eating them.

There are some here that aren't that grand, but most are just bursting with deliciousness.

[LaZodiac]

I am confused at how you guys even like watermelons in the first place. Blech.

[AsteriskAmp]

I am confused at how you guys even like fruits in the first place. Blergh

[LaZodiac]

I am confused at how you guys even like fruits in the first place. Blergh

Hey now, some fruits are good. Apples are fine, for instance, and Pineapple is awesome. I just hate things with seeds, and Watermelon is the subject at hand.

[Eon]

I am confused at how you guys even like fruits in the first place. Blergh

Heh. I love apples, grapes, *Censored*, pears, peaches, lemons, limes...etc. Just not watermelon.

[Rawhide]

Hey now, some fruits are good. Apples are fine, for instance, and Pineapple is awesome. I just hate things with seeds, and Watermelon is the subject at hand.

What do you hate about the seeds? If you're crunching watermelon seeds UR DOIN IT WRONG^TM, that was basically the whole point of this discussion...

[AsteriskAmp]

Hey now, some fruits are good. Apples are fine, for instance, and Pineapple is awesome. I just hate things with seeds, and Watermelon is the subject at hand.

Apples are reserved for Bow and Arrow Practices.
Pineapples are deadly weapons, not food.
Fruits by definitions have seeds.

[factotum]

Fruits by definitions have seeds.

I suspect she means the sort of fruit where the seeds are scattered randomly around the flesh, rather than apples where they're separated off in their own little compartment and you never need to even see them if you don't want to!

[LaZodiac]

What do you hate about the seeds? If you're crunching watermelon seeds UR DOIN IT WRONG^TM, that was basically the whole point of this discussion...

I know, but like..the way you described eating them seem like a choking hazard to me

Heh. I love apples, grapes, *Censored*, pears, peaches, lemons, limes...etc. Just not watermelon.

What is the censored thing?

Apples are reserved for Bow and Arrow Practices.
Pineapples are deadly weapons, not food.
Fruits by definitions have seeds.

If you say so. Also, note that most fruits allow you to avoid the seeds fairly easy. Watermelon has the seeds all over the place.

[Rawhide]

I know, but like..the way you described eating them seem like a choking hazard to me

There's absolutely no hazard in it at all. All of the crushing happens in your mouth, the watermelon becomes completely liquid before you swallow, the seeds go down very easily (or can be spat out almost as easily, but there's no need to do that).

[AsteriskAmp]

What is the censored thing?



If you say so. Also, note that most fruits allow you to avoid the seeds fairly easy. Watermelon has the seeds all over the place.

It's yellow and curved.

Watermelons are designed that way to be smashed.

[Zeb The Troll]

I feel sorry for you if the quality of watermelon there is so poor that you can't enjoy eating them.

There are some here that aren't that grand, but most are just bursting with deliciousness.

I think part of the issue around here is the idea that bigger must be better. This means that watermelon growers create these gargantuan melons that are twice the size of my head and have a corresponding amount of water without a similar increase in the amount of "juice" so it just takes like grainy flavorless blah instead of tasting like watermelon. It's not bad, per se, it's just boring and I don't see the point of putting that much effort into eating a fruit that doesn't even rate meh on the yummy scale.

Incidentally, many peppers are the same way. It's the little ones you have to worry about because the larger ones have had their "heat" diluted by the process of making them larger.

[Coidzor]

If you say so. Also, note that most fruits allow you to avoid the seeds fairly easy. Watermelon has the seeds all over the place.

Mostly in the center. However, the way one slices a watermelon tends to distribute them throughout all servings.

I am confused at how you guys even like fruits in the first place. Blergh

Because we're semi-arboreal primates, I imagine.