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Default If these cherries were not so delicious...

brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> "John Kuthe" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ...I'd really be even more upset that I had to pay $2.99 a pound for
>>>> them!
>>>>
>>>> What ever happened to 99 cents a pound for cherries?
>>> What ever happened to 99¢ watermelons?
>>>

>> And what ever happened to more-flavorful watermelons?!
>>
>> --
>> Jean B.

>
> Those fridge-sized/seedless melons haven't much flavor... buy one of those
> huge 25 pounders... your produce department will have cut sections too. I
> bought a 1/4 of a big melon for the 4th, was sweet and delish... I still
> have an end chunk in the fridge to go with the last of the ribs and the last
> corn. My ribs turned out very good but while eating I felt something wasn't
> quite right <forehead slap> I forgot the toasted sesame seed oil and the
> grated ginger in the marinade.
>

Oh, too bad! And yes, I think the flavor just isn't there in
those little watermelons.

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Jean B.