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J. Clarke[_2_]

In article >, says...
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> My family is going through melon like crazy and they don't like to eat them
> with the rind on. Plus I just read online that it is no longer safe to
> serve some kinds like cantaloupe with the rind on because it traps
> salmonella. Only smooth rinds like watermelon are safe to serve that way.
>
> So far this week I have cut up 6 melons and I am sick of it. So sticky and
> messy. I used to not mind it when I could just whip out my over the sink
> cutting board and whisk the mess down the garbage disposal. Yep! I put the
> rinds, the seeds, everything down there. You're not supposed to. I know.
> And I can't do that here. Not only would my disposal or sink give me a nice
> expensive clog but our waste company is urging us not to put food down the
> sink as it creates pollution. We have to use a Biobag and put with our yard
> waste or if we have a compost pile, put it there.
>
> I think I know pretty much every method for prepping a melon, from balling,
> cutting or even doing the filleting method. Balling seems perhaps a tad
> less messy but more time consuming and you waste some melon. But it's still
> messy and I am getting sick of the sticky mess. And I can't usually afford
> to buy it cut up although once in a while I do find a good deal on it.
>
> So, in your opinion, what is the least messy method? I think watermelon is
> the easiest melon to deal with because you don't have to scoop out the
> seeds. But daughter is on South Beach diet and for some reason watermelon
> is not allowed. Or perhaps there is some other sort of melon that is not as
> messy? I have been buying cantaloupe and honeydew because I have gotten the
> best prices on those. But if there is some sort of less messy melon that I
> could get at say...Whole Foods or Central Market, I'm there! Thanks!

My mother would halve the melon, scoop the seeds out, cut each half into
3 or 4 pieces, and then let whoever was going to be eating it worry
about it from there.

As for salmonella, I wonder how we all survived.