On Jul 14, 9:50*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "J. Clarke" > wrote in message
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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.
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> >> So far this week I have cut up 6 melons and I am sick of it. *So sticky
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> >> 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
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> >> 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
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> >> 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.
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> >> 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
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> >> 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.
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> >> So, in your opinion, what is the least messy method? *I think watermelon
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> >> 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
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> >> messy? *I have been buying cantaloupe and honeydew because I have gotten
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> >> best prices on those. *But if there is some sort of less messy melon that
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> >> could get at say...Whole Foods or Central Market, I'm there! *Thanks!
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> > 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.
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> > As for salmonella, I wonder how we all survived.
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> From what I have read, it is more common these days but they don't know why.
> The only melon we were allowed as kids was watermelon because my mom
> couldn't stand the smell of cantaloupe so it wasn't allowed in the house.
> Not sure there were any other options in those days. *I never ate any until
> I went to a Boeing campout. *I did like it. *But the last time I ate it was
> at a buffet in Reno or Vegas. *I can't remember which. *Caused me horrid
> stomach pains. *I know it had to be that because it was the only thing I
> ate. *It was not very good for a brunch buffet unless you liked sweets.
> They had all sorts of pastries, muffins, etc. *I don't eat those things and
> at the time I didn't eat meat. *So the melon was the only thing I could eat.
> Made me so ill I will never eat it again.

Someone or you paid for a buffet and all you ate was melon? WTF??