Watermelons

Years ago when i was a  youngster our family would slice up a home grown watermelon for us to eat when they were in season.

  My brothers and sisters and I would eat those slices of watermelon some as wide as our faces;  leaning over the grass, while the juices dribbled down our chins and forearms,to spit out the seeds.

 I  recall  the enjoyment we had, being kids  but you  had to know we weren't going to be content with just eating the melon ;  all it took to get a  seed spitting fight  going was for one of the siblings  to spit a seed  at one of the others .

The war was on then, I've had my share of seeds down my collar before  the seed spitting game would end

Often it would get "what Dad called a little out of hand" and he would have to call a halt to the game.

Which then left us with a few   smirks to throw at each other instead of seeds,  "with out dad  knowing or seeing  of course".

Nowadays watermelon is available in a seedless variety, that not only makes for better refined slurping, but on the other hand has  put a damper on  seed spitting.

I often  think back when all the melons we grew  were filled with seeds, in fact  they had so many seeds you could hardly eat a slice with out raking the seeds  off first..

Progress in seed  genetics has changed the way melons are grown today, eliminating  the little  game we used to play "but we sure had fun while the seeds lasted".

August is watermelon Month,  you should eat watermelon hardy while they're in season  and if a little juice gets on your chin and forearms like it did for us,  "so what"  watermelons are a healthy wholesome food, and you are supposed to have fun eating them aye.

Coleman Schell