slo’s FRIDAY 8/4 poll - Watermelon

[mumto3girls]

I voted 4, but might be more. I love it. Kids love it. I just don’t like cutting it all up.

 

[fla4fun]

I don’t like any type of melon, so I haven’t bought any watermelon. When I was a kid, my mom would occasionally buy one, and the only way I could eat it was to put so much salt on it that all I could taste was salt.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Marie bought some yesterday. I just had some watermelon chunks for part of my breakfast. Along with a few cantaloupe and pineapple chunks. The containers' are about 1/3 smaller than they were last year, same price.

 

[Babs Johnson]

We just buy slices or a bowl of chunks, never a full watermelon, not even the mini whole melons.

 

[Micca]

None for me, I don't eat watermelon.

 

[slo]

No whole watermelons here. Marie does buy the cut up ones as prior posters mentioned. Generally the 3 for $12, usually watermelon, cantaloupe and pineapple. More costly, I'm sure, but more variety, less waste and ready to eat. Voted other.

Thanks for another great, creative week of @slo polls, Sandy. Enjoy the weekend as the days are counting down until Katie (@piglet1805) heads back to school.

Thank you for the Thank You Dan

Katie is leaving in 12 days
We’re trying to cram as much family time in as humanly possible - thank goodness she enjoys being with us - LOL!
In all seriousness…she’s very excited about going back to school to be with her very nice BF and her teammates. I’ll miss her terribly, but it makes me happy that she’s very happy.

 

[tvguy]

Too early. The local watermelon harvest season doesn't start until September.

 

[slo]

I voted 4, but might be more. I love it. Kids love it. I just don’t like cutting it all up.

I get this - I don’t like cutting it up too.
I have a great cutting board from IKEA that has sides to it to prevent the juice from going all over the counter.

 

[Christine]

I won't buy the pre-cut cubes. What I find is that when watermelon sits cut in pieces, the water/flavor starts to drain out pretty quickly and then it's just not that great. At most I will buy a quarter cut melon (so I can see that it's good) and at least I know it's not draining out. Even when I cut for myself, I'll only do, at most, half at a time.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

I love watermelon. We buy one at least every other week. They’re not as expensive here as they are in @slo area. I don’t think I’ve paid more than $6 for one not on sale.

 

[Christine]

I love watermelon. We buy one at least every other week. They’re not as expensive here as they are in @slo area. I don’t think I’ve paid more than $6 for one not on sale.

Yeah, I've been getting them on sale for like $3.88 each. That sale seems to rotate around the various grocery stores. Otherwise they are about $5.99 each. Costco has had them for the last 2 weeks at $5.49 and they are HUGE even though they are the seedless variety which generally don't run as big as the seeded type. These are close.

 

[Praying Colonel]

Bought one for my daughter as she requested it.

Personally, I do not like watermelon at all! YUCK!

I usually feel like the only person in the world who doesn't like watermelon. Glad to see there's someone else!

 

[Scootin'By]

Whoever answered none needs to go out and buy some watermelon quick before the season is over! Unless of course you're allergic, then stay away!

The best part about watermelon is having too much and using it to make watermelon sorbet. SO GOOD!

 

[disneydreamer1980]

I pride myself on my “watermelon picking” skills and we pretty much have some in the fridge all summer. My DD bought me a watermelon cuber thing that works really well. Love watermelon!

 

[RUDisney]

I'll be buying 2 more tomorrow. They are on sale for $4.99 per watermelon at my usual grocery store. We may go back for more during the week. I love watermelon!

 

[tasha99]

I tend to buy about one a year--haven't gotten ours yet. I only love the big seeded ones--to me they're more flavorful than the no-seed or personal ones. We do buy personal ones a couple other times a year, but they're nothing special and I tend to buy them because they're on sale rather than as a summer treat.

 

[tvguy]

Whoever answered none needs to go out and buy some watermelon quick before the season is over! Unless of course you're allergic, then stay away!

The best part about watermelon is having too much and using it to make watermelon sorbet. SO GOOD!

Like I posted, the season technically hasn't started yet. At least if you want a locally grown one. The first story I covered when I got into TV news in September 1977 was the start of the watermelon harvest season. Of course in many parts of the nation you can get watermelons year round from Mexico.

 

[Christine]

Like I posted, the season technically hasn't started yet. At least if you want a locally grown one. The first story I covered when I got into TV news in September 1977 was the start of the watermelon harvest season. Of course in many parts of the nation you can get watermelons year round from Mexico.

I'm in Virginia. Our local watermelon season started here about 2 weeks ago. Before that, they were pulling them up from the south. In fact, from my grocery store today (not the farmer's markets) they are coming in from Georgia. The ones at the farmer's market are Virginia.

Of course we do get them year round here, but for some reason during the winter, whatever comes up from Mexico or Peru--well they just don't taste good at all.

 

[tvguy]

I'm in Virginia. Our local watermelon season started here about 2 weeks ago. Before that, they were pulling them up from the south. In fact, from my grocery store today (not the farmer's markets) they are coming in from Georgia. The ones at the farmer's market are Virginia.

Of course we do get them year round here, but for some reason during the winter, whatever comes up from Mexico or Peru--well they just don't taste good at all.

That really is my point. Too soon for the tasty watermelons.

 

[Christine]

That really is my point. Too soon for the tasty watermelons.

My point was it's not too soon "here." It's JUST right.