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ORIGINAL: camille65

We used to spike them in high school. Heh now that is a memory! A watermelon spiked with everclear, a bunch of us laying on our bellies and sucking on it with straws. All out in the sunshine, getting buzzed and listening to music.

Thanks popeye, that gave me a smile.

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ORIGINAL: hizgeorgiapeach
Cantaloup (or more appropriately MuskMelon - since actual cantaloup aren't to be found in the US except a few places - there's a bit of trivia that I bet not many know)  split, deseeded, cut in half and then the halves sectioned, served ice cold from the fridge with just a bit of salt on 'em.  Yuuuuuuummmmmmmm.

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

(Is popeye blottoed? I think we should be told.)

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ORIGINAL: hizgeorgiapeach

Popeye - if you ever make it out to this part of the country during the Summer - let me know.  There's an absolutely FANTASTIC watermelon Festival held every year in June about 45 minutes south of where I live.  Literally some of the Best  Black Diamond watermelons you'll ever taste.

Huge watermelon, split in half lengthwise, a bit of salt sprinkled sparingly over the center where the Heartmeat is - OMG it's enough to make me drool and slobber just Thinking about it, even though it's something that I routinely indulge in during the summer.  Cantaloup (or more appropriately MuskMelon - since actual cantaloup aren't to be found in the US except a few places - there's a bit of trivia that I bet not many know)  split, deseeded, cut in half and then the halves sectioned, served ice cold from the fridge with just a bit of salt on 'em.  Yuuuuuuummmmmmmm.

(btw, Wind - yes, the watermelon crop has been especially good this year out in this area at least - finally out of the drought, and not having the swamping rains that we had all of last summer that damn near destroyed any harvest that we might otherwise have had!)