I bought a whole, big watermelon that my family left me to finish off. Tonight I

[sinkingfeeling]

noticed that all the seeds are light and small. What ever happened to those old time watermelons with the black seeds?

[gab13by13]

1. You are eating the Bill Gates GMO watermelons.

The smaller seeds are computer chips.

Always go for the organic watermelons with big black seeds.

[MLAA]

13. I think Gates' chips are making me forget things! Damn you Gates!

[Mr.Bill]

2. What you had was what is known as

a "seedless" watermelon, which is a bit misleading because there are seeds. They are just small enough to be edible. They still have the ones with the big black seeds, but they are not as popular and less common today.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. "Seedless"

Also means no flavor.

Seeded watermelons taste so much better.

[rsdsharp]

7. The best watermelon I ever had was in China. They were everywhere.

It seemed like there was a roadside stand every 200 yards. They were ruby red and sweet as candy everywhere we went. They were on the menu three meals a day wherever we ate.

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. Best watermelon I ever had...

During high school, bunch of us went out partying on an Arkansas delta dirt road one hot summer night. On the way home, we snuck into a watermelon field and picked a watermelon, and drove off. It was no big deal, a couple of the guys worked for that farmer.

Wayne says my grandma’s not home, let’s go over there and eat it. We put the hot watermelon in the sink, hacked it open, and ate it right there. It was delicious!

About the time we were washing our hands and faces, and drying them on the kitchen curtains, Wayne’s grandma walked out of the bedroom and scared the crap out of us.

She yelled at us for making a mess, grabbed a fork, and started eating that watermelon!

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Watermelon seeds make great sprouts

[electric_blue68]

14. I'm not a big sprout fan though I ate them for some years....

I really like sunflower seeds sprouts if I find them I'd buy them. 👍

Watermelon seed sprouts? 🤔 Interesting! 👍

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Radish & alfalfa sprouts too

I also save seeds from butternut squash and pumpkins ... grow them in the spring, the greens are good for salad, or at least I like them.

[Walleye]

5. We always ate watermelon outside and my brothers and cousins loved to spit seeds at each other

[viva la]

6. What fun!

It's also good to be outside because watermelon is so juicy and messy.

[LakeArenal]

8. Here in Costa Rica we eat watermelon everyday.

All with black seeds. Taste great.

[niyad]

9. Thanks for the reminder. Time to make watermelon granitas.

[Easterncedar]

11. Watermelon gazpacho is the bomb

[niyad]

12. So true!

[electric_blue68]

15. And a surprising salad friends turned me on to...

Sure some of you know this ..

Watermelon chunks, cherry tomatoes, feta cheese, red onions, some oil, garlic, and viniger. I added walnuts.

Yuuuum! 🙂👍

[lark]

17. I LOVE THIS SALAD!

We often add nuts to ours too. I so love watermelon salad in the summer - they just go together so well.