So it's finally late summer and American grown watermelons are hitting our local stores replacing the Mexican grown melons that dominate the early season.

Having grown up near Muscatine Iowa, the watermelon capital of the world, I can tell what a decent watermelon tastes like. Now I know the seedless ones that have replaced the old giant green striped monsters that we had as kids have never been quite as
juicy or half as sweet....but you don't have to spit seeds all over either. But sitting around with your siblings and friends burying your face in giant a half slice of a 3 foot long 16 inch diameter monster spitting seeds at each other in the back yard
was part of the joy.

Anyway, these little seedless things somewhere in size between a basketball and a beach ball could never measure up to a good old Muscatine melon. But they're better than no watermelon at all. Until now in the era of Joe Biden. The US melons I've had
this year are shit. No sweetness at all with a hint of Raid flavor. The Mexican melons were actually pretty good and far better than the US ones. The last US one we just cut up...took a few bites threw the whole thing in the trash.

Thanks Joe....you've really done it now.

ScottW

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On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 6:10:21 PM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:

So it's finally late summer and American grown watermelons are hitting our local stores replacing the Mexican grown melons that dominate the early season.

Having grown up near Muscatine Iowa, the watermelon capital of the world, I can tell what a decent watermelon tastes like. Now I know the seedless ones that have replaced the old giant green striped monsters that we had as kids have never been quite as

juicy or half as sweet....but you don't have to spit seeds all over either. But sitting around with your siblings and friends burying your face in giant a half slice of a 3 foot long 16 inch diameter monster spitting seeds at each other in the back yard
was part of the joy.

Anyway, these little seedless things somewhere in size between a basketball and a beach ball could never measure up to a good old Muscatine melon. But they're better than no watermelon at all. Until now in the era of Joe Biden. The US melons I've had

this year are shit. No sweetness at all with a hint of Raid flavor. The Mexican melons were actually pretty good and far better than the US ones. The last US one we just cut up...took a few bites threw the whole thing in the trash.

Thanks Joe....you've really done it now.

ScottW

background

https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/files/pubs-and-papers/2004-10-muscatine-melon-case-study-place-based-food-iowa.pdf

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On 9/2/23 5:10 PM, ScottW wrote:

So it's finally late summer and American grown watermelons are
hitting our local stores replacing the Mexican grown melons that
dominate the early season.

Not promising so far.

Having grown up near Muscatine Iowa, the watermelon capital of the
world, I can tell what a decent watermelon tastes like. Now I know
the seedless ones that have replaced the old giant green striped
monsters that we had as kids have never been quite as juicy or half
as sweet....but you don't have to spit seeds all over either. But
sitting around with your siblings and friends burying your face in
giant a half slice of a 3 foot long 16 inch diameter monster spitting
seeds at each other in the back yard was part of the joy.

The market has spoken.

Anyway, these little seedless things somewhere in size between a
basketball and a beach ball could never measure up to a good old
Muscatine melon. But they're better than no watermelon at all.
Until now in the era of Joe Biden. The US melons I've had this year
are shit. No sweetness at all with a hint of Raid flavor. The Mexican
melons were actually pretty good and far better than the US ones. The
last US one we just cut up...took a few bites threw the whole thing
in the trash.

Thanks Joe....you've really done it now.

Yes, you're blaming Biden for big agra's ongoing war on flavor. No, he's
not responsible at all for that. They breed for ease of shipment, size, appearance, not flavor. Your watermelons can join strawberries, apples, tomatoes, blueberries and any number of a fruits and vegetables that
literally aren't what they used to be.

https://blog.jipel.law.nyu.edu/2019/06/strawberry-patent-wars-forever/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/21/how-driscolls-reinvented-the-strawberry?mbid=social_twitter

https://thecounter.org/history-economics-red-delicious-apples/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/quest-grow-better-tomato-breeders-forgot-taste

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On 9/2/23 11:02 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 6:10:21 PM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:

Thanks Joe....you've really done it now.

background

https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/files/pubs-and-papers/2004-10-muscatine-melon-case-study-place-based-food-iowa.pdf

Looks like the Muscatine melon is special and one shouldn't expect to
duplicate the experience with other melons.

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On Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 10:41:16 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:

On 9/2/23 11:02 PM, Art Sackman wrote:

On Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 6:10:21 PM UTC-4, ScottW wrote:

Thanks Joe....you've really done it now.

background

https://www.leopold.iastate.edu/files/pubs-and-papers/2004-10-muscatine-melon-case-study-place-based-food-iowa.pdf

Looks like the Muscatine melon is special and one shouldn't expect to duplicate the experience with other melons.

As usual, a little background completely befuddles our piano owner.
I've scrubbed teacher from the lexicon. He obviously can't even teach.

ScottW

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