EATING MELONS.......


THERE ARE THOSE WHO HOLD A BIG SLICE OF MELON AND LIFT IT TO THEIR MOUTHS; THOSE WHO SLICE THE MELON INTO HALVES, QUADRANTS OR SEXTANTS AND EAT IT FROM THE RIND WITH A SPOON OR KNIFE AND FORK; THOSE WHO FORM MELON BALLS AND EAT THOSE WITH SALAD FORKS OR TOOTPICKS AND THOSE, LIKE ME, THAT MAKE SPIRALING CUTS WITH AN EXTRA-SHARP BLADE, THEN EAT THIN, SQUARISH SECTIONS WITH A DECORATIVE 'PITCHFORK'.........  WHATEVER WORKS......

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