Watermelon Question - Do you eat the Black Seeds?

[Birdjaguar]

I saw this on the street market some time ago:

Seems cool, I intend to find some watermelon seeds and grow a square watermelon some time.

Box grown watermelons are very cool. they slice nicely.

 

[azzaman333]

I spit out the seeds at people I don't like.

 

[Kraznaya]

Eating the black seeds is barbaric. Eating the white seeds is acceptable though not optimal. Eating the rind is only for impoverished regions such as Poland.

 

[sophie]

I absolutely do not eat the black seeds! Didn't you ever watch rugrats as a kid?

The black seeds grow into watermelons in your stomach

 

[Dachs]

I never learned to eat the seeds because spitting them at your siblings is much more fun. When I moved out of my parents' house to go to college I kept spitting seeds out.

 

[Snerk]

I don't want the watermelon to put a seed in my belly.. So I usually buy seedless ones.

Besides, I don't spit, I'm a gentleman.
/puts on monocle

 

[Camikaze]

Seedless watermelons have the added benefit of being sweeter. Usually. And not having to watch what you eat is much better than having to stay alert or face the dreaded crunch of a surprise black seed.

 

[classical_hero]

I eat all the soft part of it. I don't eat any of the seeds.

We used to be told that if we ate watermelon seeds(and those of any other plant for that matter), plants would grow in our stomachs.

If you eat black seeds, a watermelon will grow in your body and your body will explode. So no.

No I don't eat the black seeds! Do I look like I want a watermelon to grow in my stomach?

Edit, damn you Bill.

The myth lives on.

I always spit out the black seeds. I don't like the soft yet crisp texture of my watermelon to be ruined by a crunchy tasteless seed.



You've obviously never had a good watermelon.

Same here. I find that the watermelons here are generally juicy and delicious. It is always great fun to have watermelon seed spitting cntests, to see who can spit them the furtherest.

 

[BCLG100]

No, whenever i've had it as when i was a kid i saw a rugrats episode about a watermelon plant growing in chuckies tummy. Frankly don't want that to happen to me!