Square Watermelon

[POTC_ROXS]

I actually find this sad. People today have so much time on their hands they decide to change the natural shape of a harmless watermelon when they could be finding a cure for cancer...

 

[marc jacobs addict]

I suddenly feel the urge to buy both the regular ROUND and SQUARE watermelon just to do a taste test...

 

[Alejandro]

Looks delishh

 

[Mr. Lee]

I suddenly feel the urge to buy both the regular ROUND and SQUARE watermelon just to do a taste test...

http://www.stanford.edu/~lindholm/chinf_wat.html

 

[brian]

I suddenly feel the urge to buy both the regular ROUND and SQUARE watermelon just to do a taste test...

square watermelons are so expensive, though.

...note to self: don't ever mention square watermelon to the gucci group...

 

[tangerine]

...note to self: don't ever mention square watermelon to the gucci group...

 

[liberty33r1b]

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[iperlchen]

I am guessing that she thought the idea seemed very American since we are known for inventing very frivilous things for no very good reason other than marketing. See Brittany Spears and Deely-boppers for example.

That's exactly how I meant it, thanks

 

[Mr-Dale]

I don't see what is so horrible--it is not significantly different from creating topiary by clipping hedges into insane shapes.

Yes it is very different...when you cut a hedge it just goes back and you don't change the genotype of the plant. When you geneticaly manipulate a watermelon by making it square, that is playing with nature, fooling around with evolution and causing things that cannot be turned back. It is very different my dear...

 

[iperlchen]

Actually, it was developed in Japan, so that it would not waste too much space in narrow Japanese fridges.

It is just a watermelon, like any other, but it has been grown in a mould to shape it into a cube.

Gourd moulds are no new thing; I remember seeing moulds advertised in gardening catalogues when I was a kid in the 1980s that could shape a pumpkin or another squash into a silly face, and this is the same concept. The way it works is that it is a heavy, clear plastic shell that is held together along the edges with screw-on clamps. When the melon (or the squash) is very small, you put it in the opening of the mould, then the fruit grows to the shape of its container.

Ok, well than I have to take back that it's a typical American thing Thanks for the info. I wonder if it's 'healthy' for the melon itself, the skin is squashed against the mould and it's growth is stunt, right?
I'm glad I'm no watermelon, I'm claustrophobic.

 

[SCBl0ndie]

I think we're overracting..

 

[gruveechik]

Actually, it was developed in Japan, so that it would not waste too much space in narrow Japanese fridges.

It is just a watermelon, like any other, but it has been grown in a mould to shape it into a cube.

Gourd moulds are no new thing; I remember seeing moulds advertised in gardening catalogues when I was a kid in the 1980s that could shape a pumpkin or another squash into a silly face, and this is the same concept. The way it works is that it is a heavy, clear plastic shell that is held together along the edges with screw-on clamps. When the melon (or the squash) is very small, you put it in the opening of the mould, then the fruit grows to the shape of its container.

cool
and so practical too
as long as not GMO (but then, so many things are here in N.A.)

i'd give it a go

 

[iperlchen]

I think we're overracting..

Plants have souls too (why do you think they grow faster if you put some nice classical music on)

 

[As You Like It]

Yes it is very different...when you cut a hedge it just goes back and you don't change the genotype of the plant. When you geneticaly manipulate a watermelon by making it square, that is playing with nature, fooling around with evolution and causing things that cannot be turned back. ..

Did you read my whole post? I even gave links to a site that sells moulds for shaping large garden produce.! It is very like topiary. There is NO way to genetically alter a watermelon to grow in a cube shape. Those square watermelons are created by sticking them in a square mould while they are growing. It is much like making an ice-cube or baking a cake in a specially shaped pan. There is nothing GMO about it, simply forcing it to grow in the shape of a container.

 

[yourbestfriend]

Did you read my whole post? I even gave links to a site that sells moulds for shaping large garden produce.! It is very like topiary. There is NO way to genetically alter a watermelon to grow in a cube shape. Those square watermelons are created by sticking them in a square mould while they are growing. It is much like making an ice-cube or baking a cake in a specially shaped pan. There is nothing GMO about it, simply forcing it to grow in the shape of a container.

i agree with you ayli

 

[clay]

I say make all fruit and vegetables sqaure or cubed. I hate my cucumbers just lying around taking up space being all phalic, pisses me off. It will make them stack eaiser to save space in the fridge and just think about how happier your local grocer will be. He just stack all his stuff up on display without some stupid shopper knocking over the tomato pile. I'm just waiting for square eggs...

 

[PrinceOfCats]

I hate my cucumbers just lying around taking up space being all phalic, pisses me off

Can I have that as my signature please?

 

[clay]

Its yours man!

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Thanks!

 

[Becky_da_da_da]

Square melons?!