We are eating watermelon in a wrong way!
By gabbana
@gabbana (1815)
China
July 19, 2008 6:33am CST
I guess few people know that the most nutrious part of a watermelon is its peel! I once learn it from a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. According the Chinese Traditional Medicine theroy, its peel has the function of removing hot /fire in our body, adjust our metablism.
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8 responses
@crunkyjens (463)
• United States
24 Jul 08
Wow I have never heard of this before! I can't really see eating the peel of a watermelon, I don't even like the taste of the light green/white part, I can't even imagine the peel. I usually eat up until the white part. The red and pink parts are delicious!!! Sometimes you can get stuck with a not so good watermelon, but usually they are amazing! I have found too that ones with seeds are usually much more flavorful than ones with out. I just hate the inconvienence of picking out the seeds as I am not one to spit them out. Speaking of spitting has anyone ever had a watermelon spitting contest?
@annjilena (5618)
• United States
8 Sep 08
wow.tell me more i love watermelon how do you use it to relieve fever in the body
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
7 Aug 08
Oh, I think I am also eating the watermelon in a wrong way:) I think few people will eat the watermelon's peel. But I think eating the flesh watermelon is already good enough to remove the hot/fire from out boby:)
I love China
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
6 Aug 08
hi gabbana I love watermelon and just eat all the red
and pink parts but my mom used to make pickles from the
rinds, watermelon pickles and they were delicious , Noe
I find out they were also nutritious. That is so good
'to know.Most fruits are so good for us.
@spoiled311 (5500)
• Philippines
19 Jul 08
hi gabbana!
oh really? well, no thanks because for one, i don't like the taste, yeah i eat watermelon up to a part the white part, but not the peel. but my family leaves a part of the red part because they say that the insecticides reach the fruit. oh i dunno, i can't really believe that because watermelon skin is thick. but at least, i won't eat the skin!
lol
good day and God bless you!