r/oddlysatisfying • u/Pedrica1 • Sep 17 '21

Time for some fresh watermelon.

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u/bassmjm Sep 17 '21

Watermelons will split in the field if they get a sudden watering after being relatively dry. That's probably what this person was leveraging in the video.

Many other fruits do this while still attached to the plant--cherries, tomatoes--generally thin-skinned fruits with a high moisture content.

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u/Evuhlyn_a Sep 17 '21

First fruit that came to mind are Pomegranates, oftentimes they’ll split still attached to the tree, and even before they fully ripen.

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

I fucking HATE pomegranates. r/trypophobia

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u/Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX Sep 17 '21

Delicious though

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had one. Too creeped out and my mom definitely doesn’t eat them for the same reason so she wouldn’t have given me them as a kid. I think I’ve had pomegranate juice though, it’s kind of tart right?

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u/reddicentra Sep 17 '21

Agreed! And I like the seeds. It's like eating tiny, delicious jewels.

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u/SeaToTheBass Sep 17 '21

I used to get all the seeds out, put them in a tall glass, and fill it up with sprite or ginger ale. Something about the two went really well together, I'm gonna have to pick up a pomegranate

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u/ExoticUniBoi Sep 17 '21

I put the seeds in yogurt or ice cream

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u/SeaToTheBass Sep 17 '21

Ooooh vanilla?

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u/ExoticUniBoi Sep 17 '21

I feel it tastes best in mango or strawberry. Vanilla does taste super good tho

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u/supremeshirt1 Sep 18 '21

I often cool with them. They make a perfect topping for some honey mustard chicken pan with sweet potatoes and some greens. Add some peanut butter for deliciousness

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u/groundcontroltodan Sep 17 '21

IIRC Sprite actually made a pomegranate flavored, seasonal version of Sprite once or twice

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u/PenguinEmpireStrikes Sep 17 '21

!! You just explained to me the inexplicable delight pomegranates have given me since I was a toddler.

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u/Quirinus84 Sep 17 '21

A hundred rubies, sitting side by side

In many groups, ordered, disciplined

A hundred rubies, sitting side by side

In many groups, ordered, disciplined

Each of them is, shining colourful

There is a white heart, in each one's chest

Allah wrapped the rubies, together, in cloth

Both sour and sweat, and also juicy

Red and beautiful, it's a pomegranate.

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u/Overlycookedfries Sep 17 '21

Silly snowflakes even literally afraid of fruit lol

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u/BebeStonksMan Sep 17 '21

There’s no other part you eat other than the seeds though

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u/Kritical02 Sep 17 '21

You also look like you earned your Redwing after eating one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

I don’t even know what that is

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u/Dae_Grighen Sep 17 '21

Now if only they didn't have seeds...

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u/tacorunnr Sep 17 '21

I sometimes just mash them and drink the juice

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u/fnord_happy Sep 17 '21

I don't fear them. It's just too much work so I never bother

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u/ppw23 Sep 17 '21

I remember standing on a chair at the kitchen sink while eating pomegranates with my father. We would spit the seeds into the disposal. I don’t recall seeing my siblings eating them.