In honor of Memorial Day and all the picnics and backyard parties, I’m reposting this. If you don’t need this info now, you will before the summer is out. Although, I just priced a medium size watermelon yesterday and it was $10! That is ridiculous!
You know, it really is true what they say; necessity is truly the mother of invention.
Well actually this could be classified as more of a discovery rather than an invention; but it was of my own making.
My discovery, invention or technique came about from those dreaded four words my husband begins uttering about this time every year, “Let’s get a watermelon!” Now, I have nothing against watermelons. In fact, I rather like eating them. But its the ensuing mess that makes me cringe.
You see, I have an aversion to messes, especially sticky, hard to clean messes. The kind of messes my husband makes when he cuts up an often way too large watermelon. Juice everywhere: on the counter, all over the sink, on the floor, a trail of drips leading out the door when he not so carefully takes out the rinds. And if you have ever…
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