Watermelon Etiquette

Perhaps Emily would have pointed out that there are melon forks (fork/knife combinations) and melon spoons (spoon/fork combinations) which were designed specifically for dealing with the seeds of these seasonal delicacies. – Pictured above are antique melon spoons by The Holmes & Edwards Silver Co.

 

A PROBLEM THAT SUMMER BRINGS US

Now that the watermelon season is here again, one is reminded that we never learned Mrs. Emily Post’s rules of watermelon etiquette. Should we use a spoon, fork, or knife and fork? Some prefer to eat over the kitchen sink, a handy receptacle for all seeds; probably not correct etiquette? And then again, what is the right procedure for gathering up the elusive seeds which manage to slip out and around on the linoleum? After all, the handiest way is to take it on a picnic.—From Ceres Courier, 1933

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