Watermelon Declared [Oklahoma] State Vegetable

kotv.com ^ | Updated 4/18/2007 6:09 AM | staff writer

[bedolido]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma already has a state fruit, so legislation given final approval by the state Senate on Tuesday declares the watermelon as the official state vegetable. The measure was introduced in the state House by Democratic Representative Joe Dorman of Rush Springs, site of an annual watermelon festival in August.

State Senator Don Barrington, R-Lawton, sponsored the bill in the state Senate.

[VRWCmember]

Leave it to Oklahoma to declare Watermelon a “vegetable”. What was the state fruit? Tomato?

[misterrob]

Let’s see how long we can go without dumb race remarks

[bedolido]

I think Tomato is a fruit... not sure, but somewhere down the line I remember hearing that.

[silverleaf]

I guess if you can pass a law stating that men can marry men, you can pass a law making watermelon a vegetable.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Ok, who else had a grandmother who would put down layers of newspaper on the picnic table then serve cold watermelon on a hot day?

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Not newspaper on the picinic table for us, just handed a big slice and sent out in the yard.

[300magnum]

With a salt shaker on each end of the table too.

[dfwgator]

Jesse and Al are booking their tickets to Oklahoma as we speak.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I remember getting hosed down afterwards because we were covered in sticky watermelon juice!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

As a kid I never tried salt on watermelon, but do like it that way now....

[Rightly Biased]

[NonValueAdded]

How environmentally and politically sensitive of the OK legislature, choosing something green on the outside and red on the inside.

[VRWCmember]

As a kid I never tried salt on watermelon, but do like it that way now....

If the watermelon is really sweet no salt is needed. But a melon that isn't quite at perfect ripeness and sweetness is improved with salt.

[aft_lizard]

Well technically it is a vegetable(part of the Cucurbitaceae family of veggies). In use a fruit,but in reality a vegetable. Tomatoes are the opposite in use they are a vegetable in reality a fruit.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

And the white seeds were okay to eat, but never the black seeds.

[VRWCmember]

Those are best for the spitting contest.

[VRWCmember]

My grandmother used a plastic tablecloth that you could just hose off afterward.

[politicalwit]

Never ice down your watermelons in a brine solution. I had some ice left over from an outdoor gathering. We had made ice cream the old fashioned way. With two melons left over I decided to ice them down over night for the next evening. I dumped my ice cream brine solution into the tub with the remaining ice and melons. The next afternoon I had what appeared to be two rather large raisins instead of two watermelons.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I have a great homemade ice cream recipe for MilkyWay ice cream if you are interested....... thanks for the advice on the briney melons though...yikes

[Slings and Arrows]

I thought the Oklahoma state vegetable was Anita Hill.

[bedolido]

“thanks for the advice on the briney melons though...yikes”

I read that real fast and thought you were talking about Britney Spears... and her (dare I say it?) melons.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I was in the mall the other day, passed Aeropostal and the word "apostate" hit me and I started laughing out loud.

And for the record, I RARELY think about britney's melons.... ;^)

[1rudeboy]

Ok, who else had a grandmother who would put down layers of newspaper on the picnic table then serve cold watermelon on a hot day?

Anyone ever scoop a hole in the top of a watermelon, pour in grain alcohol, and let it soak?

[bedolido]

“And for the record, I RARELY think about britney’s melons.... ;^)”

I, also, rarely think about them... married 37 years and can’t remember why I would want to think about them...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Never.... ;^)

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Signs of aging.... not even remembering why you would have done something, if you would have, or if you ever did.

[bedolido]

you do understand!!!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I’ve been forgetting things since I was 15...

[bedolido]

what were we chatting about?

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Who are you and why are you pinging me?

[alwaysconservative]

A tomato IS a fruit, but then again, so is a watermelon.

[CJ Wolf]

I thought this guy was the state fruit.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Post 33 is funny.

[lowbridge]

A tomato IS a fruit, but then again, so is a watermelon.

Not that there's anything wrong with that /Seinfeld

[SunkenCiv]

For a few precious days, Corzine was the NJ state vegetable.

[Berosus]

If my wife was in Oklahoma, she probably would have nominated okra for the honor. She hasn’t been able to get enough of it since we left Florida.