What Things Would You Like To See Make A Comeback?

Watermelons with seeds, they are hard to find these days. Much more flavor than seedless.

Fruit stands and selling produce out of the back of trucks…watermelons, cantaloupe, sweet corn and other such produce.

Large fabric stores with a large variety of reasonably priced fabrics.

Small food stands own by locals who sell a few popular items done right. Fried chicken, burgers, snow cones etc. I think the cities have made it near impossible to operate these now.

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DrWatson · 70-79, M

So-called seedless watermelon strike me as less flavorful than seeded watermelon. Plus, it really does have seeds, and those white immature seeds are actually harder to pick out than black seeds.

So I have never seen the point of "seedless" watermelon.

And seeded grapes are usually sweeter than the seedless variety, but I have only found them available when a store purchases from a small grower.

And so the grape industry comes up with "cotton candy" grapes. They are sweet, but they still don't taste like traditional grapes from my childhood.

NativePortlander1970

@DrWatson And what the hell are up with those huge oblong green grapes the size of a big toe?

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@DrWatson Concord grapes have tough skins and seeds that have to be spit out but oh what a wonderful flavor those grapes have. I could stand by the grape vines and eat like a little pig they taste so good. I am pretty sure they are loaded with nutrients and healthy if they haven’t been dowsed with pesticides (sulfur type is the safest or Neem products)

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@DrWatson I’m pretty sure restaurant owners love to buy those seedless watermelons to reduce the liability of someone choking on seeds. Plus easier to make melon balls with along with cantaloupes and honeydew melons to make a colorful fruit salad. Otherwise give me the seeded ones.