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TIL that when watermelons are grilled or baked they lose their granular texture and can even be used as meat substitute, a "watermelon steak". (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–]Spid8r 1177ポイント1178ポイント  (495子コメント)

Thanks for letting me know that your opinion is "as a vegetarian". Now can I get an opinion from someone who doesn't hate food?

Edit - So apparently I am anti-vegetarian and only eat meat because I like animal cruelty. I don't mind being accused of all that stuff by anonymous internet people, but I would actually really like someone to let me know what the watermelon steak thing is like.

Edit 2 - Well now I am anti-vegetarian, and still no closer to finding out how the grilled watermelon is. I love reddit.

Edit 3 - There are some deep and meaningful philosophical, moral and ethical based arguments happening down this chain (as well as a great lion/hyena/vegetarian joke that no one seems to acknowledge), but as of yet, still no comments on the actual grilled watermelon.

Edit 4 - Well starting to get some aggressive messages now. Seems a lot of people are wanting to start a beef with me. Still no actual meat-eater grilled watermelon testimony though. Some positive feedback on the hyena joke though, which is nice.

Edit 5 - Oh snap! Now getting messaged by bots linking to another sub. Whose side are the robots on? Do they get as upset as the rest of the people in here? If they are iron deficient, can they just take a supplement?

Edit 6 - We did it! 6 hours, a few arguments, moral dilemmas, upsetting cross-fitters, calling lions jerks/not jerks, a fantastic hyena joke, robots and info on B-12 deficiency - after all of that we have a review from a non-vegetarian about grilled watermelon in this chain from /u/monmonorama - apparently it is not steak-like and it doesn't do it for him. What a journey.

Edit 7 - Hold the phone, they are coming in thick and fast now. u/__RelevantUsername__ chips in with his review of the controversial food - "...It's meh...". Could this whole thing have been about a pretty average foodstuff?

Edit 8 - Well, with those mediocre reviews the aggression is ramping back up again. Starting to get 'C'-bombs thrown into the mix now along with "Dude, you attacked that person" and the like. I will just assume it is getting close to smoko in the USA and the bran muffin and piece of lettuce these people had for breakfast is starting to wear off and they are getting a bit peckish.

Edit 9 - Gold? I don't know how to use it (seriously, do I have to activate it or something? What does it do?) but thank you kind stranger - I will be sure to pay it forward sometime soon. I don't think this is going to go down well with the hungry and increasingly snooty commenters turning up here looking to knock me down a branch or two before they get stuck into a big salad. We have ALL CAPS comments starting to arrive already- only a matter of time before bold comments start showing up.

Edit 10 - The reviews are flying in. /u/SuperSeriously includes "...if you like watermelon, you'll probably like grilled watermelon". /u/hghost - "...as a meat eater, I'm not a fan of grilled watermelon...". /u/ricecracker420 says "...a great way to save a really grainy watermelon". Will the controversy ever end?

Edit 11 - Okay, so apparently I edit too much and yet should keep them coming at the same time. Reddit is hard. Also, there is no way that lion/hyena/vegetarian joke can live up to expectations now, so I am not going to point it out. Finally, got an apology from someone for them maybe reading a little too much into a comment of mine. I will assume my inbox will be flooded with more like these shortly.

[–]TJEdgar 19ポイント20ポイント  (1子コメント)

I'm on a mobile and can't find the hyena joke. That's all I really care about.

[–]CommanderpKeen [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I'm on my laptop and I can't find it either. Dammit.

Edit: Found it.

[–]skippygo 18ポイント19ポイント  (3子コメント)

I've spent 20 minutes unsuccessfully looking for the hyena joke, can someone link me?

[–]nickmond 47ポイント48ポイント  (1子コメント)

I've served my parents (who are both meat eaters) watermelon burgers, and they both like them a lot too, but I don't think would compare them to actual meat (I used to be a meat eater, too, and enjoyed meat). It's a totally different food - trying to call it a meat replacement is a stretch, but it's still delicious in its own right.

[–]wtfOP 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

oh look a proper reply on what grilled watermenlon is like

[–]TheDaveWSC 742ポイント743ポイント  (187子コメント)

Offensive or not (it's not), your point is a fantastic one. If someone tells me something is "steak-like" then I want a review from someone who FUCKING EATS STEAK.

[–]T8ert0t 92ポイント93ポイント  (33子コメント)

It's like how getting sex advice from a nun just isn't going to hold a lot of weight, y'dig?

[–]munkifisht 42ポイント43ポイント  (25子コメント)

Totally uninteresting side note:

Y'dig may have it's origins in the Irish language. In Irish (AKA Gaeilge or Gaelic) the phrase "dtuigeann tú" (pronounced Diggen Two) means do you understand. The theory goes that many of the slave drivers in Jamecia were from Cork and Kerry where Irish was widely spoken. They would use the phrase when barking orders at the black slaves and it then got transformed to "Do you dig" and became part of the vernacular. It's not accepted by everyone but it is a good legend.

[–]RimmyDownunder 30ポイント31ポイント  (6子コメント)

I dunno, what's your source, random internet man. I can't go quoting this very interesting fact to all of my friend(no s) on the off chance it's wrong!

[–]Master_of_Fail 13ポイント14ポイント  (4子コメント)

friend(no s)

Awwwww. . . You throw that 'S' back on there, champ! I'm your friend!

[–]munkifisht 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you GOOGLE it :) there's quite a few sites that quote it as a possible source but like most slang it can be quite hard to pinpoint the exact source. Wikitionary mentions it https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dig

Others http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/181383

http://www.daltai.com/discus/messages/13510/19704.html?1161034622

[–]fuckheartbleed 1ポイント2ポイント  (6子コメント)

Also the British use of the word 'smashing' is thought to come from 'is maith sin' meaning 'that's good.'

I've always been under the impression that though Gaeilge is the Irish word for the Irish language, Gaelic is an English word referring to all three Gaelic languages (Irish, Scots, and Manx). Using the word Gaelic to mean just the Irish language is a little inaccurate.

[–]munkifisht 2ポイント3ポイント  (5子コメント)

Not really. Gaelic is probably more accurately called Irish Gaelic but that's a little redundant and Gaelic is a perfectly cromulent word when referring to Gaeilge. You would say Irish Gaelic if you were discussing the differences between the three languages, but that's it.

[–]PurpleSkua 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

Disclaimer: you probably already know this if you live in the UK or Ireland.

If you're speaking, rather than typing, "Gaelic" is pronounced differently for the Scottish and Irish variants (I'm afraid I have no idea about the Manx variety). The Scottish one is "gah-lick" vs the Irish "gay-lick". It's probably worth writing out the variant when online, because there's no way of imparting that difference in pronunciation. As a Scotsman, I'd probably assume Scots Gaelic rather than Irish if someone just said "Gaelic" with no context, because that's what I'm used to.

[–]munkifisht 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I do love an aul gay lick }:)

[–]PurpleSkua [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Now you know why the Irish language is surviving better than the Scottish one

[–]fuckheartbleed 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I stand corrected!

[–]PurpleSkua [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

You were right before - at least, as far as this Scotsman is concerned. munkifisht is Irish, so s/he will have a very different interaction with the word

[–]DT777 1ポイント2ポイント  (6子コメント)

Would this have been compounded by the fact that Irish were enslaved a good bit as well?

[–]munkifisht 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

Yea, it's possible. We were the first slaves of America.

[–]DT777 [スコア非表示]  (4子コメント)

It's funny how people forget that. Anti-Irish sentiment used to be very strong, both in America and in England. And yet there are "professors" who say NINA wasn't a thing, Irish Slaves weren't "really" slaves, and basically shove the whole thing under the carpet.

[–]blomqv [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

And well-deserved. Bloody Irish.

[–]DT777 [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

I can trace my family back to a Scottish priest that immigrated to Ireland, to bring God to the heathens.

Them's fighting words, boy.

[–]blomqv [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

So you're Scottish - what are you offended about? Bloody Scots, too stupid to even know when to be offended.

[–]jt289 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

If you're going to give a helpful phonetic spelling of the phrase I would recommend not using the non-phonetic phoneme 'two', which if you think about it phonetically spells 'tw-oh'. Tbh, I'm actually sure nobody would have misunderstood you, but from the perspective of a pedantic fuck such as myself you would not make a very good human dictionary.

[–]jt289 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Are you crazy that's interesting as fuck.

[–]T8ert0t [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Kind of weird since phonetically it would be be "digging too"

Someone reversed Yoda'ed it along the way.

[–]blomqv [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

Sounds like bullshit

[–]TheDaveWSC 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

Nail on the head, my friend

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    [–]brangaene 213ポイント214ポイント  (121子コメント)

    You know the most vegetarians ate meat at one point or the other? I mean only a minority of vegetarians and vegans were raised this way. So yes, I am vegetarian and I know how steak tastes (delicious btw). Not eating meat doesn't disqualify one of talking how it tastes.

    [–]sfida95 25ポイント26ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Unless you're a good majority of Indian

    [–]anotheroner 164ポイント165ポイント  (74子コメント)

    When I eat vegan food with vegans they rave about it like it's amazing. I think they just slowly become used to food tasting worse without realizing it. So in time a vegetarian might start to think watermelon steak taste like actual steak.

    [–]FreakyCheeseMan 19ポイント20ポイント  (6子コメント)

    This is my best argument for vegans just hating food: I'm a meat eater, but I can cook some badass vegetarian dishes. It's genuinely not difficult to make green stuff taste good. But, all the vegetarian stuff I've tried from vegan restaurants was bland and awful.

    [–]blomqv [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    I don't know man, Indian vegetarian food is off-the-chain delicious.

    [–]KagakuNinja [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

    You must not be going to the right restaurants. I'm not vegetarian, but I had a grilled portobello burger once that was amazing, as good as a beef burger any day.

    [–]isbutteracarb [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Ditto, had a veggie burger recently at a nearby restaurant - was some mix of mushrooms, beets, nuts, other stuff - it was delicious. The texture was on point, the beets gave it that pink coloring you expect in a burger, and it had a good savory flavor. Obviously it tastes different than an actual meat burger, but it was still super yummy.

    [–]droxxus [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    I've only ever been to one restaurant that did their vegetarian/vegan dishes extremely well. Everywhere else is always the same bland, unoriginal dishes.

    [–]PuddingT [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

    Try those same dishes with some bacon grease or chicken broth and they will taste even better.

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      [–]divadsci [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      And before you know it the say a carob bar is just like chocolate.

      [–]askantik 57ポイント58ポイント  (43子コメント)

      Given that the average person I see eats McDonald's and Lean Cuisine multiple times per week, I don't think it's really fair to pick on just vegans. Also, FWIW, several vegans have won major cooking competitions.

      Some vegans have different (simple?) tastes, just like some omnis. Same way some people swear Bud Light isn't gross.

      Edit: since many people seem incredulous, please see my other comment with sources.

      [–]golfjunkie 69ポイント70ポイント  (27子コメント)

      The average person eats McDonalds and lean cuisine multiple times a week? Where do you live?

      [–]FMM08 12ポイント13ポイント  (7子コメント)

      That is what I was thinking.

      Edit: Did some investigation and it looks like /u/askantik goes to Ole Miss. Therefore he/she lives in Mississippi.

      [–]cbvenom 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Mississippi or not, that's a college diet for sure, not the average person.

      [–]askantik [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      I'm a married grad student, so I don't interact with undergrads much. Also, I ain't making this shit up... see my other comment.

      [–]askantik [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

      Meh, I've lived in 2 other states, too. Fast food consumption is extremely widespread, probably especially in suburban and rural areas. Mississippi gets a (deservedly) bad rap when it comes to health, but the statistics aren't that much better in the nation on average.

      For example: the average American spends $1,200 on fast food annually, 16% of the population eats fast food multiple times per week, and in Super Size Me it was stated that 20% of McDonald's customers eat there multiple times per week. In 2005, the average American consumed 72 frozen meals per year.

      A more recent poll found that almost 50% of Americans report eating fast food "at least weekly." And that's self-reported, which I think we can all agree is more likely to be an underestimate than an overestimate.

      [–]golfjunkie [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

      That makes a lot more sense. It's crazy how much the US varies by region. Being from Boston, Mississippi is like a different planet to me.

      [–]Bigfrostynugs [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

      That's sort of bound to happen when you have a country this damn big. Mississippi is a long way from Boston, it makes sense that it's so different. What amazes me is that somewhere like Boston can be so different from surrounding areas like Maine or New York.

      [–]FMM08 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      I mean hell I live in Washington State and the two sides of our state is like two different states itself. You spend a day in Seattle then go spend a day in some place like Spokane or Walla Walla and it's just a whole 180 degree turn and vice versa.

      [–]rockmonstr 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      My whole family eats like this and so do a lot of our neighbors. My father won't touch anything green aside from green beans and occasionally asparagus (which he only just started eating a few years ago in his early 50's) It's horrible. I didn't eat any vegetables aside from potatoes and green beans until I moved out at 18. Didn't even know what a brusells sprout looked like until I was 19. I dated a cook that forced me to try new vegetables regularly and honestly I'm grateful. My parents and younger sister are all overweight, eat like shit and my both parents have diabetes.

      edit:Also for the record, cooked watermelon is indeed really good. Especially with a bit of garlic. I would actually liken the texture to a crushed tomato rather than a steak-like texture.

      [–]Omnimark [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

      I think "how old are you?" is a better question because I would bet between 18-25.

      [–]golfjunkie [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      Fair point. Although I really hope it's the younger end of that range. Eating like that is understandable in college but after that you have no excuse.

      [–]MuradinBronzecock [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      He was raised in a Walmart near the bike section.

      [–]Trackman89 2ポイント3ポイント  (11子コメント)

      Why so much hate for lean cuisine? They're convenient to eat at work and not horrible for you nutrition-wise

      [–]Acciovino 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

      Except for the sodium and preservatives. Nothing in a box is going to be nearly as good for you as real food.

      [–]watermelons- [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      Lean cuisine has been getting better over the years and they contain less sodium now. Their vegetables are healthy because they are immediately frozen after being picked, so it does contain real fruit, and they have been switching to more natural ingredients.

      There's also, fresh, daily made and packed organic healthy boxed meals I pick up from my local store (expensive through) which I buy for dinner.

      I am fortunate enough to work full time and go to school and I'm out of the house for 14 hours daily so I survive on boxed food on weekdays. I've actually been losing weight and feeling better. I do try to cook on the weekends though.

      [–]Merip [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      Plus it's kind of a waste of money buying pretend food.

      [–]FLHCv2 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Café Steamers master race

      [–]waterbuffalo750 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

      Any premade meal that you can toss in a microwave isn't good. And I'm guessing that it's not good for you, but I don't want them either way so I haven't looked into it. Just for curiosity sake, check out the sodium levels next time you have one.

      [–]Doddley 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Probably still better than a cold cut sandwich which is my alternative to lean cuisines.

      [–]AbbeyRoade [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      Cold cut meats and cheeses tend to be very high in sodium.

      [–]Pokeynine [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      I'm going to guess that aside from the high sodium, a lean cuisine is just boxed portion control.

      [–]Trackman89 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      25% daily value for sodium for the one I'm looking at now. That doesn't seem bad

      [–]watermelons- [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      They've reduced the sodium a lot now.

      [–]jdstiffler 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      In my house.

      [–]KentConnor 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      'Murica

      [–]weluckyfew [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

      um...America?

      [–]Brarsh 21ポイント22ポイント  (8子コメント)

      I think he's actually trying to make a point that after not tasting a particular food for a long time you might think something tastes and feels like it but actually you just don't remember.

      You could say that about any person who hasn't experienced something in a while but judges an analog on its similarity to the real thing.

      I wouldnt be much of a movie critic if I said "Wow! This movie is just like the original from the 80s! Well, at least what I remember it being when I saw it 20 years ago."

      [–]strong_potato 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I feel like the point of the watermelon steak is not that it tastes like beef. So i don't see the big deal. It's fruit. No one wants beef flavored fruit.

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        [–]rock_callahan [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

        the average person i see eats McDonalds and Lean Cuisine

        I don't know about what sort of fucked up third-world-Detroit shit hole you live in but no, thats not what the average person usually eats.

        [–]CosmicVibrations[🍰] 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

        Lean cuisine and mcdonalds? Jesus what unfortunate place do you live?

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          [–]bergdorf_bandit 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

          It's not because they prefer worse tasting food. It's that vegans and vegetarians don't have taste as their motivating factor to eat – a lot of times it's about sustainability and ethics.

          [–]TheDaveWSC 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

          You're spot-on, at least in some sense. When someone converts to veganism, their palette will absolutely change. It has to or they'd be miserable. They can no longer accurately give a review of a steak-like item (or at least not as well as someone who eats steak).

          [–]Life-in-Death -2ポイント-1ポイント  (7子コメント)

          Wait, the only food that you find enjoyable is actually meat, dairy and eggs?

          Everything else is horrible?

          [–]getefix [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

          I think it's more that we've come to terms with our food being slightly less tasty than omnivores food (be honest, the reason people eat meat is for the taste therefore it must be tasty). It's only reasonable for someone who eats meat to prefer a meat eater's opinion.

          And yes, I've eaten steak before. That was five years ago. I remember what it tastes like but I don't appreciate it the way non-veggies do so my opinion would be biased.

          [–]BandarSeriBegawan -1ポイント0ポイント  (4子コメント)

          It's almost as if humans adapt to new conditions and the concept of pleasure or enjoyment is purely subjective. It's almost as if... Wait for it... Meat isn't necessary to health or happiness

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            [–]TsunamiTreats 88ポイント89ポイント  (29子コメント)

            "Not eating meat doesn't disqualify one of talking how it tastes."

            It sort of does though.

            [–]brangaene 20ポイント21ポイント  (25子コメント)

            How so? My last steak might be a couple of years ago but I still know what it tasted like.

            [–]TsunamiTreats 53ポイント54ポイント  (10子コメント)

            Oh, did you just recently become vegetarian? That certainly could affect things, but even two years is a long time for memories to change/fade/alter.

            I'm not going to go to my gluten free friend for reviews on IPAs, even if he did used to run the HopsToConclusions.com beer blog. He lost his touch.

            [–]xxvogue 19ポイント20ポイント  (7子コメント)

            I was a veggie for years before becoming omni again.

            you remember what meat tastes like.

            [–]Dabli 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

            I had meat 2 days ago and don't remember what meat tastes like.

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              [–]__RelevantUsername__ 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

              Well the fact he hops to conclusions so fast could be a contributing factor... He really should think before he blogs

              [–]yosemite_lives 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

              I used to LOVE that blog :(

              [–]Omnimark [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

              Having tried steak before makes you no more qualified to judge it than having tried wine before makes me qualified to judge that. I know what wines I personally like, but I won't recommend one because I don't drink it enough to know enough about it. I would say that a Merlot and Cabernet taste similar, and I would get laughed at by anyone who knows anything about them. If you want a recommendation on wine, go to a vintner. If you want recommendations on steak, go to a meat eater.

              [–]jimworksatwork [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

              I was veg for 4 years before I just stopped. Trust me you remember the basics, but forget the nuance that makes a meat dish unable to be replicated with vegetables.

              The first taco, burger, and steak I had after I started eating meat again were surprisingly delicious, and I could taste the things that all the imitation meats are trying to replicate.

              [–]AHungryMind [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

              It's the First 48 for a reason.

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                [–]TheBigBadPanda 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                "Doesnt eat meat" and "Havent eaten meat" are very different things.

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                  [–]jpop23mn 13ポイント14ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Most people have watched baseball too. Doesn't mean I want those who avoid it giving me play by plays.

                  [–]JorusC 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  I have a running theory that most vegetarians grew up in households where the cooking sucked. That made it easier for them to give meat up; it was always overcooked, under-seasoned, and blah.

                  [–]latticusnon 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Your tastes will change over time if you have major diet changes. For example I cut soda out of my diet, and now I think the stuff is overly sweet, whereas I used to think there wasn't a thing such as "too sweet."

                  So even if you have eaten steak before, what grilled watermelon tastes like to you will not be the same as to someone who still has meat in their diet.

                  [–]Andures 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                  Majority of vegetarians in the world are Buddhists or Hindis, and they are raised vegetarian.

                  [–]hadtoomuchtodream 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  Should go without saying that op was referring to the majority of vegetarians in our culture, ie the ones reddit and bros like to talk shit on.

                  [–]cthulu0 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                  A lot of idiot vegetarians I know used to eat steak well done because they were squeamish about the blood and stuff. Nevermind that its not actually blood by myoglobin.

                  If you were a vegetarian and ate your steak well done, then Spi8r points still stands: need a review from some one who actually properly eats steak.

                  [–]Overexplains_Everyth [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                  I used to eat white bread, tasted like bread but eat whole grain breads now. Find fuckin seeds in the bread type shit.

                  Anyway, I tried some white bread after 10 years and it tastes more like sugar to me now, not bread.

                  Mind is not a trustworthy thing. If you haven't tasted meat in years, I wouldn't trust what your mind says it remembers it tasting like.

                  [–]doublechucklehaha [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                  Right, but I hadn't eaten something in a decade or more I think I'd be a little pressed to claim to be able to perfectly still relate it to other things.

                  [–]Xuttuh -1ポイント0ポイント  (4子コメント)

                  A baby came out of a virgina at some point. You wouldn't ask a 10 year old what pussy was like.

                  [–]catsupbot 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

                  Well, Virginia is for lovers

                  [–]strong_potato 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  I mean a lot of ten year olds see "Virginias" everyday. But that's still a fucked up question for a little kid.

                  [–]stonecoast 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                  No one's suggesting that you ask someone who has one time touched a steak what it tastes like.

                  A more appropriate example would be someone who was married, but their spouse died a few years ago and they haven't had sex since. I'm guessing they'll still remember the gist of it.

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                    [–]sanemaniac [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                    Why would someone who eats steak eat grilled watermelon as a steak substitute? We are in a catch 22 folks.

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                      [–]monmonorama 31ポイント32ポイント  (6子コメント)

                      As a steak eating, watermelon loving, grilling fiend, no, grilled watermelon is not steak-like. It's not even good. I love grilled fruits and veggies, but watermelon just didn't do it for me.

                      [–]Spid8r 11ポイント12ポイント  (5子コメント)

                      Holy sh!t it happened!!!

                      [–]hghost 0ポイント1ポイント  (4子コメント)

                      Not the original responder, but when I tried it my watermelon lost its sweetness. Who wants savory fruit.

                      [–]Mitchypoo [スコア非表示]  (3子コメント)

                      Have you ever had roasted pineapple? I wouldn't exactly call it "savory," but damn it's good shit.

                      [–]hghost [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                      I have! I can live with grilled pineapple. But grilled watermelon is nothing like pineapple

                      [–]Mitchypoo [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

                      I can't say I'd know, I've never had grilled watermelon. I didn't even know it was a thing! I'll have to give it a try.

                      [–]hghost [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                      I watched it on some cooking show like top chef or something and was already planning on grilling but had a watermelon that needed to be used. I only did 2 pieces in case it didn't turn out good. So luckily it wasn't a major waste.

                      [–]hedgecore77 48ポイント49ポイント  (23子コメント)

                      Once you exclude meat, you're forced to discover whole new worlds of food. Regardless of whether you serve 'em up with a side of steak or chicken, you ought to look into some veg recipes if you like food.

                      [–]Spid8r 18ポイント19ポイント  (19子コメント)

                      Not doubting that, and I am pretty sure I like food, but that is a lot harder than I thought. For about 5 hours now I have been trying to get a decent review on this grilled watermelon thing, but all anyone has to say is about ethical conundrums and how lions are not jerks because they don't actually think about zebras as fellow animals, but apparently I am a jerk because I know better.

                      [–]herrbz 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

                      I think it's more the condescending attitude. You can't make a polarizing comment and then pretend all you wanted was an opinion on watermelon. There's people posting reviews of grilled watermelon all over this thread, you just wanted to make people angry.

                      [–]dragonangelx 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

                      The guy you first replied to said it was great and linked you a recipe. It probably would have taken you less than 5 hours to go buy some watermelon and make it yourself.

                      [–]Spid8r 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

                      Not sure if you understood the whole thing, but I was asking for a non-vegetarian's opinion of grilled watermelon.

                      Also, it is 11:30pm here, so I would struggle to get a watermelon and grill it up at the moment. Might try tomorrow if I haven't been stabbed with a carrot or suffocated with seaweed or something suspicious like that.

                      [–]dragonangelx [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                      Yeah, I was just being a bit of a douche with my comment. Bored at work on a friday afternoon. I hope you survive the night.

                      [–]hghost 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                      Idk if its been answered but as a meat eater, I'm not a fan of grilled watermelon. When I had it it got rid of the sweetness and it became very savory and it was just odd. I will stuck to my cold watermelon

                      [–]Life-in-Death -2ポイント-1ポイント  (9子コメント)

                      Because only vegetarians have eaten grilled watermelon? If you will only accept an answer from meat-eaters on if grilled watermelon is tasty, don't get mad at the people who don't eat meat.

                      [–]Abuderpy 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                      He doesn't want to know if grilled watermelon is tasty. He wants to know how it holds up to the claim of being "steak-like".

                      [–]Spid8r 10ポイント11ポイント  (7子コメント)

                      Who is getting mad? Cows? You have misunderstood the logic behind my joke comment.

                      I have a pretty normal diet, so wanted the opinion of someone who also has a pretty normal diet like me. Where is the harm in that?

                      What is funny is that the "As a vegetarian" thing at the start was so stereotypical and totally irrelevant to the context, so I chipped the person for it and now we have all this stuff going on. Like someone else said earlier, you don't have to ask who is a vegetarian, just wait a bit and they will tell you.

                      [–]drzl 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

                      I don't think it's completely irrelevant to mention you're a vegetarian in that context - a lot of vegetarians/vegans love the taste/texture of meat, it just stops being justifiable to them after a change in perspective. There's a lot of motivation to fill that void with something just as satisfying.

                      [–]Spid8r [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                      You sort of made my point there. Apparently, any topic that has anything to do with food is reason enough for a vegetarian to mention that they are in fact, vegetarian. Trust me, I have learnt a lot of things about vegetarians today, them being pretty keen to tell me about it is one of them.

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                          [–]PaterBinks 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

                          Definitely, I started reducing my meat intake about two years ago and the variety of food I eat has exploded since then.

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                            [–]should_not_ever 65ポイント66ポイント  (7子コメント)

                            We get so polarized on here. It's like everybody has to be 120% for something or 120% against it and damn the facts because OUTRAGE!

                            /sigh

                            [–]StainWaggin 18ポイント19ポイント  (3子コメント)

                            I could go either way.

                            [–]themeatbridge 17ポイント18ポイント  (2子コメント)

                            You get the FUCK out!

                            [–]Chewcocca 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

                            I'm just gonna stand in the doorway.

                            [–]jaspersgroove [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                            Will somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?

                            [–]Spellantro 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                            Just here?

                            [–]Spid8r [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                            This is 60% of my inbox currently. The other 60% is arguing about how I am totally wrong on stuff I didn't say.

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                              [–]__RelevantUsername__ 5ポイント6ポイント  (3子コメント)

                              Since no one wants to tell you I will. It's meh like I would say try it for sure and you will most likely really enjoy it but don't think or it as a steak or anything close to a steak or you will be disappointed. Overall 7.5/10 would try again

                              [–]Releventcomments 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

                              7.5/10 is meh?

                              [–]__RelevantUsername__ [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

                              Like yeah it was good but calling it a steak is what made it meh. If it was served as "grilled watermelon" then sure I would say it was great but just the fact its being called a steak when clearly its not is what gets it a less than favorable response. The 7.5/10 was under the assumption I was eating it just as a non-meat product and not trying to lie about the description of what it will be.

                              Edit: Also didn't notice your username but it feels oddly relevant that you replied to me

                              [–]Releventcomments [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                              So the 7.5/10 was the flavour and texture alone and the meh was against your expectations?

                              [–]PaterBinks 46ポイント47ポイント  (1子コメント)

                              Haha, dude, you can't make a statement like "vegetarians hate food" and then get indignant when you receive backlash.

                              [–]paul_33 34ポイント35ポイント  (2子コメント)

                              Thanks for letting me know that your opinion is "as a vegetarian". Now can I get an opinion from someone who doesn't hate food?

                              I almost spit out of coffee reading this.

                              [–]Spid8r 20ポイント21ポイント  (1子コメント)

                              That better be a black coffee. Trust me, you don't want to go around this thread admitting you are wasting animal products.

                              [–]FLHCv2 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                              goddamn you are on point with the sass today.

                              [–]_La_Li_Lu_Le_Lo 127ポイント128ポイント  (19子コメント)

                              Wow TIL vegetarians can't take a fucking joke.

                              [–]PaterBinks 19ポイント20ポイント  (5子コメント)

                              When you are used to people taking the piss out of you, it's hard to recognise when somebody is doing it in jest. Especially on reddit.

                              [–]Mitchypoo [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                              Or any text. Without the spoken connotations things get taken the wrong way all the time.
                              I have two ex-girlfriends that can attest to that.

                              [–]CommanderpKeen [スコア非表示]  (2子コメント)

                              taking the piss

                              Unrelated, but I've never understood how that term makes sense. I mean, I know what it means now, but as a non-Brit, it makes no sense to me.

                              [–]gOWLaxy [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                              "Pissed off" ≈ "Taking the piss out of" (not by definition, just as an example)

                              Both are kind of weird I guess.

                              [–]PaterBinks [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                              Idioms are like that. I hate the phrase "same difference" which a lot of people use, but it makes no sense to me.

                              I'm sure there are plenty in your country that don't make sense when you think about them.

                              [–]karensmatik [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                              I think it would be easier to realize it is a joke because it's Reddit. People says some of the most ignorant things here, some jokes, some not so much.

                              If I got my panties in a wad every time someone joked about black people here, I would be in a continuous meltdown.

                              [–]herrbz 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

                              It's less the joke, more that it's somehow one of the most upvoted comments on the thread. When you're used to people mocking you for eating differently to them, of all things, it's hard to go along with the joke when you've seen it 100 times before.

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                                [–]ricecracker420 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                I have tried this a few times. It's surprisingly good, steak like texture- not really, it's more like a flash fried tuna steak. It's also a great way to save a really grainy watermelon

                                [–]Agentreddit [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                Now you have me curious. Link to hyena joke?

                                [–]cjsanx2 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                Now have you tagged as anti-vegetarian. Quality reply and edits, but hyena joke was too hyped. Thanks for the laughs.

                                [–]nativeunicorn -5ポイント-4ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                How can you tell if someone is a vegetarian? Don't worry, they'll tell you.

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                                  [–]1YearWonder 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                  I appreciate the updates, I hope you get a real answer soon. I too am curious about how compairable grilled watermelon vs. steak is.

                                  I'd try it just to give us all some piece of mind, but watermelon is super out of season here. I doubt I could find it, and if I could it would be crazy expensive.

                                  [–]Nexii801 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  I can't find the joke :(

                                  [–]peccatophobia [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  I love the text of the recipie linked: "The burger gets its savory nature from the grill and a hit of onion."

                                  As if the main reason the watermelon tastes good is that it was grilled on the charcoled remains meat.

                                  Of course it tastes better than most vegetarian dishes, meat was involved in some way.

                                  It's like when vegetarians learn why a Thai stir-fry tastes so good is the fish-sauce: the salty remains of dead fish--a.k.a., the liquid form of meat.

                                  [–]Svelemoe [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  wanting to start a beef with me

                                  I died

                                  RIP me

                                  [–]Jadugara [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  ...I think it might be because you assume because someone chooses not to eat meat, that means they hate food in general. There's a lot of awesome food that isn't meat.

                                  [–]Weaselpaw [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  I've found that 60% of the time cutting a watermelon into a steak and grilling it can save the texture 100% of the time, and out of that people will enjoy it 15% of the time.

                                  [–]ArttuH5N1 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  Those edits are pretty damn embarrassing.

                                  [–]HansWurst1337 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  I am a meat-lover and had grilled watermelon as a side for some grilled lamb fillet.

                                  It actually does taste really good and it's quite interesting experience, because the sweetness goes surprisingly well with the saltiness of the seasoning and the smokey aroma of the grill.

                                  Edit: forgot about the texture. It's actually pretty smooth and soft, but I wouldn't say exactly like a steak. Although I guess the process that is happening inside the melon while grilling is comparable to what happens to a steak, you still feel a pretty clear difference.

                                  [–]TrickyManeuver [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  This may be my favorite comment on all of Reddit. xD

                                  [–]gowron78 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  This has to be the most entertaining string of edits I've ever read on reddit. (Fuck you Dr Seuss)

                                  [–]rpd123 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  This shit made my morning

                                  [–]Zweiter [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  makes joke aimed at vegetarians

                                  gets pissy and makes comment into a dozen-paragraph essay when someone gets offended

                                  [–]sanemaniac [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  Jesus Christ man, go for a walk or something. Your jimmies...

                                  [–]benclayton [スコア非表示]  (1子コメント)

                                  Quit editing your post you fucking autist

                                  [–]strakur [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

                                  /r/bestof

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