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... piece of of melon. One would sample the melon and he put the remaining plug back in.

Back in the fifties in Cleveland, my dad and two uncles had a melon eating contest. There was a farmer who would sometime bring a horse and wagon of produce through the near westside community we lived in, and they had scored two bigguns.

During the contest, my dad challenged Uncle Jack, saying the the best way to savor a watermelon was to take the slice and try to get the center and try to take it all in one mouthful. About the third chew and most of it dribbled out and ran down his t-shirt. Caused much merriment from us little kids.

This is the same Uncle Jack who when trying to remove the top of a can of tomato sauce, got frustrated and tried to drive into the bottom of the can with a dinner knife and put a 4' wide circle of tomatoey goodness on the ceiling.

This was a guy who was on the deans list while studing at Case Western Reserve as an engineer.

Got some very funny dad and Jack stories.

About fruit and having 'sugar': all the medical advice I ever got was almost always contradicted by another expert. I guess the only thing that worked for my close to the line sugar was moderation.