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Firemelon
Melons are closer to fruits than veggies. |
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We could introduce genes from a chili plant into a watermelon to get it to produce capicum (the spice in chili plants) so the watermelon would be spicy. Great on a cool day.
Maybe we could also introduce a gene that makes the red, too. So you can tell it's a firemelon.
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Before anyone m-f-d's it for genetic magic, remember that this is just another genetically modified food, which they have in abundance. Not science magic. |
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(Actually, I think this one passes the magic test, even though you are talking about GM: you are reasonably specific in your suggestion, rather than just waving a magic wand at a melon to make it spicy.) |
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I'm gonna vote against this. Spicy food is good, but spicey liquids dripping down my chin like melon juices sounds like a bad idea. |
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How is this better than fruit salsa? |
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What about wind and earth melons? I don't want to eat the wind melon. |
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Fire bad! This is good. + |
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Not magic GM, true. But boring GM nonetheless. Anyone can do it. Hey, let's introduce genes that make melons blue and, um, taste like prunes. Yeah. |
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Why not just eat slices of watermelon with Tabasco on them? Or take a bite of a pepper whenever you bite into the melon.
I'm not gonna spend twice as much on a genetic freak-fruit just to have it come to life in the middle of the night and try to suffocate me in my sleep. Sorry. |
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Homeopaths call the chemical 'capsicum'. Homeopaths are not human. The chemical responsible is a crystalline alkaloid generically called capsaicin. The second 'c' is silent, or soft, depending on where you went to school. |
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Bun from me [DF] because I already use chilli and salt on my watermelon to zing it up - would prefer your GM, convenient alternative. |
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//where homeopaths fit into the etymological scheme of things// |
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Somewhere below Phys. Ed. teachers - at least they need qualifications. |
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[zanzibar] Mushrooms are fruits?? |
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Been smoking too many, methinks. |
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Zanzibar, I hope you realize NONE of the above are fruits, and not even all are vegetables.
You either had a lobotomy or deserve one. And by the way... If Nick Cave has Bad seeds does that make him a bad fruit? |
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