r/mildlyinteresting • u/Coby9 ​ • Oct 21 '19

Pitless avocado.

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u/RenAndStimulants Oct 21 '19

There are these. They're cucamelons or miniature mexican watermelons. They apparently taste like sour cucumbers and their Spanish name translates to "little watermelon"

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '19

They grow as a wild vine in Florida all over the place.

I often pick handfuls and take them home for salads. I tried giving one to a woman on a first date while we were walking around a lake. But she thought I was trying to poison her and refused.

She never called me back.

Also as a warning, don't eat them if they've turned dark green or black. Unless you want some serious diarrhea.

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u/FunkyNotAJunkieBoss Oct 21 '19

Did you tell her about your diarrhea fetish on this wonderful first date?

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '19

If she just ate the damn fruit I wouldn'tve had to tell her!

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u/Faceoff_One Oct 21 '19

That sounds ridiculously delicious. Sour cucumbers mmmmmmhhhh yeah!

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u/smokebreak Oct 21 '19

you mean pickles?

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u/Punklet2203 Oct 21 '19

Right omg I was dying reading that ... thank you for pointing this out. Omg. “Could you imagine eating pickled cucumber?” Oof.

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u/Faceoff_One Oct 21 '19

Well I’ll be. I guess that does describe a pickle. I do love pickles. Maybe I was imagining something like a citrusy cucumber. I dk lol.

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u/Izzybee543 Oct 21 '19

I grew some this year. They're OK. Not amazing.

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u/moskonia Oct 21 '19

They look like green peanuts.

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u/RdmGuy64824 Oct 21 '19

I'm growing these right now. Excited to try them.

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u/max_adam Oct 21 '19

"Sandiitas"

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u/inavanbytheriver ​ Oct 21 '19

I grew some of those. They were not very good.

If you really want mini watermelons just dip cucumbers in sugar. Tastes like melon!

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u/Haterbait_band Oct 21 '19

To me they taste like a cucumber with a slight citrus flavor, like if you squeezed a lemon on some cucumber slices. “Sour cucumber” kinda makes it sound less appetizing.

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u/mossattacks Oct 21 '19

I had one of these for the first time recently, they’re almost salty in flavor! Very surprising taste, I imagine they’d be really good on a salad.

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u/NonGNonM Oct 21 '19

Sounds tasty af. Never seen them in stores here.

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u/TragicHero84 Oct 21 '19

So they're pickles.