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The postcard shows a picture of a Black boy eating a watermelon, with a stereotypical poem underneath. During the early 1900s, postcards often depicted African Americans as animalistic creatures "happy to do nothing but eat watermelon" – a bid to dehumanize them. [6]
Registered dietitians share nutritional benefits associated with watermelon and its seeds, rinds and juice. Here are the top health benefits of watermelon.
Watermelon is grown in favorable climates from tropical to temperate regions worldwide for its large edible fruit, which is a berry with a hard rind and no internal divisions, and is botanically called a pepo. The sweet, juicy flesh is usually deep red to pink, with many black seeds, although seedless varieties exist.
Giant boxes full of whole watermelon stand alone, and you can also find it halved, cubed, or sliced into wedges—a win for people hoping to avoid the juicy mess cutting one themselves can make ...
Guazi (Chinese: 瓜子; Indonesian: kuaci), also called kwasi (Burmese: ကွာစေ့) refers to roasted plant seeds. It is a popular snack in China, Malaysia and overseas Chinese communities, especially in Indonesia. While directly translated as "melon seeds" it usually refers to baked seeds of the sunflower, pumpkin, or watermelon seeds.
Legumes, such as black beans and chickpeas Nuts, such as almonds and pistachios Vegetables, such as leafy greens, cruciferous vegetables, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, and green beans
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The Kalahari melon is a trailing herb of up to 10 m (33 ft) long with broad leaves and yellow flowers. The fruit, which varies in size and colour, contains smooth compressed seeds of a black or yellowish white colour. [27] To extract oil from the seeds, the seeds are dried to reduce the water contents.