SC - Watermelon

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/28/00 2:43:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
catdeville at mindspring.com writes:


> o.k... if it's in the flori-thingy please just point me there, if not (not
> meaning any disrespect or to challenge you in any way), could you tell me
> where that's documented so that if I serve it at feast I'll be able to back
> it up? <g... says she from the South.>
> 
> pretty please!?!
> 
> I remain, in service to Meridies,
> Lady Celia des L'archier
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From Miriam-Webster:
> 
Main Entry: wa·ter·mel·on
Pronunciation: -"me-l&n
Function: noun
Date: 1615
1 : a large oblong or roundish fruit with a hard green or white rind often 
striped or variegated, a sweet watery pink, yellowish, or red pulp, and 
usually many seeds
2 : a widely grown African vine (Citrullus lanatus syn. C. vulgaris) of the 
gourd family that bears watermelons     

Also there is a picture from a French manuscript that clearly shows a cart 
filled with watermelons being pulled through the street. Unfortunately, it is 
buried in the several hundred disks of info I have gleaned from the web. 
Unless others more organized in keeping their information files post it 
first, I will try to find something more substantial when I get a chance. 
Please be patient.


Ras
The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones.- Solomon Ibn Gabirol