Ms. buZZsaw and grand daughter walked into the kitchen last night to discover the volleyball sized watermelon on the counter relieving itself with enough force to get on the floor. A skinny stream of water emulating from it. In a panic they call me. We placed it on the back steps outside and after I gave it a gentle squeeze, it vomits some of its innards. It fermented and went bad. I thought I picked out a good one from the big cardboard box at the store Wednesday night. Sounded okay when I tapped it. Guess not! Be sure your watermelon is house broken before you bring it home! (I had Ms. buZZsaw email a pic of it to me but file too big to upload)
Back in the day we used to enjoy a good fermented watermelon on the 4th (the kind with a couple half pints sticking out of it from the night before) but a naturally fermented one sounds rather putrid.
I just moved it from the steps and had a hard time picking it up without breaking the flesh. Tossed it into the yard and exploded like a water balloon.
Yep, they can go bad. Sorry that happened, my friend. Glad ya'll were home, could've been really messy
