Oddity number 684 and counting...

Ok, so this caught me off gaurd. I ate my first 水瓜(soo-i-ka) in Japan today. Suika means watermelon. I had seen them before and I thought, "Awwwwww. How cute, it's a mini-melon."

So, I bought one even though it was nearly ten dollars and stuck it in my mini-fridge for a few days. Then I openeded it today for a shock. They are YELLOW on the inside!

They taste exactly the same, so it's not a different fruit, it's just a different color.

My Guatamalan friend in Denver used to tell me, "Erich, you are not white, you are PINK!" So, being a logical person, I thought, ok:
PINK people = PINK watermelons
YELLOW people = YELLOW watermelons
BROWN people = BR- uhhh, wait, nevermind.
BLACK? maybe not....

Thus, science class is adjourned.

Mine,
Erich von Meatleg