We had little competitions amongst ourselves to see who could send the pit sailing the furthest distance. I always did pretty well at that, thanks to a wide space between by two front teeth, which didn't disappear until orthodonture some years later. And, it's not just the watermelon seed that has gone the way of genetic modification. Botanists have also found a way to remove the caffeine from the coffee bean and the tea plant. Up until now, making decaf has required a special and expensive process that regularly uses ethyl acetate processing to remove the caffeine from the bean.
Researchers now say they'll be able to grow decaffeinated beans fright from the get-go.
Of course, anything that does away with something called ethyl acetate processing of my coffee is okay in my book. But it makes me wonder just what the genetic engineers have had to do with the watermelon to get it to give up its seeds. I'm Ellen Mitchell. Some links from these pages are not maintained by WSHU and are subject to change without notice.