Watermelons

Summertime is cheap watermelons. When I was a kid they would sell them for a penny or two a pound. There was a fruit stand on the old Brea Canyon Road, between Fullerton and Pomona, before they subdivided the Diamond Bar Ranch and filled it full of houses. That was some twisty road. Beautiful drive. After dark, the smell of the mustard, sage and oak, when you had the car window rolled down was unbelievable. There was a big sign above the fruit stand, depicting a Black child, with a gap toothed grin, holding a big quarter of watermelon, about to dig in. It's not there anymore. They would cut into a watermelon you picked out with a corer and let you taste it. If it wasn't to your liking, they just threw it away. Used to blow my mind when they did that.

There are some Mexican taco trucks around town that give away free ice cold watermelon juice in the Summer, if you buy food. Watermelon juice is the best and most refreshing juice in the World, in my opinion. The tacos are cheap too, since they don't have to pay any rent. You have to know where they park though. They have to be careful because the cops roust them or sic the Health Department on them. They break every food prep law on the books, plus the local fast food stands don't like the competition.

I buy watermelon in the Summer but I have to eat it all pretty quick. It really takes up a lot of space in the refrigerator and my wife won't eat it. It only gets down to about 20 cents a pound but that's still pretty cheap. It's in my price range. If you eat a lot of watermelon at one time, you will have to urinate a lot for the next few hours. If you're an old man with a big prostate, you better not be planning to go anywhere or do anything else. Bummer.