If you’re a long time reader of the blog you know about my obsession with seedless watermelons. A few years ago we started getting them in Kuwait but they were just too expensive ranging in price from KD1.4 to KD3 per kilo depending where you got them from. But, last week I noticed Sultan Center started getting Egyptian seedless watermelon and they’re pretty cheap at just 595 fils a kilo. They’re not easy to come by since they seem to sell out quickly, I actually had to visit three different Sultan Centers before I managed to find some.
If you’ve never tried seedless watermelon, they’re just like regular melons but without the black seeds!
34 replies on “Finally! Affordable Seedless Watermelons”
We had recently picked the yellow watermelons variants from Lama stores in Salmiya recently. im not sure if they sold it by accident as it was mixed among the the normal red ones and we cant really know the difference.
The yellow ones are more sweeter and has a honey flavour to it.
WHICH OUTLET DID YOU GET IF FROM MARK ?
Hawalli
I stopped getting any produce of Egypt (not wanting to sound prejudice here), even frozen ones, after this news broke out:
https://www.arabnews.com/node/985466/saudi-arabia
Can’t say I’m surprised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwHo0B8sNpI
That was 2 years ago!
As if things have changed since then.
+1
Never trust Egyptian or Chinese food.
You speak the truth.
Usually the Egyptian watermelons are tasteless compared to the Jordanian ones. Is that the case here as well? Honestly, from my recent experience in different watermelons (origins), I’d rather getting one with seeds and sweet rather than paying more for seedless yet barely sweet watermelons. But I’m guessing from your excitement it actually tastes good.
I just eat the seeds with the watermelon.
I don’t think that’s good for you.
https://www.gyanunlimited.com/health/10-best-health-benefits-of-eating-watermelon-seeds/11203/
Very interesting, fruit seeds are supposed to not be beneficial to prevent consumption. If it’s good for you then why you willing to pay extra for something that isn’t as good for your body?
Are we really so busy that we can’t take the time to remove the seeds from a chunk of watermelon before we eat it?
That’s such a stupid comment. It’s like asking if we are so busy that we can’t take the time to remove the bones from a fried chicken breast in my chicken sandwich. No thanks, I’d rather have boneless chicken.
Thank you for your cogent and succinct analysis of my comment; it will no doubt help me be a better person in understanding Kuwait’s First World problems. Seedless it is!
You’re welcome
I have allergies from nuts & seeds which if I eat them by mistake I’ll get a really serious health problem or I’ll die for it
It happened to me once when I drank a watermelon juice at a juice store, I didn’t notice it’s mixed with black seeds I felt like knives cutting my stomach from inside
So this could help many as me to not eat any seeds by mistake.
So when you eat a regular watermelon, do you spit or swallow the seeds?
You are a dirty person… I prefer swallowing 😉
Kinky 😉
i would skip the risk of any gmo food…. But thats me.
Seedless watermelons aren’t genetically modified though
I’m not sure that’s true. How do they grow these if they have no seeds and are not genetically modified?
How is it that you don’t know how to google things? https://www.google.com.lb/search?q=are+seedless+watermelons+genetically+modified&rlz=1CDGOYI_enKW590KW590&oq=are+seedless.water&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l3.4812j0j4&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
Stay away from Egyptian produce! They grow and wash their fruits with sewage water, and it’s filled with poisonous bacteria. I am not making this shit up! Their strawberries were banned for 4 years here in Kuwait, and other countries in the GCC. They lifted the ban earlier this year, only to find hepatitis linked to their strawberries.
https://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/31/health/hepatitis-a-outbreak/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-export-agriculture-idUSKBN1990JX
https://www.fda.gov/food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/Outbreaks/ucm518775.htm
i never tried seedless watermelon. It’s a dream…
Beware of Egyptian agricultural products.
Poisonous chemicals and untreated sewage water
Egyptian fruits and vegetables are dangerous! That explains the cheep price.
To all who commented about the Egyptian fruits and vegetables, just want to explain something about banning some fresh produce in different markets; chemicals,bacteria and other stuff you mentioned. If you do a proper search on the internet and go through sites like FDA and others, you will find that banning can happen to products from different markets around the globe (even from countries like Canada, Australia and others) due to different reasons. Stating that the Egyptian fresh produce is banned,dangerous or… etc is not legitimatize and I could say offensive to some readers as well. If want to say that I’m Egyptian, I will say yes I’m and I’m proud of that but also I’m Canadian and I find Egyptian fresh produce in the supermarkets in Canada as well. So if you have anything against Egypt, it’s your own opinion but imposing incidents as a fact that’s not right.
The FDA is not at all legitimate when it comes to food safety. There’s a lot of corruption and conflicts of interest going on over there. Watch the critically acclaimed documentary, FOOD INC. and you’ll know.
I don’t think I understand your train of thought exactly about you being offended when it comes to Egyptian produce being unhygienic to consume. Produce from Kerala is also temporarily banned in Kuwait and I doubt the Malayali community is offended by that legislative decision. (For those who don’t know the ban is because of the Nipah virus).
Discussing a country’s problems is not bigoted.
Forget about Egyptian produce for a second; Australia a couple years ago banned meat from Egypt because of its horrible treatment of livestock in abattoirs.
Are you offended by that too?
how can you trust Egyptian farm products?
Am on the look out for triangular melons.
They tell me these are limited edition melons sourced from Japan.
Wonder if TSC can help with that.