Watermelon is one of the favorite summer fruits of many people, because of its delicious taste and contains important nutrients that bring many health benefits to humans, but it may cause some people to feel embarrassed when eating it with a group of people, and to avoid this, we review in this report on the occasion of Watermelon Day etiquette Eat watermelon, according to Hala Al-Azab, an expert in etiquette and human relations, during her talk to “Youm Al-Sabea”.

Eating watermelon etiquette

Before eating watermelon, you must follow several important steps, which are washing the watermelon in a good way, then preparing a knife and a plate, then cutting the watermelon in half and getting rid of the seeds and forming each half as desired, or cutting the watermelon into small equal pieces in the form of cubes free of crusts and the peels are removed from By the knife, and in the event that you want to cut it into triangles, it can be with the peels by cutting the peel in the form of a triangle and placing it on a plate.

Watermelon etiquette

And she continued, “You must prepare another dish or a number of dishes in the event that more than one person is invited, then put 5 pieces of watermelon in a plate with a fork and knife and eat it by holding the knife with the left hand and the fork with the right hand, then fixing the watermelon piece through the knife, then removing the seed with the fork, then Cut small pieces suitable for the size of the mouth and then eat them, but if they are in the form of triangles, you can grab the small peel and be eaten.”.

Etiquette of removing the seed from the mouth

She added, “When serving a watermelon without seed, it is preferable to bring a tissue to remove the seed, and if there is a seed in the mouth, a tissue must be used and then close to the mouth well, take out the seed, and then put the napkin next to the plate..

And she continued, “Eating watermelon or any other fruit with close friends inside the house, it is preferable to be ourselves without being assigned. Each of us can eat watermelon in the way he wants, but if there are guests visiting the house for the first time or outside the house, it is preferable to follow the rules of etiquette.”

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