If all you wanted was an answer to the question, you needed to go something like 20 paragraphs in before finally getting: > It was Chinese watermelon. To be pr

If all you wanted was an answer to the question, you needed to go something like 20 paragraphs in before finally getting: > It was Chinese watermelon. To be precise, Benincasa hispida, a vine whose fruit is also known as a wax gourd or winter melon. (In one case.) You had to wade through a bunch of psychological projection and stereotype reinforcement to get there.