Talk:Honeydew (melon)

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Remove unreliable claim of 'negative calories'

I have removed the following:

Honeydew is reputed to be a fruit which has [[negative calories]] (in that it requires more energy to digest than the fruit itself provides and also can produce a large amount of gas) <ref>{{cite web | title=Fat Free Kitchen: Negative Calorie Foods | url=http://www.fatfreekitchen.com/negative-calorie-foods.html}}</ref>.

First, i removed it because i personally don't think it's true. Seconly, i don't believe the reference listed, "Fat Free Kitchen.com", is reliable. They do not seem to be official, or scitentist or doctors in any way. In fact, they have a large disclaimer [1], which says, in part,"The information given on this web site is a general guidance only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from a physician or other health care professional." This does not give me any confidence in the accuracy of this information.

In summary, if this is true, we need the reference to be of a quality that's citable.

-- Fudoreaper 01:53, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Marx

I am about to rmove the following: The honeydew was extremely popular among the European working classes of the 19th and 20th century. Karl Marx once called honeydew the "fruit of the masses."[citation needed] There is no citation and an internet search yields just clones of this article.Mang (talk) 03:49, 31 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Remove "moneymelon"

I've removed the entry that states that Honeydew is often referred to as the 'moneymelon' as the citation was a random message board. Also it appears that this statement is simply an origin of a joke on an episode of The Simpsons.

76.209.51.166 (talk) 08:06, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removed blurb about dream meanings

I have removed the following text from this entry: "Honeydews shaped like a gibbous phase of the moon are a common feature in dreamscapes where supermarkets with flourescent lighting are the place, though occasionally crescent shaped honeydews are present and should not be eaten by the dreamer else they are doomed."

I removed it because the posited meanings of honeydew melons in dreams is not relevant to this page, and because it did not have a reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.252.94 (talk) 18:26, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pardon me I don't know how to talk on WP but... I recently ate the melon skin. It seems to be a great source of nonsoluable fiber, but I can seem to find no statistics on the skin. Please add to page if possible. Thanks! The skin is not bad. You can eat it. Or you can blend it in a blender with other things.

Casaba is different from honeydew, isn't it?

See: http://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/content/melons-cantaloupe-muskmelon-honeydew-crenshaw-casaba-etc-0 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.101.39.113 (talk) 18:09, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To add to article

To add to this article (in an effort to make it more properly encyclopedic): an explanation of exactly what "Inodorus" means in Latin. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 23:59, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]