CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING AND HOW IT RUINED THE SUMMER TASTE


No doubt about it. This toddler is going to enjoy this slice of watermelon. How much he eats will probably be dictated by a concerned parent or two
but he's digging in, and he's starting in the middle.



So how did central air ruin watermelons desirous taste? Easy. In the pre-central days, we stood in front of a lot of fans or stood in front of the window unit for cooling. Directing the louvers to accentuate the flow in our direction cooled us from Summer's scorching.



Either we ate a lot of fried chicken, corn on the cob, and watermelons, or my memory only flashes on those times of days gone by. As much as I liked chicken and corn, there was just nothing that would cool you down like watermelon, iced down in one of those galvanized tubs. Not even homemade ice cream could bring that bite of cool refreshness that a melon afforded.



With the advent/invent of central cooling, though, watermelon fell out of favor. Oh, it's still very good: it's just lost its comparative cooling quality. Our whole body systems have dropped a few degrees because of central cooling, so we don't need or appreciate the rush of coolness.



Besides, no matter how cold the AC gets, it can't beat that bit of liquid that ran down our chins and dropped to leave a watermelon juice scar on our shirts.