I might have mentioned it before here on What About Watermelon, but I used to be a competitive eater. I wasn’t a good competitive eater, mind you – my eyes were always bigger than my stomach – but I enjoyed a good eating contest from time to time. Sweets and desserts were my specialty, but I also … [Read more...]

Different flavors come and go as trends. A few years ago, pomegranates were all the rage. Bacon is also especially popular these days. Then again, bacon is never unpopular. Like bacon, watermelon is perpetually in demand, but it appears to be popping up on restaurant menus more than ever … [Read more...]

In my monthly search for quotes, I’ve discovered that there are basically four types: Quotes about sports, quotes about food, quotes about family, and quotes about everything else. Today’s “quotable watermelon” line fits two of those categories. It’s 100 percent true that food tastes better when … [Read more...]

Watermelon festivals are a pretty common occurrence here in the United States (mainly in the South) and most share similar features, like watermelon eating contests, seed spitting contests and the crowning of a watermelon queen. Pretty typical stuff, but that’s not the case at watermelon festivals … [Read more...]

Anyone who knows me is well aware of my watermelon addiction, but those who know me really well also know that I love ice cream. That’s ice cream, not sherbet. There’s a difference, of course. Ice cream is made with milk and cream (hence the name), while sherbet is mainly fruit juice, with only a … [Read more...]

I woke up Saturday morning with every intention of creating one of my last watermelon carvings of the season. It was going to be a really cool Viking helmet. (I was even going to talk my wife into letting me put it on our three-year-old for the photo op.) But alas, one thing led to another – as … [Read more...]

Today’s entry offers a hodgepodge of information and updates. It’s a watermelon buffet of sorts, which is a lot like a recurring dream I have. The first announcement is about the 2013 Watermelon Carving Contest. The entry period has ended (thank you to everyone who submitted carvings!) and the … [Read more...]

July is behind us, which means National Watermelon Month is over. While that doesn’t make me happy, I’m generally okay with it because today is National Watermelon Day! To celebrate this delicious occasion, I ate three wedges of watermelon for breakfast and I’m wearing my lucky watermelon socks. … [Read more...]