Spring arrived last week, at least according to the calendar and the weather guy on my local news, but I don’t really consider it spring until a bin full of watermelon shows up in the produce aisle of my grocery store. I snapped the photo above on Saturday. When I spotted it, my face lit up like … [Read more...]
HOW TO CARVE A WATERMELON HEDGEHOG
Last month, I chose one of the carvings featured on the National Watermelon Promotion Board’s website and tackled it myself. The result was something resembling a football helmet. Considering the extent of my watermelon carving experience though, it wasn’t a bad effort. It was fun, so I’m going … [Read more...]
THE QUOTABLE WATERMELON: ENRICO CARUSO
If you’ve ever eaten a big slice of watermelon – not one of those little salad bar wedges – you know exactly what Enrico Caruso was talking about in the quote above. A nice-sized piece of watermelon really is a meal, a drink and a facial cleanser, all in one delicious snack. I did a little … [Read more...]
SPOT THE FAKE WATERMELON NEWS
Sometimes I come across news that seems too weird to be true. Like the time I read in our local newspaper about my uncle Marcus getting married and I thought to myself, “There’s no way any woman would marry him! This news has to be fake!” It wasn’t fake. He got married later that year to a very nice … [Read more...]
RECIPE: THE PBW SANDWICH
I’m a fan of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Have been ever since I was three-and-a-half years old. It was the first sandwich I learned how to make on my own, and I look forward to passing my PBJ talents along to my own daughter. Still, I was cautiously excited when I read online about the … [Read more...]
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
On a non-Valentine’s Day-related note, the answer to last week’s entry, which asked readers to identify the fake news story, is story #1 — a grandmother in California did NOT use a watermelon to incapacitate a burglar. That means story #2 about the Colombian thieves who used watermelon rinds to … [Read more...]
SEED SPITTIN’ CONTEST UPDATE: TWO POTENTIAL VENUES
Last month, I wrote about my New Year’s resolution to finally compete in a watermelon seed spittin’ contest by organizing one of my own. I’ve been doing some more thinking about this goal, and I’m beginning to wonder if I bit off more than I can chew (or spit). After all, planning a seed spittin’ … [Read more...]
SIX UNIQUE WAYS TO EAT WATERMELON
As one of the world’s biggest watermelon fans (I’ll stop short of declaring myself the biggest fan), I’m always on the lookout for new and inventive ways to enjoy my favorite fruit. Wedges and cubes? Sure, we’ve all done that, but have you tried watermelon salsa? How about watermelon as an … [Read more...]
FEATURED ANIMAL EATING WATERMELON: SHICKAMARU THE LIZARD
When I was a kid, I spent about six years living in tropical locations like Guam and Hawaii,which, as you would expect, was awesome. What I liked about both locations (especially Guam) was the abundance of lizards that could be found on any given day. Skinks, geckos, chameleons, you name it. For a … [Read more...]
RECIPE: WATERMELON GAZPACHO
Inspired by last week’s entry about “six ways to eat watermelon” (sound off in the poll on the right if you haven’t already), I took to the Web in search of a unique watermelon recipe to feature here today. The recipe I found is for watermelon gazpacho. I had only heard of gazpacho and wasn’t … [Read more...]
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