What About Watermelon?

APRIL PRIZE: THE WATERMELON DIPPING BOWL

I’m not 100 percent sure what a “dipping bowl” is, but I’m guessing it’s a bowl that you put dip in for use with chips, carrots and other dippable goodies. I like this bowl because of the level of detail and how much it looks like a real watermelon. Even if you don’t do a lot of dipping, I’m sure … [Read more...]

THE MULTI-COLORED WATERMELON (PART 2)

Earlier this month, I revealed an amazing story about some scientists and botanists in California who had figured out how to grow watermelon with interiors in just about any color you can imagine. Pretty cool, right? I mean, who wouldn’t want to chow down on a red, white and blue watermelon on July … [Read more...]

WATERMELON BEER? YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!

No, this isn’t another April Fool’s joke. Now that that’s out of the way, I’m very excited to announce that a San Francisco brewery called 21st Amendment Brewery – named after the constitutional amendment repealing Prohibition – has created a watermelon infused beer called Hell or High Watermelon … [Read more...]

KITTEN VS. WATERMELON

If you’ve ever had a kitten, you know that they’re very playful and somewhat unpredictable. Take the little guy in the video below, for example. He could have played with a ball of string or the dog or even his own tail, but he chose to play with a watermelon. I have to admit, that’s probably the … [Read more...]

ASK THE EXPERTS: MORE WATERMELON DESTRUCTION AND MAYHEM

ALEX ASKS: A while ago, I asked what would happen if you microwaved a watermelon and you said not to do it. Fair enough, but what would happen if you put a watermelon in liquid nitrogen and then dropped it off of a tall building? Alex, Alex, Alex… why all the animosity toward watermelons? First, … [Read more...]

WELCOME TO THE WATERMELON HOUSE!

The story is told thusly: A few years ago, Wade Wilson and Robert Banaszak hired some painters to paint their two-story brick end row house in the Logan Circle district of Washington, DC. The front of 140-year-old house came out as planned – a nice shade of fire engine red – but the side of the … [Read more...]

FEATURED PRODUCT: ORGANIC WATERMELON JUICE

This month’s prize, which I’ll give away to one comment chosen at random from all the comments left on the blog in March, is the 100 percent organic watermelon juice pictured on the right. I haven’t tried this juice, but I do know that the juice is one of my favorite parts of eating watermelon, so … [Read more...]

RECIPE: WATERMELON S’MORES

Ever since I was a little kid, s’mores have always been one of my favorite camping snacks. What’s not to love about it? Graham crackers? Good. Marshmallows? Good. Chocolate? Great! My secret to the perfect s’more, which I’ll share with you here, (but you have to promise not to tell anyone) is to … [Read more...]

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION UPDATE: SPITTIN’ MAD

As part of my New Year’s resolutions for 2010, I promised myself that I’d enter a watermelon seed spitting contest this year and I intend to keep that promise, even if means hosting a neighborhood contest in my backyard this summer (though I’d prefer to enter a more formal contest). I’ve scoured … [Read more...]

ASK THE EXPERTS: WHERE CAN I FIND WATERMELON WITH SEEDS?

MATTHEW L. OF INDIANAPOLIS, IN ASKS: Where can I get seeded watermelon? I would like to have them shipped to me or I’ll pick them up. I hear you loud and clear, Matthew. It seems like all you can find these days are seedless watermelons, but every now and then, for old time’s sake, it would be … [Read more...]