{"id":513,"date":"2011-03-08T12:17:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T12:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=513"},"modified":"2018-04-13T14:43:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T14:43:30","slug":"march-prize-watermelon-salt-and-pepper-shakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/march-prize-watermelon-salt-and-pepper-shakers\/","title":{"rendered":"MARCH PRIZE: WATERMELON SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, the USDA released its new <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cnpp.usda.gov\/Publications\/DietaryGuidelines\/2010\/PolicyDoc\/ExecSumm.pdf\">Dietary Guidelines for Americans<\/span>, and the new recommendations include a stronger push to get your daily servings of fruits and vegetables. That\u2019s great news for me, because, depending on whom you ask, watermelon can be both a fruit <em>and <\/em>a vegetable.<\/p>\n<p>The new guidelines from the Department of Ag also recommend limiting the average American\u2019s sodium intake to 2,300 mg a day (1,500 mg a day for at-risk people). That\u2019s bad news for me because, as my wife will tell you, I loooove salt. I put it on everything \u2013 twice \u2013 except for watermelon, but more on that in an entry next week.<\/p>\n<p>If you win this month\u2019s prize \u2013 the BBQ Picnic Watermelon Salt &amp; Pepper Shakers pictured above \u2013 try to go easy on the salt (for now, I\u2019m guessing the pepper is okay). I\u2019ll choose one comment from all the comments left on the blog this month to win this prize. Also, don\u2019t be thrown by the \u201cBBQ Picnic\u201d part of the prize\u2019s name. You have my permission to use these shakers around the house for everyday meals with everyday guests or even fancy meals with fancy guests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, the USDA released its new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and the new recommendations include a stronger push to get your daily servings of fruits and vegetables. That\u2019s great news for me, because, depending on whom you ask, watermelon can be both a fruit and a vegetable. 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