Watermelon
A large summer melon with crisp, sweet red flesh and very high water content. Seedless varieties are now most common. Best eaten cold.
Used for
- fruit salads
- snack platters
- agua fresca
- grilling
In the kitchen
- Slice.
- Cube.
- Scoop.
- Juice.
Picking it at the store
- Knock on the outside. A ripe watermelon sounds hollow.
- Look for a creamy yellow field spot on the bottom where it rested on the ground; pale or white means it was picked too early.
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