Cube watermelons, often referred to as square watermelons really do look like they sound. Believe it or not, in today's society cube shaped watermelons really do exist. Why Cube Watermelons? You may now be wondering why would anyone need a cube shaped watermelon? There is a number of reasons … [Read more...]
THE FASCINATING AND DELICIOUS HISTORY OF THE WATERMELON
Photo courtesy of GroEdibles So, I was sitting on my back porch the other day, snacking on some watermelon cubes, when I began to think. Normally, that can be a good or bad thing, but these thoughts were all about watermelon. More specifically, its history. I came to the realization that I … [Read more...]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Like I’ve mentioned before, I’m a former competitive eater. Which is why it should come as no surprise that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s the one day of the year during which everyone can put their diets aside and tap into their inner competitive eater. Of course, a bountiful feast is … [Read more...]
ASK THE EXPERTS: HOW DID PEOPLE DISCOVER THAT WATERMELON WAS GOOD TO EAT?
RICHARD & NERI ASK: My wife and I were eating watermelon slices and had an out of the blue question that we thought to research. We were wondering how humans came to know about the watermelon fruit. May sound silly, but how did we even know that watermelons were edible (and extremely delicious)? … [Read more...]
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Happy Halloween, everyone! I found the image above while poking around for a Halloween-related watermelon photo. It’s an eerie postcard from the olden days, made only eerier by the “Salem, Mass” at the top. (Home of the infamous Salem Witch Trials, of course.) What I don’t understand about the … [Read more...]
VINTAGE PHOTO: KIDS USED TO LOVE WATERMELON (AND THEY STILL DO!)
When I was a kid, I loved watermelon (of course, I still do). It was delicious, it was easy, and it was usually served in the summer, which, any kid will tell you, is the best season of the year. It was like that in the 1980s, and I’m pretty sure kids from the 1960s, 1940s, and even the 1800s felt … [Read more...]