Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Watermelon Salad

Everyone who knows me, knows that my grandfather is a watermelon farmer.  (Granddaddy just turned 80 and is still going strong!)  I grew up having the most delicious watermelons.  Sometimes, my sister and I would crack a watermelon open right in the field by picking it up and throwing it on the ground.  We'd reach in and pull out just the very center portion--the heart of the watermelon.  It was always the juciest, sweetest part.  We'd never touch the seeded part.

Haven't watermelons changed?  I see all different kinds in the grocery store: seedless, tiny personal size and even SQUARE watermelons.  Really?  Square watermelons?



Truth be told, I don't really like watermelons from the grocery store.  They're always so blah in comparison to my childhood memories of the big, heavy, and seeded variety my Granddaddy grew.  My favorite was always the Jubilee variety.  They were oblong and grew to be enormous.  But, they were so sweet and delicious. 



Anyway, my point:  I've seen lots of watermelon and tomato recipes this summer.  So, when I happened across this article on Boston.com and saw the picture it made me think that I need to try a watermelon salad.  The author mentions feta and watermelon.  My mouth watered.  Oh, the thought of the sweet and salty mixed together!

Has anyone had a watermelon salad that they thought was great?  If so, would you share the recipe?  I really want to try it!!




I had to include the picture here. I lifted it right from Boston.com. I don't claim to any of the pictures.  If you don't want me using them, just let me know and I'll remove them.

1 comments:

  1. Watermelon and feta together tastes amazing. A friend had me try some on the beach back in 2010 and I was hooked. Since then, I have learned to put a touch of mint in it if I want to jazz it up a bit but otherwise, it is perfect with just cubed watermelon and feta sprinkled on top. (Use fresh feta. We have an italian bakery/deli here in town that sells it fresh.... so much tastier than the grocery store bought feta!)
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