Hot Dish Review

After a day at the pool I had a hankerin’ for some refreshing ice cold watermelon!

I remember family cookouts when Grandpa would bring out an enormously long watermelon, much larger than the melons these days, and split it in half on the picnic table. My Dad or one of my 7 uncles (yes, 7!) would cut wedges and we’d all sit around spitting out seeds, watermelon juice running down our arms.

Nowadays I just buy one of those mini melons, I think they call them “personal watermelons”. However, I needed instant gratification after a day in the heat so I didn’t have time to chill a whole melon. Instead, I took a look at the pre-cut, pre-packaged selection at Publix.

There were several wedges that looked juicy and ripe. They were all labeled “seedless” but I noticed the seeds clearly visible beneath the plastic wrap. True, the seeds are smaller and one could swallow them without injury, but these melons are in no way seedless…..hense the Knuckle Sandwich.

B commented that the wedges must have been packaged by Helen Keller! OMG….LOL!

I ate the watermelon while watching golf. It was the sweetest I have had in ages, seeds or no seeds.