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I love the watermelon soup that Royal Caribbean cruise lines serve. Ive been trying to find a recipe but can't find one quite like theirs. Pure goodness.
I wish I could grow them in my garden, but I hear they are fussy.
I love the watermelon soup that Royal Caribbean cruise lines serve. Ive been trying to find a recipe but can't find one quite like theirs. Pure goodness.
I wish I could grow them in my garden, but I hear they are fussy.
I did post this earlier in the thread and some missed it. It is a Gazpacho made from watermelon. A Gazpacho is a cold soup and it is delicious. I just made some this past weekend and have one bowl a day.
This cold soup is typically made with tomato but this version is even better. The red wine vinegar balances the sweetness of it.
NORTH, SOUTH, East, or West, wherever you grow your watermelon, this summer you'll face the daunting task of determining its ripeness. We've heard all sorts of advice, including the fact that a ripe melon, when thumped, will feel more like a human head than a human chest. Dr. Bill Rhodes, professor of horticulture at Clemson University, offers the following but warns that for the past 20 years, he's been hoping for better insight.
1. Thump it. If the watermelon sounds hollow, it's ripe. This is difficult for less-gifted ears.
2. Look at the color on the top. The watermelon is ripe when there is little contrast between the stripes.
3. Look at the color on the bottom. A green watermelon will have a white bottom; a ripe melon will have a cream- or yellow-colored bottom.
4. Press on it. If the watermelon sounds like it gives a little, it's ripe. (Rhodes doesn't like this method because it can ruin the quality of the fruit.)
5. Check the tendril. If it's half-dead, it could mean that the watermelon is nearly ripe or ripe. If the tendril is fully dead, it could mean that anthracnose or some other fungus killed the melon, or that it's ripe or overripe. If the tendril is green, you should wait to pick the melon.
6. Count the number of days from anthesis (flowering) or the number of days from planting. This works pretty well if you know the variety of watermelon and how many days it's supposed to take for that variety to ripen under normal temperature and fertilizer regimes.
7. Check the size. It's not necessarily true that when a watermelon is big enough, it's ready; but under good conditions, it should be normal size. If it's not, you're probably too anxious.
8. Crack a few. You've got a whole field of watermelons, and you can practice a little, right?
9. Is the vine dead or dying? Well, the watermelon is not going to get any riper, so you might as well pick it.
I use #4 and I do not like it give a little. It has to not give which means its still firm which means it will last a good while in the fridge. If it gives it's too ripe (for me). The melon will ripen over time even in the fridge so if it's already too ripe to begin with it will be mush real soon.
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