Watermelon!!!

[Rafter H BBQ]

With a bit of Old Bay… Yea… so good! So happy that spring is here!

 

[Winterrider]

Love it, wish we had a little longer growing season for them. Got some dinky ones one yr.

 

[jcam222]

I've done salt but never Old Bay.

 

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

Our watermelons dont taste good until June. But once June comes oh, sweet heaven. I destroy watermelon like it's going out of style until late September.

 

[forktender]

I've done salt but never Old Bay.

This is my go to for fruit.

 

[Steve H]

This is my go to for fruit.
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Heck yeah! On veggies too.

 

[chilerelleno]

This is my go to for fruit.
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This is what I was gonna say... Keep the Old Bay, please pass the Tajin.

 

[forktender]

This is what I was gonna say... Keep the Old Bay, please pass the Tajin.

It's a Mexicali thing!!!

 

[forktender]

Heck yeah! On veggies too.

Guacamole, bloody Mary's, and tomato beers.

 

[Steve H]

Guacamole, bloody Mary's, and tomato beers.

Bloody Mary's work really good with this. Haven't tried it Guacamole. I do like a Michelada once in a while.

 

[zwiller]

Dang, summer is around the corner! Been itching to try pickling some rind on next one.

Oldest daughter is all about Tajin for margaritas.

 

[Steve H]

Dang, summer is around the corner! Been itching to try pickling some rind on next one.

Oldest daughter is all about Tajin for margaritas.

Never had pickled rind. Is it sweet?

 

[zwiller]

Never had pickled rind. Is it sweet?

First time for me too. Recipes are all over the place. Alton Browns is pretty popular. Goal is to get a smaller one and keep the skin on with the logic being the smaller ones skin should be thin enough to eat.

 

[sandyut]

Old Bay and Tajin both sound delish on the melon! I think we are jsut starting to get some in the grocery now. Suzanne LOVES watermelon. Im sure I will find some in the refer shortly

 

[in. pred]

i started some cantaloupe seeds this year. el gordo are supposed to grow 15-30 pounds. lol we will see.

 

[forktender]

Bloody Mary's work really good with this. Haven't tried it Guacamole. I do like a Michelada once in a while.

It's kill'er in guac, Steve.

 

[ajbert]

The wife brought some home the other day that was already cut up. It was goodish but nothing like fresh watermelon. I can't wait for the local farms to start producing but the will be a month or two. I'm just a plain old sort and always have to have salt on my watermelon and cantalope.

 

[forktender]

The wife brought some home the other day that was already cut up. It was goodish but nothing like fresh watermelon. I can't wait for the local farms to start producing but the will be a month or two. I'm just a plain old sort and always have to have salt on my watermelon and cantalope.

I like that as well, and I can't wait for our locally grown melons to hit the stands either.
I live 30 to 40 min from where they are grown, and will often wake up in the morning grab breakfast, and drive out to the local fruit stands that the farmers set up. It's cool they will keep cutting open melons until you're happy with one. I always feel guilty though and buy as many uncut melons as they cut open for me. As long as you tip the ladies well they will remember you, and treat you extra nice the next time they see you, by loading you up with goodies.

 

[pineywoods]

Hope you can get local ones I know a lot of the "dry fields" aren't being planted around here N FL, SE GA, SW AL if they are irrigated some are getting planted and some aren't so they won't be shipping like normal. Until we get out of this severe drought farming down here is going to be less than it normally is. Will not affect the tomatoes through pretty much all of them are irrigated and they have been harvesting for a bit already.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

I guess I'm lucky for this in So-Cal. A majority of melons, peppers, avocados, oranges and berries are grown very locally for the whole USA. When they are not in season we get them in from South America.

Many pickups are parked on the side of the road and you can get your fill much cheaper and fresher than a grocery store.

My wife loves adding Tajin but I prefer melons the way they were made.

Love sriracha? Huy fung had a local grower 15 miles away grow the red jalapenos for 30 years before he screwed him over. The farm still grows them and makes their own now that tastes like the original sriracha. Way better than what Huy Fung sells now with their Mexican variety.

Have you ever tried yellow Watermelon? It is even sweeter than red. A little harder to find but oh so good.