Can I tell you something embarrassing? I ate two whole watermelons in four days. By myself.
They are only JUST coming into farm stands and really aren’t that sweet yet, but I can’t stop. The fresh, clean, perfectly bright smell that permeates my house when I cut into one is, alone, honestly worth the cost of buying one. I’ve made cocktails, and salads, and this week, I tried Bryant Terry’s Basil Salted Watermelon, and damn. It was good and I’m not even a traditional watermelon-salter.
But down here in Mississippi (and I guess all over the country, these days) watermelons have had a shadow cast over their perfection.
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