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SUBMISSION Thread for the Watermelon Challenge 6/28/22
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:00 am
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:00 am
This is the thread for submitting your watermelon entries.
Submissions will be accepted from 9:00 am today until 8:55 am tomorrow morning. There is still time to create!
Your submission must include AT LEAST one picture and a description of the entry. You can submit a detailed recipe, but that is not a requirement. The picture must be of your creation, not a pic you stole from the interwebs.
Submissions will be accepted from 9:00 am today until 8:55 am tomorrow morning. There is still time to create!
Your submission must include AT LEAST one picture and a description of the entry. You can submit a detailed recipe, but that is not a requirement. The picture must be of your creation, not a pic you stole from the interwebs.
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Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:00 am to Darla Hood
Watermelon Cake
Didn’t end up using the almonds. Did decide to add vanilla to the whipped cream.
Note: Watermelons are watery, once cut. After you get it to the desired shape, use paper towels to soak up moisture on the outside of the melon and on the plate. After slicing, use paper towels again, on the inside of the cut melon, and on the plate.
Note 2: After letting the frosted cake set in the fridge, I decided I needed to neaten up the frosting, but the whipped cream doesn’t smooth easily once set, and I didn’t have enough homemade to just add another layer, so I mixed my homemade whipped cream with some Cool Whip so I could re-frost the whole cake. If you look carefully, you can see the color difference between them on the cut cake.
Note 3: I had some for breakfast and don’t feel guilty about cake for breakfast!
Didn’t end up using the almonds. Did decide to add vanilla to the whipped cream.
Note: Watermelons are watery, once cut. After you get it to the desired shape, use paper towels to soak up moisture on the outside of the melon and on the plate. After slicing, use paper towels again, on the inside of the cut melon, and on the plate.
Note 2: After letting the frosted cake set in the fridge, I decided I needed to neaten up the frosting, but the whipped cream doesn’t smooth easily once set, and I didn’t have enough homemade to just add another layer, so I mixed my homemade whipped cream with some Cool Whip so I could re-frost the whole cake. If you look carefully, you can see the color difference between them on the cut cake.
Note 3: I had some for breakfast and don’t feel guilty about cake for breakfast!
This post was edited on 6/28/22 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:06 am to Darla Hood
Watermelon cobbler
This post was edited on 6/28/22 at 9:08 am
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:08 am to Darla Hood
HONEY-MOLASSES GLAZED SMOKED WATERMELON "HAM"
Seedless watermelon, rind removed, then brined for 4 days using the ingredients in the picture.
Smoked for a few hours, then scored and glaze applied, continued smoking with glaze.
Removed from smoker and sliced.
Seedless watermelon, rind removed, then brined for 4 days using the ingredients in the picture.
Smoked for a few hours, then scored and glaze applied, continued smoking with glaze.
Removed from smoker and sliced.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:22 am to Darla Hood
Spicy watermelon rind Indian curry
tarbooz ke chilke ki sabji (pronounced: tar-booze kay chill-kay)
The first time I’ve made this and was blown away with the flavors, the rind is really crisp, similar to a cucumber and holds up to the heat of cooking perfectly. Just the right amount of sweet and heat in this dish
Will definitely be made again in the No8 household!
What I started with
Give the veggies a quick chop
Wanted some roasted flavors on the veggies so fired up the ole Kettle
Pulled and ready to cut
Cut and ginger was graded
Let’s get this on some heat
Ok ok finally the start of the show
Test ya knife skills on the separation of rind and peel!
Rind is cut and ready to cook
Rind in with all the veggies
Added in all the seasonings
Cooked down and added the coconut milk
About an hr later, smelling delicious and ready to eat
Plated and manger!!
Thanks for looking
tarbooz ke chilke ki sabji (pronounced: tar-booze kay chill-kay)
The first time I’ve made this and was blown away with the flavors, the rind is really crisp, similar to a cucumber and holds up to the heat of cooking perfectly. Just the right amount of sweet and heat in this dish
Will definitely be made again in the No8 household!
What I started with
Give the veggies a quick chop
Wanted some roasted flavors on the veggies so fired up the ole Kettle
Pulled and ready to cut
Cut and ginger was graded
Let’s get this on some heat
Ok ok finally the start of the show
Test ya knife skills on the separation of rind and peel!
Rind is cut and ready to cook
Rind in with all the veggies
Added in all the seasonings
Cooked down and added the coconut milk
About an hr later, smelling delicious and ready to eat
Plated and manger!!
Thanks for looking
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:24 am to HoboDickCheese
Hobo, the cobbler looks great! And what is your countertop? Gorgeous!
Sixth, great looking ham!
No8, I kinda hate you. That looks SO delicious.
Sixth, great looking ham!
No8, I kinda hate you. That looks SO delicious.
This post was edited on 6/28/22 at 9:54 am
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:38 am to No8Easy2
Woah…
Posted on 6/28/22 at 9:39 am to Darla Hood
My attempt was a disaster.. so I will just be ogling and judging this round.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:31 am to No8Easy2
frickin 8 doin it again
Posted on 6/28/22 at 10:50 am to SixthAndBarone
quote:
HONEY-MOLASSES GLAZED SMOKED WATERMELON "HAM"
Not a true ham, you didn't use any nitrites...
Posted on 6/28/22 at 11:34 am to HollywoodCourt
quote:
Not a true ham, you didn't use any nitrites...
Correct. It’s a watermelon “ham”.
Awesome to see that you learned about and now understand nitrite and ham.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 11:51 am to Darla Hood
I only have eaten watermelon one way.
a Frickin spicy watermelon curry???
Posted on 6/28/22 at 12:38 pm to No8Easy2
quote:
No8Easy2
quote:
Spicy watermelon rind Indian curry
tarbooz ke chilke ki sabji (pronounced: tar-booze kay chill-kay)
quote:
Posted on 6/28/22 at 12:53 pm to Carson123987
Sweet Potato crusted Barramundi with watermelon salad and watermelon mojito.
I shredded some sweet potato using a mandoline. I shall henceforth be know as Three-fingered Jax…
I put some butter and oil into a cast iron skillet and layered the sweet potato on the bottom and laid the barramundi on top.
After a few minutes, I picked the Barramund up, laid another layer of sweet potato down and flipped the barramundi onto it. The fish was relatively thin, so I did not have to finish it in the oven.
The fish turned out outstanding. The sweet potatoes crust gave it a nice sweet crispness and the cilantro lime dressing gave it some punch.
For the salad, I used some mixed greens, sliced red onion, cucumber, and cubes of watermelon.
The salad dressing was a combination of cilantro, honey, fresh lime juice, salt, and mayo. It was outstanding.
The Mojito was 1 part simple syrup, 1 part lime juice and 5-6 mint leaves muddled. Top with 3 parts rum, 3 parts watermelon juice, crushed ice, and top off with watermelon-lime AHA seltzer water. This is a great summer drink for south Florida. The watermelon and watermelon-lime seltzer make it very refreshing.
Watermelon juice:
Lime juice:
Mojito garnished with watermelon.
I shredded some sweet potato using a mandoline. I shall henceforth be know as Three-fingered Jax…
I put some butter and oil into a cast iron skillet and layered the sweet potato on the bottom and laid the barramundi on top.
After a few minutes, I picked the Barramund up, laid another layer of sweet potato down and flipped the barramundi onto it. The fish was relatively thin, so I did not have to finish it in the oven.
The fish turned out outstanding. The sweet potatoes crust gave it a nice sweet crispness and the cilantro lime dressing gave it some punch.
For the salad, I used some mixed greens, sliced red onion, cucumber, and cubes of watermelon.
The salad dressing was a combination of cilantro, honey, fresh lime juice, salt, and mayo. It was outstanding.
The Mojito was 1 part simple syrup, 1 part lime juice and 5-6 mint leaves muddled. Top with 3 parts rum, 3 parts watermelon juice, crushed ice, and top off with watermelon-lime AHA seltzer water. This is a great summer drink for south Florida. The watermelon and watermelon-lime seltzer make it very refreshing.
Watermelon juice:
Lime juice:
Mojito garnished with watermelon.
This post was edited on 6/28/22 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 6/28/22 at 12:57 pm to No8Easy2
We love Spicy watermelon rind Indian curry tarbooz ke chilke ki sabji at our house. I try to make it at least once a week. I'm not seeing any black pepper in your ingredients. Other than that it looks like a pretty solid first effort. Nice job.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 1:41 pm to LSUballs
quote:
We love Spicy watermelon rind Indian curry tarbooz ke chilke ki sabji at our house. I try to make it at least once a week. I'm not seeing any black pepper in your ingredients. Other than that it looks like a pretty solid first effort. Nice job.
Posted on 6/28/22 at 5:44 pm to Darla Hood
Thanks Darla, your cake looks delicious too! The countertops are granite, the pattern is called shadow storm Yea I was hoping No8 would sit this one out
, he just as well choose the next ingredient now 
Posted on 6/28/22 at 6:08 pm to HoboDickCheese
i am always astounded at the creativity in these challenges
Posted on 6/28/22 at 7:55 pm to Darla Hood
Watermelon Poke
I didn’t think I would participate, but this weekend I was cutting up some tuna for quick searing. It was a nice piece, safe to eat raw, so I cubed some of it to snack on while getting everything ready. I noticed the cubes looked like watermelon, and it got me to thinking.
My best laid plan was to use both watermelon and tuna. I figured the contrast of crunchy WM and tender tuna would be nice, but alas my fish monger let me down on the way home.
#tunasupplychain
So I decided to go watermelon solo. I’m glad I did.
Like any poke, it was simple to put together.
Cube the watermelon, and marinate in mixture of soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, white pepper, red paper flakes and fine diced onions from the white end of the green onions. I only let it marinate for 15 or 20 minutes.
I thought it was shaping up okay, but I was still bummed about not having tuna. I wanted it to taste like the sea, like a good tuna poke bowl.
Then it hit me that I had some bottarga in the fridge - dried and cured fish roe, a miracle pantry ingredient to have on hand.
I grated some in the marinade and added some fresh grated to the final dish. It changed the flavor from “this is okay but I wouldn’t do it again” to “hmmm, this is interesting.”
Topped the rice with the watermelon, sesame seed, seaweed bits, bottarga and green onion.
I started out thinking watermelon was a way to add some zing to tuna poke, but I realized it can stand on its own just fine.
In the words of Cousin Eddie from National Lampoon’s Vacation, “l don't know why they call this stuff hamburger helper. It does just fine by itself.”
I didn’t think I would participate, but this weekend I was cutting up some tuna for quick searing. It was a nice piece, safe to eat raw, so I cubed some of it to snack on while getting everything ready. I noticed the cubes looked like watermelon, and it got me to thinking.
My best laid plan was to use both watermelon and tuna. I figured the contrast of crunchy WM and tender tuna would be nice, but alas my fish monger let me down on the way home.
#tunasupplychain
So I decided to go watermelon solo. I’m glad I did.
Like any poke, it was simple to put together.
Cube the watermelon, and marinate in mixture of soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, white pepper, red paper flakes and fine diced onions from the white end of the green onions. I only let it marinate for 15 or 20 minutes.
I thought it was shaping up okay, but I was still bummed about not having tuna. I wanted it to taste like the sea, like a good tuna poke bowl.
Then it hit me that I had some bottarga in the fridge - dried and cured fish roe, a miracle pantry ingredient to have on hand.
I grated some in the marinade and added some fresh grated to the final dish. It changed the flavor from “this is okay but I wouldn’t do it again” to “hmmm, this is interesting.”
Topped the rice with the watermelon, sesame seed, seaweed bits, bottarga and green onion.
I started out thinking watermelon was a way to add some zing to tuna poke, but I realized it can stand on its own just fine.
In the words of Cousin Eddie from National Lampoon’s Vacation, “l don't know why they call this stuff hamburger helper. It does just fine by itself.”
This post was edited on 6/28/22 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 6/28/22 at 8:51 pm to Darla Hood
Watermelon martini
1oz vanilla vodka
1oz coconut liquer
4 oz fresh squeezed watermelon juice
Pour over ice, shake, pour, then make more!
1oz vanilla vodka
1oz coconut liquer
4 oz fresh squeezed watermelon juice
Pour over ice, shake, pour, then make more!
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