Some Like It Hot

I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before, but we're hard core grillers around here. We'll grill just about anything if someone suggests it, and we grill four seasons of the year, rain or shine. When it's raining, Sir Lotsa Hair pulls his trusty Weber kettle just under the garage roof and makes like a lightning rod.

That's how he managed to grill last night in the middle of a monsoon. I thought with all that water, it would be a good night to try grilling some watermelon. 

'Cause it's on my  Sand Pail List, and I'm kind of themey like that.  

I had seen the suggestion in a magazine which I thought was the June edition of Better Homes and Gardens, but after turning every page, I couldn't find it there. I couldn't find it in any other magazine around here either. Either I dreamed up the whole thing or ripped it out for safe keeping and then lost it.

I do that a lot.   

Instead,  I googled recipes and came up with this one

Grilled Watermelon

Cut watemelon slices about an inch thick

Remove rind and salt both sides.

Place slices on a rack above some paper towel for 20 minutes.

Rinse salt from surface and brush with olive oil.

Grill each side 3 minutes.

Miss Whimsy took a bite and said, "Interesting and different..."

I took a bite and said, "Meh"

The husband took a bite and said that he liked it. 

Of course, he went on to say that he didn't usually like watermelon, but he liked it this way because it didn't taste watermelony. Well, that's just silly. Isn't it the job of a watermelon to taste watermelony?  It's not tofu. It has its own distinct taste, and that taste is watermelony.  

(By the way... what? 

I've been married to the man for almost 28 years 

and didn't know that he didn't like watermelon?

 I just thought he was being generous.)

So here's the review. Even though I'm a huge fan of other grilled fruit, I personally like my watermelon cold.  Maybe the incredible disappearing recipe from Better Homes and Gardens was better. I don't know, and I'm not sure I'll try it if I find it.  

I did, however, like the way grilled hunks tasted on our side salads.

Of course, just about anything tastes good with feta, red onion, and balsamic vinegar, but it's still worth tossing some slices on the gill to change up the taste of a salad if you want.

I am hereby putting grilled watermelon in the sand pail and calling it completed. While searching for that recipe, though, I also saw one for watermelon sorbet. I'm going to put it on the Sand Pail list to try when the husband is out of town.

That is, if I can remember where I put the page when I ripped it out. 

So when it comes to fruit, do you like it hot, or do you like it cold?
I'd love any and all suggestions or recipes.