What’s the answer to this Tagalog riddle?
Balat niya’y berde, buto niya’y itim,
laman niya’y pula, sino siya?
(It’s skin is green, it’s inside red.
It has black seeds.)
If you answered watermelon or pakwan (in Tagalog), you are correct. Some fast facts about watermelon:
- A cup will provide at least 48 calories
- it is abundant in vitamins C and A and the minerals potassium and magnesium
- pink ones also produce lycopene, an antioxidant
All parts of the fruit can be eaten – from rinds to pulp to seeds. Here’s one way to enjoy this refreshing fruit. Shake it baby! The minty flavor reminds you of summer by the pools of las vegas hotels right at home!
To make this Misty Watermelon Shake, prepare two cups of watermelon (remove seeds) and place in a blender. Add a sprig or two of mint and blitz till watermelon is now a juice. Drink and enjoy! I recently bought a mint plant so I got some mint sprigs from this plant. I would have wanted to add more mint, but hey, the plant has to recover first as I just transplanted them.
Next week, I’ll be hosting Weekend Herb Blogging. For now, I’m submitting this post to Laurie of Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska, our host for this week’s WHB fun.
Sawadee kha! My name is Gay a.k.a. A Scientist in the Kitchen. Science and cooking are two of my passions. I'm a corn breeder who also loves to eat and cook. My kitchen is in Phitsanulok, Thailand where I am based together with Pasta (yes, I love Italian food!) my black labrador retriever.
Mint with watermelon sounds great. Be careful because you may soon have more mint than you ever wanted! (Be sure to grow it in a contained area and I’m not kidding about that!)
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