"With me, I downplay 'thumping' the watermelon. In the field they don't stop to thump the watermelons, they just look at them." The watermelon rind often provides clues ... this summer were grown in ...

The Bradford watermelon was the most important late-season market melon in the South from the 1860s through the 1910s. But this variety cannot be stacked high for shipping (the rind is too fragile ...

I am still going through old stuff that various ... with spices of grated lemon or orange rind and juice. Cook thoroughly and ...

"The need to see the predicament of the South in all its complex and tragic dignity drove Simms toward a larger view, toward myth rather than toward propaganda... As he grew to accept the idea of ...

This is particularly worth noting when discussing the Civil War. My entire adult life I have defended the Old South and the Southern cause in America’s bloodiest war. Not because I support ...

Watermelon is the richest known dietary source of the amino acid citrulline. The highest amount is found in the white rind that surrounds the flesh. In your body, citrulline is transformed into ...

These were stories, story after story, about the old South, about this idyllic world of the plantation system, where everybody knew their place, and where blacks were essentially loyal retainers ...

As a child, you might have found yourself on the receiving end of the old warning that if you swallow watermelon seeds, you’ll end up growing a melon in your stomach. No doubt a few seeds have ...

But while the red watermelon flesh is fine for dogs, it’s important to know that the fruit’s hard seeds and fibrous rind can be dangerous. “I always recommend seedless watermelon,” says Dr ...

Despite the jokes, aficionados from the South will tell you ... watermelon is no exception. An old trick for transforming an ordinary whole watermelon into memorable adult party fare involves cutting ...