watermelon pie

[fabrisse]

There exists something called watermelon pie. This is the better version than the one I originally saw.

This disturbs me even though the aforementioned pie is uncooked.

Part of the disturbance is cultural. I was taught to salt my water- and other melons to bring out their sweetness. I also salt peaches and nectarines for the same reason. (I don't understand why plums and apricots weren't treated the same way.) The recipe I saw calls for a cup of sugar.

I can feel the enamel on my teeth dissolving just from reading it.

After calling for all that sugar, there's a part where one mixes in whipped topping.

So, we've taken one of the most naturally sweet things in the world. It's not terribly high in calories and is supremely refreshing chilled on a summer's day. Then we turn it into an artificial high-calorie "treat."

What's wrong with Americans?!?

Comments

[riverfox.livejournal.com]

*gg* I was. And as a Southerner, you must be mortified whenever you see some of the concoctions they've dreamed up. Lord 'a mercy.

Well, you have quite the men in your family. :) As for hybrid, yes ma'am, I knew that.