Watermelon is a juicy, pink fruit that's 92% water. It's pretty
much all water and vitamins — a very healthy, nutritious food.
It has more lycopene than any other fruits and veggies. What's
lycopene? It's a pigment in red plant foods that researchers
believe can prevent illness. It's also found in tomatoes. At the
store or farmer's market, you can buy watermelon uncut, sliced,
or already in chunks. You eat it raw and it's very refreshing
served cold in the summertime. The folks who grow and sell
watermelons suggest making watermelon snow cones. Have an adult
help you scoop out a big scoop of watermelon and freeze it. Then
roll it in some vanilla yogurt, sprinkles, or sweetened coconut.
Place the scoop on an ice cream cone or in a paper cone and
enjoy. Weird, but also good. For years, folks had to pick out —
or spit out — those large black watermelon seeds. But now there
are seedless watermelons, which grow — now get this — from
seedless watermelon seeds. The trick is planting seeded
watermelons near the seedl