Comments on: Watermelon Sorbetto Granita from The Perfect Scoop

By: Awesome recipe!

Awesome recipe! — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:43:09 +0000

I love watermelon, and being from Michigan I can only get it during a few months of the year. Of course it’s in grocery stores year round but those are harvested before ripening for shipment so they’re only a simulacra of the real thing.

This summer I grew my own watermelon, and I can say without a glimmer of doubt that eating a watermelon fresh off the vine is the closest I’ve come to nirvana. They are difficult to grow so far north, but this is my third year growing them and I finally had such a bountiful harvest that even my dog got several her own watermelons! I must say I LOL at your observation that “No man can eat 6 kilos of watermelon alone (even if he wants to!)” The “Allsweet” and “Scarlet Sweet” watermelons I grew averaged 10-12 kilos, and for over a month I’ve been eating at least 4 per week. Am I sick of watermelon yet? I finished the last one at breakfast today, and now I’m researching online to select varieties to grow next summer!

In the words of Mark Twain,

“It is the chief of this world’s luxuries, king by the grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented.”

By: anne

anne — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:22:13 +0000

I just love watermelon, it is so refreshing..!

By: joey

joey — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:24:26 +0000

I can just imagine how refreshing this is! Mmmm…

I don’t have an ice cream maker either…still on the fence on getting one coz there is still so much I want for the kitchen! Sigh…

By: barbara

barbara — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:49:15 +0000

It looks delicious Sara. Thanks for joining HHDD.

By: JennDZ

JennDZ — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:40:38 +0000

This sounds wonderful! I absolutely LOVE anguria. We have a wonderful Italian ice place near us, and they have a wonderful watermelon flavor! Very refreshing! I am also happy to hear that you don’t have an ice cream maker – neither do I. And I too am iffy about whether I will get one or not. I have seen The Perfect Scoop on a lot of blogs and I am really tempted to get it, or at least try some recipes, but for true ice creams, does he say to use an ice cream maker? Or does he give a way to make these wonderful creations without one?