I had an amazing dish yesterday, at a sunday afternoon pool party. The ingredients don't sound that compatible, but the tastes are scrumptious....
diced watermelon, crumbled feta cheese, black olives, basil and olive oil.......It was refreshing, the tastes complimented each other. I was quite surprised.
Anyone ever had or made this? Will someone try it and let me know if you like it??
I know, I never would have eaten it but I trusted the man who made it as he's a "foodie". I dare you to make some and try it........Glad Chris knew what I was talking about.
Thee Watermelon and "bulgarian cheese" ( = feta) combination is very popular in Israel. In fact, if you order watermelon at a cafe, you will most likely get it with feta unless the waiter is convinced you are American. It's a wonderful mixing of flavors.
That reminds me, one of my old college roommates used to put a bit of salt on her watermelon - it was interesting. I may have to try this for the tailgate tonight.
Try similar salads also with melon. And watermelon and prosciutto used to be pretty popular too, like melon and prosciutto, in the Italian countryside, especially up here in the north.
Originally posted by Cheryl Alexander: I had an amazing dish yesterday, at a sunday afternoon pool party. The ingredients don't sound that compatible, but the tastes are scrumptious....
diced watermelon, crumbled feta cheese, black olives, basil and olive oil.......It was refreshing, the tastes complimented each other. I was quite surprised.
Anyone ever had or made this? Will someone try it and let me know if you like it??
Yes a friend made that for a bbQ years ago and it was lovely...you know what though it was not with basil it was with mint for the fresh herb.
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Nancy, me too! I made it for lunch today and I loved it.
Jerry, the grilled watermelon sounded interesting but just a little too much. It also called for Balsamic vinegar which didn't sound right to me. But let us know if you try it.
Cheryl, this is my new favorite salad. I wrote about it on my blog (and I gave you credit!) - there's a picture too. Thank you for posting about it.
We had watermelon after dinner tonight and I decided to try some very thick fig balsamic as a drizzle. It was wonderful.
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Bought a whole watermelon yesterday so thought I'd try Cheryl's salad. Didn't have black olives so I used some green (martini) olives from the fridge. I loved the flavors, Chris dubbed it "interesting." I'd still make it again though.
On yesterday's new Food network show, "Delicioso" is part of the title, she made a salad with papaya and feta.
I'd have to go to their website to look up the exact recipe, since I got distracted by something and missed the preparation . But since I really really dislike watermelon I thought it looked very interesting.
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I'd still make it again though.