The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-19
pocroRED WATERMELON.
An Infusion Of Wine and Brand,
Makes the Fruit Taste Good.
New York sun.

Now that the watermelon season j.
on in It's own glory. and the story that
strike has stopped the importation
has turned out untrue, word may be
In season as 60 how 10 prepare melon
for eating There are many WAYS of
eating the splendid fruit. and the re-
eipes generally. given are long and in
trieate There Is one method 50 easy
that almost any one may follow it,
Get a good melon. and II YOU cannot
tell for yourself by that intuition
which is the best guide in such mat
tiers, then trust 80 your green goods
grocer's Judgment. Have the melon
pat ON ice over night, and in the morn
ing see that liz surface Is wiped dry.
Then cut a sir with long knife
straight from one side into the very
heart OF the melon. Let the slit be an
inch and bali wide. Cut three other
Sits 80 that you can lit out the plug
thus made Pour into the hole some
good claret Let il spread through the
rich spongy fruit, and pour some
more wine in until you have succeeded
in getting in at least a pint OF the
grape juice. Then plug mp the melon
and pat il back in the refrigerator.
After an hour OF so you can put in the
best part of quart of claret.
The melon will drink up the wine.
and every part oi the sponge viii be-
come saturated, IT FROM hour 20 hour
the position of the big egg shaped fruit
be changed from side % side and from
end 10 end The wne should he put in
from six TO eight hours before dinner
time. An hour or an hour and hall
before dinner take out the ping and
taste the fruit You viii find IL sar-
prisingiy delicious, and yet perhaps
the flavor will be not quite 50 pro-
nounced as yen would like it. In this
event pour in from half pint Ia a
whole pint of brandy. See that the
melon Is closely plugged and wrapped
up. and have il turned at least twice
and kept on the iee for the next hour.
II viii then he ready for serving,
Sometimes IL IS pleasant TO surprise
guests with plugged melon say
nothing about vine having been put
in the fruit, and when il Is brought on
the table take care that Il in the cut
ting any extra juice comes from the
fruit some OF il shall 20 with each
piece of melon. There Is an odd little
Italian restaurant in place IN this
city where its existence would never
be suspected. where one night not long
ago plugged melon was served. No
one except one OF the diners knew
about il. When II was brought on
and the party began tasting what ap-
peared 10 be an ordinary watermelon
there MAS instantly noticed change
In the demeanor OF everyone. They
shifted in the air and looked az each
ether. and then shifted again. There
was no suspicion then that the water
melon was 81 more than ordinary
kind But after two or three mouths
fui some one remarked the peculiarly
rich taste and the exquisite aroma
and then the secret was ont. There
weren't many people in the party, and
the melon was fairly big one, bat Il
was all eaten. every hit oi It.
Notwithstanding the splendid offer
ing 10 the palate that plugged water
melon makes. il j. remarkable that
not many people have eaten Il. and
that YOU can't get it readily 81 the
hotels and restaurants. Once "a a
while some chief psts forth water
melon fritters. or freezes the iraai !.
bat, even il these forms were not
costly aud difficult 70 obtain, they
would soon tire the appetite. With
watermelon soaked In wire il Is differ
ent. II you hike the fruit in its plain
state. YOU viii probably ike it better
with claret and brandy; and & YOU
like 70 eat lots of il plain, You VIII
want stu more OF il plugged.
4 -oosi wine TO use instead Of ciaret
i the Italian sherry -cOloyed wine
called MARSHA. Perhaps with din
ner where much ciaret has been drum :,
the Marsha would 80 better A. Afford
ing a contrast in taste. IL you set
genuine MARSHA YOU will have some
hing good. and yea can reflect that
the vine comes from that celebrated
spot in Sicily. which, now known a.
Marsha, was originally iAlyboen, the
place where the Ca.thagenianS bad
their chief fortress in frinacria.