Water Melon and Onion
Salad
This sounds like a very odd combination but it is truly
delightful. I haven't found anyone yet who dislikes
this and it becomes a talking point around the table at
summer barbeques.
I first came across the recipe back in 1966 when my
family migrated from England to Australia.
We traveled on a
ship called the Fairstar and part way through our journey we
docked at Adelaide where we met up with my Mum's brother and
family who had opted for the Aussie lifestyle many years
before.
We were allowed a few hours in Adelaide before
resuming our journey to Cairns in North Queensland.
Uncle
Eric and Aunty Ena met us in their car and we went to their
home for a barbeque lunch.
This was the first BBQ we had ever had.
Anyway one of the salads was Water Melon And
Onion. We all fell in love with it. One other incident I clearly remember from that day was
the delay in getting back to the port to re-join the ship.
We were held up in traffic and the ship was just about to
leave when we arrived dockside. I can get myself in a
panic right now just thinking about it. I can't stand
being late for anything.
To convert any of these ingredients into US measurements please
use this
Quantity Conversion
Chart.
Ingredients:
4 cups of pink water melon diced into 1 cm (half inch)
cubes
1 tablespoon onion, diced as finely as you can dice
anything.
Method:
Mix the onion and water melon and let stand for half an
hour.
Serves 4 -6
Notes:
This salad is not so good if left un-eaten for a while.
The onion draws out the juice in the melon and it can become
a bit sloppy. Enjoy whilst it is fresh. Let me
know if you enjoyed it please.
Food Facts:
Watermelons contain as much iron
as spinach and many other vitamins & minerals. Water
melons contain less vitamin C than rock melons (cantaloupes).
When eaten by itself melon is easy to digest but when eaten with
other foods it is said to inhibit the absorption of nutrients from
those other foods. One of the earliest records of melons is in
an Egyptian tomb painting from 2400 B.C.
Onions are high in energy and have good amounts of B6, B1, and
Folic acid in them. They contain chemicals which fight free
radicals in our bodies. Free radicals cause disease and
destruction in our cells. Onions have anti-viral, anti-fungal
and anti-bacterial properties in them. These properties are
most potent when the onion is eaten raw. Onions raise the
levels of beneficial HDL cholesterol and they lower the levels of the
bad LDL cholesterol.
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