Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1887 — Claret and Watermelon. [ARTICLE]

Claret and Watermelon.

Claret wine isn’t particularly objectionable if poured into a watermelon. It assimilates with the juice of the fruit very nicely. One bottle is, perhaps, a sufficiency, and you gain the two flavors—that of the grape and that of the melon. It is done on the principle of making a salad; you must use just enough of the condiments of the dressing so that you may get a smack of each without any one predominating. Therefore, one bottle of claret is enough, it is thought. Besides this, a quart bottle of the best table claret costs perhaps 80 cents or sl, while a bottle of foreign champagne costs $3 or more. Many people prefer the watermelon without any addition to its taste. Others favor what they call modern improvements. The real requisites for the full enjoyment of this grand fruit is thirst and " a hot day. Let the melon under these conditions be taken from its bed of ice and eaten. It is something fit for the gods.— Exchange.