By Sono Motoyama, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Watermelon with a squirt of mustard? Or slathered with PB&J? These are some of the suggestions on TikTok for so-called watermelon flights.
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Like a flight of wine or whiskey, watermelon flights are meant to offer variations on a theme. Artfully cut slabs of watermelon are garnished with ingredients sweet and savory to offer interesting contrasts and textures when paired with the ultimate summer fruit.
They’re perfect as an appetizer at a civilized barbecue or a snack at an afternoon cocktail party.
Watermelon offers a good backdrop for a variety of surprising ingredients because of its light sweetness and somewhat coarse texture.
In addition, watermelon, made of 92% water, is cooling and hydrating. And it’s healthy — it’s sodiu