i've always thought that the pale blush-pink watermelon flesh was pretty inert and generally innocuous, compared to, say, the tenacious deep purple of blackberry juice, but it turns out that watermelon stains like a son of a bitch. the previously white components of my blender pitcher and lid are now apparently permanently dyed with patches of stubborn pink. not that i really mind at all. i just never expected watermelon juice to be the persistent type.

tonight, we try watermelon-raspberry sorbet with the ice cream maker. fingers crossed...

the watermelon-raspberry mixture used to make the sorbet is a rather tasty concoction in and of itself. i figure worse comes to worst, we could probably just drink it straight.