Watermelon Stir-Fry with Rice

Despite exhortations from the great and the good to be a “locavore,” sourcing fruit and veg locally, I must admit to a recent obsession with the tropics. Take watermelons, for instance. They’re almost camp as a fruit, the outsize prehistoric green bowling ball with its juicy pink interior studded with black seeds. No artist can resist painting them. But they are a pain in the bicep to shop for... you need serious muscles to carry them, or have them delivered.

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