This is topic Ketchup Princess wins a ribbon for eating watermelon (with pictures and now video!) in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
So*, our local Lions Club holds a Watermelon Festival as a fundraiser each summer. We decided to go, and enter Emma Rose, our prodigious little watermelon eater (she LOVES the stuff) in the "Watermelon Eating Contest for All Ages". As it turns out, they didn't have a category for kids under 5, but they let me enter her with the 5- to 9-year olds. She had the time of her life! And of course, her Abba documented the whole thing for her out of area relatives and Hatrack. Here are the pictures:
The city councilwoman giving out prizes gave her a special first-place ribbon because they didn't really have a category for under 5, and everyone thought she deserved it! A lady from the local Daily News came over to get our names for a write-up to be in tomorrow's paper.
[ August 14, 2005, 02:53 AM: Message edited by: ketchupqueen ]
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Wow! That's amazing!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That's what everyone said.
And they all thought I was crazy when I said I was entering my 16-month-old in the watermelon eating contest. I told them she's a good eater and she loves watermelon. We showed them! She actually finished more than all but two of the other kids at the table, out of six (when a winner was declared.) And most of them were 8 or 9.
[ August 13, 2005, 08:17 PM: Message edited by: ketchupqueen ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Well, KQ, those hollow legs will soon be filled with full grown watermelons, if what my Uncle Bill said about eating watermelon seeds is true.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Nah, I took the seeds out. Didn't want her choking.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I just found out she's also going to be on the local Armenian news tonight!
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Sooooooo cute. Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
First of all, congratulations to the princess. You go, girl.
And, as an aside, I've always thought that Tujunga is just one of the coolest place names ever.
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
... anyone ever say you look good in pictures KQ?
and on a related topic do you like ketchup?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yes, I've always photographed well. I don't really look that good in real life.
Tujunga is a great place-name.
And of course I like ketchup! But only REAL ketchup-- that is to say, Heinz.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
We went back this evening, and besides listening to the (very good) local blues group, Emma rode the Ferris wheel and the Merry-Go-Round.
Oh, and my Daddy bought me two really cool hair thingies today. Both are silver, one with roses and a dangly flower thingy, and one with amber beads and a Celtic heart in the center.
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
so you put it on all your food? I like it as well I put it on:
French fries, burgars, anything thats meat (meatballs-steaks/roast beef), pretty much any kind of sandwich, mozillerilla cheese, potatoes, hot dogs, pogo's, and I think that encompasses it, except I put too much on sometimes (usually with sandwhich/bread related foods where it'll fall out)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I put it on anything that contains potatoes or meat (although I've kind of had to wean myself off since pregnancy; I was consuming way too much sodium.) I also love it on rice, macaroni and cheese, sandwiches of many sorts, cheesecake, chocolate cake, ice cream...
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Two seconds of video of Emma during the contest are now here (what a cool site!)
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Baked potatoes are wonderful with ketchup (yes, KQ, Heinz only). Figured that out when I was on a diet once and realized that ketchup has a whole lot less calories than butter and sour cream do.
I'm going to have to take a miss on the ketchup and cheesecake thing, though. I'll take the extra calories to have it topped with caramel sauce.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Mmm, you know what the best is on a baked potato, though? Ketchup AND sour cream! MMMMMMM!
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
cute
Posted by Rico (Member # 7533) on :
Do you enjoy ketchup on your watermelon as well?
[ August 14, 2005, 04:11 AM: Message edited by: Rico ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Actually, I've heard watermelon is excellent with salt and hot sauce. I'd bet ketchup would be good. I know it's good on canteloupe...
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
yeah I put in on rice and macaroni as well but cake? woah, wait until my family hears about this they'll feint.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I wonder if I'd been like that had I liked watermelon. I'm not though, due to my powerful loathing of the stuff. In any event, I'd like to offer my own congratulations for loving fruit. Which is good because fruit is healthy.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Well, she seems to have the family IBS. I would not have let her eat all that watermelon if she'd been in the opposite phase, diaper-wise. But as it is, it worked out just right.
And Emma got two of the 12 paragraphs in the newspaper write-up today. Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I was never in the newspaper as a child. She should be very proud of herself.
Posted by Theaca (Member # 8325) on :
Well, Steve, you still have a couple years. Get cracking!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yeah, maybe you can do a massive community service project or something.
The first time I was in the paper, I was 5 and my brother was 2. My dad had found out that our landlady owned a strip of dirt out near the busy street we lived on and it was all filled with trash and bottles and stuff. We asked if we could plant sunflowers and stuff, and a reporter drove by while we were hoeing weeds in our little flower garden (the vegetables were in the back yard.) She stopped and wrote us up for human interest, and brought a photographer the next day. So, Emma's beat me, too.
Does the Armenian news count as beating me as to age first on a newscast, too? Because if so, she was on about 5 years before I was.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
She's so into it!
Normally I detest any type of eating contests.
This is the first time I actually found one to be cute.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
She is so adorable, kq!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Thank you. Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I meant when I was under age 6. Due to school, I've been in the paper. And for Boy Scouts. And I was a member of my school's newspaper team so I wrote articles too.
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Armenian news?
That outfit is too cute - what a sweetie! We have a watermelon festival here in Richmond - y'all should come next summer.
Posted by dropofTapioca (Member # 7867) on :
Just too cute. You know, this sounds like one of those stories Emma will be telling when she gets older. "You know when I was three* years old..."
*this asterisk is meant to indicate uncertainty on exact age
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Wither that, or she will be telling the story to her therapist.
"Why do you have this eating disorder?"
"Well, when I was one..."
(kidding!)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Armenian news?
Yup. As in, on the Armenian channel.
quote: That outfit is too cute - what a sweetie! We have a watermelon festival here in Richmond - y'all should come next summer.
The outfit is a hand-me-down! Isn't that great? I love hand-me-downs. If you're not opposed to them, we've got way too many dressy little girl dresses for me to want to store... Contact me when Ladybug is born! They're all in perfect condition and I'll send them along. Hmmm, Jeff does get two weeks vacation a year, and should get a raise by next year... WatermelonCon?
quote:You know when I was three* years old..."
*this asterisk is meant to indicate uncertainty on exact age
Probably. We'll certainly be telling it! But the reason everyone was so impressed is that she's only 16 months old!
quote:Wither that, or she will be telling the story to her therapist.
"Why do you have this eating disorder?"
"Well, when I was one..."
(kidding!)
Nah, she's got the family metabolism to boot. Luckily for her, since she eats like a horse. Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
*impressed* That's awesome! And I love the outfit, too.
Sophie has decided she likes to eat watermelon and corn on the cob. Its so sweet to see her try to bite the corn off the cob.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
How totally cool is that?!?!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Scrapbook! And when she is old enough to tell you so, you may just find that she prefers "Watermelon Princess".
And the second (faaaar second) adorable thing in this thread is that SteveRogers thinks of childhood as being under age 6. From my vantage point on the other side of 40, that is pretty darn adorable.
They grow up so quickly...
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*looks around to make sure none of the slightly fascist Molly Mormon types from her former ward are in the thread*
I don't scrapbook.
But the ribbon, the article, and a few photos are going in her baby book. Posted by Wendybird (Member # 84) on :
<<peeks in and faints to see that kq doesn't scrapbook... runs away in horror
JK- your daughter is just too cute! Good for her out-eating those older kids. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Why would I scrapbook when we almost exclusively use digital photos? I do PowerPoint presentations...
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
quote:And the second (faaaar second) adorable thing in this thread is that SteveRogers thinks of childhood as being under age 6. From my vantage point on the other side of 40, that is pretty darn adorable. They grow up so quickly...
What are you trying to say?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
She thinks you're cute. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers: What are you trying to say?
The old are amused by the nostalgia of the young.
No disrespect intended. It is just that, in terms of nostalgiable years, you are on the threshhold of the golden ones.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I'm disgraced! You have more posts than me. Aside from that, thank you, I think.
kq- What is THAT supposed to mean?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Uh, Steve, uh... Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Yeah, I just saw it. And I posted on it too.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Me too! I'm a postin' maniac!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Just exactly what it says, SR. Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
And what Exactly does it say? Do tell.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
It says, and I quote:
quote:She thinks you're cute.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
But what are you Implying? There is some hidden message here, and I want to know what it is.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
There's no hidden message! *looks innocent*
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Steveleh, you are adorable. Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
What is this word? Adorable? I've never heard of it, I mean you only use it on me two or eighty times a day.
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