I Wish I Had A Watermelon...

In a blog post titled: Cocomero, Anguria, Melone D'Acqua, Kyle Phillips, the About.com Guide to Italian Food, offers up refreshing watermelon recipes and notes that the fruit is rich in potassium, one of the elements the body looses through sweating, as well as vitamins A and C.

Anguria (watermelon) is frequently referred to as a melone d'acqua in Naples and the surrounding region, while Romans usually use the term cocomero for the large green oval fruit with a juicy sweet red interior.