The secret to this simple salad of watermelon, pea shoots, fresh basil, feta and scallions in a honey vinaigrette is a few liberal shakes of Tabasco. Well, that and a nice Sancerre.
the drunken fig
All measurements are approximate.
The secret to this simple salad of watermelon, pea shoots, fresh basil, feta and scallions in a honey vinaigrette is a few liberal shakes of Tabasco. Well, that and a nice Sancerre.
the drunken fig 
Yes– I’ll try it this week
Since I still had half of a small watermelon to consume, I made it the next night with green leaf lettuce, which was also delicious. I mixed the Tabasco right into the dressing this time around and, oddly, thought it was better when shaken on at the end.
Tabasco?
Aren’t we allowed to use Tabasco? Do we always have to use Siracha?
I suspect that Neil’s objection stems from the fact that the recipe does not call for Tree Frog hot sauce, which is rather difficult to get one’s hands on. Ahem. Honestly, something about the Tabasco just works:
I should also note that I did not figure this out myself. Made the salad sans Tabasco and it lacked a little something. Quick search online tipped me off to what was missing.