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Are you
like me with your lack of melon-picking luck? I smell them to make
sure they smell as much like a sweet version of themselves as
possible. Yup, and I poke the blossom end to make sure it has a nice
give. I heft them to evaluate whether they're heavy for their weight.
I've even laid down in the middle of the garden to place my ear on a
watermelon so I could squeeze it to listen for an alleged tell-tale
cracking that means it's ripe.
But still, as often as not I end up with kind of blah melons. And I
hate to waste food, so I've worked up a couple of things to do with
melons that are less than perfect.
1. Popsicles!
You can puree 1/2 a melon with some juice concentrate and anything else
you like. These were 1/2 a tasteless canteloupe, 1 c. blackberries,
and 1/2 c. apple juice concentrate. If I made them again, I'd strain
out the blackberry seeds, but they're good!
2. Treat them like a vegetable in a salad. Just pretend it's a slightly sweet cucumber or zucchini, like in the Peach-BLT Salad posted earlier this summer.
3. (Not pictured) - Puree it and add it with fruit juice concentrate to plain gelatin for better, natural DIY jello.
Less waste, more creativity, and more nutrition. Cool. What do you do?
