Ode to a Muskmelon
Meg's fallen in love....with a melon:
"I’ve always avoided the muskmelon in favor of their more appealingly named cousins, the cantaloupes. But working in a co-op I frequently get a chance to try something new, and Friday, I kid you not, I fell in love with the muskmelon.
Ripe, juicy muskmelons from Clay Brook Farm
On Friday, one of our wonderful member-workers was handing out samples of muskmelons and Ali Baba watermelons in front of the store. The golden fruit of the muskmelon was juicy and sweeter even than a perfectly ripe cantaloupe. Grown out in Underhill at Clay Brook Farm, the miracle that our local farmers perform turning our brief summer sunlight, water, and soil into such astounding flavors and textures always makes me pause in gratitude.
I’ve got big plans to bring a muskmelon or two as a hostess gift for my friends in Sheldon this week-end and will be on the look-out for plant starts next spring so I can grow them in my garden. Maybe I’ll rename the ones that come out of my garden so their name can be something just as delightful as their flavor."
"I’ve always avoided the muskmelon in favor of their more appealingly named cousins, the cantaloupes. But working in a co-op I frequently get a chance to try something new, and Friday, I kid you not, I fell in love with the muskmelon.
Ripe, juicy muskmelons from Clay Brook Farm
On Friday, one of our wonderful member-workers was handing out samples of muskmelons and Ali Baba watermelons in front of the store. The golden fruit of the muskmelon was juicy and sweeter even than a perfectly ripe cantaloupe. Grown out in Underhill at Clay Brook Farm, the miracle that our local farmers perform turning our brief summer sunlight, water, and soil into such astounding flavors and textures always makes me pause in gratitude.
I’ve got big plans to bring a muskmelon or two as a hostess gift for my friends in Sheldon this week-end and will be on the look-out for plant starts next spring so I can grow them in my garden. Maybe I’ll rename the ones that come out of my garden so their name can be something just as delightful as their flavor."