CANTALOUPING.........AND MELON-EATING, IN GENERAL........









having cantaloupe with a couple of friends.....I noticed that we three all had a different approach to the cutting and consumption of the melon...... THERE ARE THOSE WHO HOLD A BIG SLICE OF MELON AND LIFT IT TO THEIR MOUTHS; THOSE WHO SLICE THE MELON INTO HALVES, QUADRANTS OR SEXTANTS AND EAT IT FROM THE RIND WITH A SPOON OR KNIFE AND FORK; THOSE WHO FORM MELON BALLS AND EAT THOSE WITH SALAD FORKS OR TOOTHPICKS AND THOSE, LIKE ME, THAT MAKE SPIRALING CUTS WITH AN EXTRA-SHARP BLADE, THEN EAT THIN, SQUARISH SECTIONS WITH A DECORATIVE 'PITCHFORK'......... WHATEVER WORKS......FORTUNATELY I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MELON BALLERS AND A COLLECTION OF SHARP, DECORATIVE KNIVES AND ARTSY FORKS......AND FRUIT SPOONS WITH A SHARP SIDE, FOR CUTTING, AND A BLUNT SIDE FOR SCOOPING......

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