I understand that somebody won over a billion dollars in the latest lottery. Big deal. I won a Melon Lottery last week. I bought a melon, and it was good.
This is the season when melons show up in the grocery stores from Argentina or Mexico or wherever and you are tempted to buy one. You knew that the melons in the stores for the past 6months weren’t ripe nor edible, but now there’s hope. You lay down your four bucks and take a chance. And odds are, you lose.
However.
I have decided that by paying about a dollar more, you are almost assured of getting a melon that’s sweet and delicious. Simply buy the hybrid melons, like the Canary Melons available at Wal-Mart or the Sugar Kiss or Dino melons at Sam’s Club.
I bought a Canary Melon this week at Wal-Mart, and it was a winner. Actually, I have never had a bad one. Sweet, crisp, delicious. The Canary Melon, also called a winter melon is a large, bright-yellow elongated melon with a pale green to white inner flesh. This melon has a distinctively sweet flavor that is slightly tangier than a honeydew melon. The flesh looks like that of a pear but is softer.
I think it was $4.99, a little more than the standard melons, but at least you know what you are getting.
Occasionally – and I mean only occasionally – you will get a good cantaloupe at a grocery store. I have found that if it has no smell, it has no flavor. But the hybrid melons are winners every time.