Comments on: Eating Home Grown Melons

by: miles

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:18:04 +0000

Karen,
The honey and mint sounds like a nice combination. I would never have thought of watermelon curry, that sounds intriguing but you are quite right, with those flavours anything will be good.
I have been messing around with melon and cheese combinations recently, as nice as melon and parma ham is I can’t get away with putting that on a menu now-I’d be called a dinosaur

Thanks for the tip, I shall try that.

Miles

by: Karen

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:08:29 +0000

Miles,
I find strong fresh mint and honey will make an entirely different honeydew. Add blueberries or blackberries, and it’s downright tasty. (Not too exotic.) Just a thought.

On the other hand, my newly favorite Indian curry cookbook has a recipe for watermelon curry with chile, turmeric, coriander, garlic, cumin, lime, etc. Haven’t tried it yet, but how can one go wrong with curry like that?

by: miles

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Cid,
You’re butternut is doing better than mine-I only grew one plant and it’s been a disaster
That aid I am overun with courgettes and other squash.

by: Cid

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:12:36 +0000

Miles,

I think melons are fantastic….. they’re full of nutrients as well as water and are very low in calories. You’re the only person I know who’s managed to grow a melon in this country and the fruit be ripe enough to eat.

Not that I grew them but this week I’ve treated myself to the ripest of plums and some golden kiwi. My grocer has a shop packed full of fruit and veg and dare I say it, autumn is just around the corner so the next crop should be on its way.

I haven’t inspected my butternut squash lately although from the window I can see the greenery is growing quickly now. The miniature pumpkin is producing tiny yellow ‘fruits’ and as yet I’m not sure what to do with them, but at the size of a tangerine presumably roasted whole?

Cid