One of the best things about summer is that the cantalopes and watermelons are ripe and fresh. I never really knew how to pick a good one from the bins until a buddy showed me how to smell the butt of the melon. If you can smell something just a little sweet or fragrant, then it’s a good one.
Last night we went Krogering and they had a bin of cantalopes that looked pretty good. They are from somewhere in the U.S. but I don’t know where. I’m guessing Texas. I picked one that smelled good and when the wife cut into this morning I was proven right again. This was a great melon - perfectly ripe - not too hard and not yet mushie, and sweet as you could ever want.
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