Honeydew melon
Cucumis melo · Melon
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Pale, juicy and clean-tasting, this smooth, cream-skinned melon is milder, sweeter and far less musky than cantaloupe. Eat it chilled in wedges, fruit salad or agua fresca, or draped in cured ham.
Picking a good onedrag
Hard, green, still fuzzySlack, pitted, weeping
Firm creamBuy itCubes and balls cleanly - fruit salad, skewers, wedges with cured ham.
Rind colourCream with a light green tinge
The surfaceSmooth and dry, no tack to it
The two endsBlossom end just yields, scar clean
Smell at the blossom endClean, cucumber-green, very light
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What you get from one
46%
Edible part
1,000 g flesh · rind and seeds out
2174 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
Below 7 °C the rind pits and ripening stops, so use a larder. Ripe, it can chill a few days.
90-95%
Humidity
Open, uncovered
Airflow