Monday, August 24, 2009

Steps to a Perfect Cantaloupe

1. Go to the Farmer's Market (I went to the one in Noe Valley) and pick up any old cantaloupe. This one was a blue cantaloupe, which unfortunately refers to the tinge of the rind, not the insides.

2. Take the cantaloupe home and put it on your counter.

3. Forget about your cantaloupe, or don't find time to eat it.

4. Look longingly at your cantaloupe every day. This step is important.

5. Watch your cantaloupe until it just starts to get a bit of mold growing on it, where it was taken off the vine.

6. Look longingly at your cantaloupe for a couple more days. These days are critical.

7. Two days after you first notice the moldy growth on your cantaloupe, slice it open. Eat both halves in one sitting because dammit who can resist?

The end.

2 comments:

Femina Incognita said...

...I have to ask...why wait for the mold, exactly?

baillie said...

Because it worked?