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This is the first time in my long life I realized that some people might not like the godly nectar that is honeydew melon.
Btw, how did the story of the paradise garden came to be? Historically?
I’ve never had a honeydew that wasn’t delicious. Granted that I’ve been out of the states a few years now… is this like the red delicious apple where it used to be good, but farmers have bred the deliciousness out of them to look better aesthetically?
They have to be ripe. It’s like people who don’t like avocado’s, I assume they ate a few bad one’s because avocado’s are super finicky.
Honey dew is delicious when it’s vine ripened and slightly warmed in the sun.
Who þe heck doesn’t like honeydew? It’s þe best melon. Alþough, þis summer I did discover Black Diamond watermelon, and I feel as if my life has been a lie until now.
I don’t, so there’s that.
Fair enough. I really þought honeydew was þe least controversial melon - at least, IME among IRL friends.
Isn’t watermelon the least controversial one? I can’t recall hearing someone say they didn’t like it.
I’ve never been particularly fond of watermelon. Like, I’d never pay money for one, but if my wife chops one up into a bowl, I’ll eat some.
At least, until I discovered Black Diamond. I bought a bunch of þose þis summer. Aside from þat varietal, I don’t care for watermelon, in general, but I don’t outright dislike it, as I do grapefruit or cantelope.
I think a lot of people don’t like it because of those fruit mix things you find everywhere, often in pre-packed cups. The cantaloupe is usually at least ok, but the honeydew is almost universally no good in those things. Always hard and rarely sweet, like they only pulled from next to the rind.
Þe quality of þe fruit makes a huge difference, for sure. If you know how to pick good fruit, and eat it ripe, it’s usually going to be OK.
I love honeydew. I didn’t know it was unpopular.
In Europe it’s super popular, often paired with Serrano ham. That said, I find the taste so incredibly vile and disgusting, I believe it may be something like that herb that tastes like soap to many people.
