costco had a huge mixed fruit bow the other day for pretty cheap, didn't get
it as it had more pineapple than dh thought he could eat, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>I have never liked honey dew. Rockmelon (cantaloupe) is my favourite.
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> Angela loves all melons. But we don't buy them very often because there
> is just sooo much meat in a melon. She can never eat it all before it
> goes bad. When I find cut up ones, we will buy a piece or some chunks.
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> Last summer, Central Market had a melon tasting. They must have had 50
> kinds of melon there! I didn't know so many existed.
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> She ran around with toothpicks, picking chunks out of the ice and eating
> them. Then when it came time to buy some, she couldn't decide. She
> finally chose two. And wouldn't you know... They never got eaten. Went
> bad before I could fix them.
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> I used to buy a lot of them in NY. I have a couple of platters that are
> full of that blue ice type stuff. You keep them in the freezer and they
> will keep your food cold for a couple of hours or more, even on a hot day.
> I used to cut up lots of fruit and put it outside for all the kids. We
> went through a ton of fruit there!
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