On 7/15/2012 2:13 PM, merryb wrote:
> On Jul 15, 10:50 am, Andy > wrote:
>> (Judy Haffner) wrote:
>>> love cantaloupe and also yogurt, but don't think I'd care for both
>>> together. The only "salmonella issue" I've ever heard with cantaloupe
>>> was when a person cut it and didn't refrigerate it, but left it out at

Scrub the porous skin thoroughly before cuttings to reduce that problem.
Last I read, it's not the flesh..... but what may have been, the
contaminated
soil that it was grown in, stuck in the pours.



>>> room temperature. We buy them all the time, cut them in half, scoop out
>>> the seeds and enjoy. Love having a half of one with toast for
>> breakfast,
>>> or a snack. We don't EAT the rind, and have yet to get sick from eating
>>> the "insides" of a melon.
>>
>> Judy,
>>
>> For a few years I've been meaning to buy a cantaloupe melon but keep
>> putting it off. I DO do miss it. There hasn't been an episode in probably
>> a couple decades but the scare stayed with me. [sigh]
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Andy
>
> Just wash it and you will be fine!
>