For those of you new to cooking, you may not know the easiest way to clean a melon and since most melons can be cleaned this exact same way, I thought I'd toss up this quick little lesson.
Once you have diced your melon, you can serve as is or you can toss with other fruits for a salad, or you can through the melon into a food processor and purée to make melon soups or fresca drinks.
All you need is a melon, in this case a cantaloupe, a chef's knife and a large spoon.
Begin by cutting the ends off. Just enough to allow you to stand the melon on end.
Use your chef's knife to shave off the skin and rind, being careful not to remove any meat.
Once all the skin and rind has been trimmed away, go around your melon and make sure you did not miss any rind.
Use your spoon to scrape out the seeds.
Quarter the melon.
Them cut the quarters into thirds, giving you 12 even strips, about an inch thick in the middle.
Note: If you mellon is very large, you may need to cut into 16 wedges, and conversely, if your melon is very small, cut into eighths.
Large dice the strips, 1"x 1" cubes
Enjoy
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