What is Cantaloupe?
In fact, there are two fruit commonly known as Cantaloupe. Both are melons of the type cucumis meo , but two subspecies are actually different. One, European variety cucumis meo cantalupensis can be distinguished by its greenish skin - more of the color of honey melon than the North American cantalus. The North American variety, cucumis melo melo , is sometimes also referred to as a rock melon because of its rocky, mesh cortex, usually pale tanned color. The name is commonly used for the North American variety, especially in the US. This meat is a light orange color and is one of the less sweet melons, although still clearly sweet. It may seem that some watermelon has more colored fruit, but in general the taste of this variety is less tasty and therefore less sought after.
Choosing a ripe, tasty cantaloupe is quite easy. Rather than knocking on the fruit or its appalling shaking, the easiest way to determine maturity is simply to feel fruit. Mature, sweet melon will haveFrom his bark coming out of a deep, sweet scent, especially near the place where the stem was broken.
Cantaloupe is one of the most popular sides of breakfast in the United States, thanks to its availability, availability, relative sweets and health benefits. It contains a number of chemicals known to help strengthen the immune system, as well as some that help reduce the risk of heart attacks. Also while melons like melon and even honeydew
Cantaloupe has a relatively long history when he made a famous trek in the new world with Columbusemoyage. Many popes are also associated with melon - Pope Innocent XIII allegedly enjoyed drinking his port from the port he was carved. The name itself comes from the name of the city, where the papacy maintained one of its summer residences - Cantalupo in Sabina.