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Impending poll.

Yeah, you heard me ... MELONS!

Cucumbers-in a sandwich, as a pickle with a sandwich (especially a hot sandwhich), by itself, or in a cucumber salad with vinegar :p

Other...
*leers*

Oh wait, did you mean the fruit/vegetable kind of melon?
Okay, then a honeydew.

metaphorical ones

Watermelon and.... other

what do you know cucumber is a melon. I've learnt something today

Skin and half a papaya place each half on a fancy plate open side up. pour coconut milk over the papaya until you have about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch on the plate. Add one small plop of sweet jasmine rice, then sprinkle a very slight amount of cinnamon over the plate. Wala you have an excellent tasting healthy dessert.

what do you know cucumber is a melon. I've learnt something today

My most fun food tidbits:

The tomato is a fruit, but it was classified a vegetable in 1893 by the Supreme Court for trade reasons.

Chilis, such as jalapenos and habaneros, are berries.

best melon I have ever had was called a cantadew. It was a union of Honeydew and cantolope. (i don't know if it was literally, but it tasted like the best elements of both)

Mango of course!

My most fun food tidbits:

The tomato is a fruit, but it was classified a vegetable in 1893 by the Supreme Court for trade reasons. I knew that one


Chilis, such as jalapenos and habaneros, are berries.
the hell is a habaneros?

the hell is a habaneros?
You sir are missing out on something great.

It is the hottest natrual pepper.

I didn't know papayas were melons. Ignore earlier post. Papaya rocks.

Wow, Keruvalia. Great retort from the deep stuff going on right now. :p

Wow, Keruvalia. Great retort from the deep stuff going on right now. :p

Ah don't worry ... soon as a mod sees it, it'll get moved to spam. :D

CANTELOPE!!!

Seriously, I love Cantelope.
When I was in Florida, my Florida mom got me a cantelope the size of my Xbox!!

Oooh, I love melons. ;)

Watermelons for me. :)

You sir are missing out on something great.

It is the hottest natrual pepper.
really? and where do I find these berries?

With a thread like this I miss my brief cookie thread.

really? and where do I find these berries?
Where do you live at?


Ask around at local grocery stores. Depending on where you live they may or m ay not have them. Here they are fairly easy to get, but I live in a place where mexican and southwestern cooking are extremely popular. So such things are easy to find. If they don't have them, look for little "taste of mexico" type shops. Often run by Mexicans for mexicans. I'm sure there are some of these lovely oarnge (or red) balls of firey flaming goodness somewhere. If not, try ordering some from somewhere.

edit- ignore much of this, just read where you live....

really? and where do I find these berries?

Grocery store, I would imagine.

They look like this:

http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/Images/redsavina.JPG

Where do you live at?


Ask around at local grocery stores. Here they are fairly easy to get, but I live in a place where mexican and southwestern cooking are extremely popular.
Australia

I brought a bottle of daves habanero extract hot sauce, I forget which one (the hottest one) to an office party with barbecue. I put it on a piece of paper that said please use with caution this sauce is way too hot. Well when they read that and the testosterone kicked in they all used too much. Literally one drop could fire up a whole pot of chili. The lid had a dropper attached, but they were pouring it on. I just sat here and cracked up while listening to people all over the place screaming obscenities and running for the bathroom. That was so freaking funny. I later had to throw it away when my wife somehow got it in her eye after cleaning out the refrigerator. She had to go to the doctor and get her eye flushed out.

Cucumbers are melons?

I chose honeydew. Watermelon is gross, no matter how many times everyone else in the world tries to convince me I'm crazy for thinking so. Cantaloupe is a little too orange-flavored for my taste. (not orange like the fruit, orange like the color. you'd have to be synaesthetic to understand - colors come in all five senses to me, but especially hearing) So uh, yeah.

Papayas are melons? :eek: I voted for them. I should have voted other since technically I like pawpaws better, but yeah. :p
My grandma had a pawpaw tree, till it fell over in a storm.

Grocery store, I would imagine.

They look like this:

http://www.chilepepperinstitute.org/Images/redsavina.JPG
They can also be rounder and/or orange

You forgot wintermelon... wait.. thats a vegetable. :D

Honeydew rocks my world. Eat them with strawberry yoghurt dripping all over them. MmMMmMmMmmm.

I brought a bottle of daves habanero extract hot sauce, I forget which one (the hottest one) to an office party with barbecue. I put it on a piece of paper that said please use with caution this sauce is way too hot. Well when they read that and the testosterone kicked in they all used too much. Literally one drop could fire up a whole pot of chili. The lid had a dropper attached, but they were pouring it on. I just sat here and cracked up while listening to people all over the place screaming obscenities and running for the bathroom. That was so freaking funny. I later had to throw it away when my wife somehow got it in her eye after cleaning out the refrigerator. She had to go to the doctor and get her eye flushed out.
Our community has a chili cookoff every year, and there is one man who uses many (lots, like 20+) habeneros in his chili. It is almost deadly. But it is amazing chili. He puts orange quarters, and real good beef. Amazing chili. I have also seen varoius cakes, brownies, etc, combinig the flavor of habeneros with chocolate. Also very good.

They can also be rounder and/or orange

Ah ... nod. The color is indicitive of the amount of capsicum in the membranes. The more red the chili, the hotter it is.

Our community has a chili cookoff every year, and there is one man who uses many (lots, like 20+) habeneros in his chili. It is almost deadly. But it is amazing chili. He puts orange quarters, and real good beef. Amazing chili. I have also seen varoius cakes, brownies, etc, combinig the flavor of habeneros with chocolate. Also very good.
sounds good, i love hot stuff especially good chili.

Our community has a chili cookoff every year, and there is one man who uses many (lots, like 20+) habeneros in his chili. It is almost deadly. But it is amazing chili. He puts orange quarters, and real good beef. Amazing chili. I have also seen varoius cakes, brownies, etc, combinig the flavor of habeneros with chocolate. Also very good.
I LOVE chilli hot chocolate. It's the best thing in winter, and the chilli makes the chocolate taste that much richer. :D

And chilli in general. :D

I LOVE chilli hot chocolate. It's the best thing in winter, and the chilli makes the chocolate taste that much richer. :D

And chilli in general. :D
Mmmmmm.... yes. Cayyenne hot chocolate. *drools*

Also extremely good with a very small touch of cinnamon.

A cucumber is a melon? :confused:

A cucumber is a melon? :confused:
The real question here is, is your cucumber a melon?
*ponders*

The real question here is, is your cucumber a melon?
*ponders*
*ponders too*

You sir are missing out on something great.

It is the hottest natrual pepper.

Does anyone remember the name of that crazy Guatemalan pepper in the chili cookoff episode of the Simpsons?

I don't know what the hell they are, but I buy these dried red peppers for my bird - he loves them. I planted a few of the seeds and I now have a pepper plant growing for him. Well, the peppers smell just like bell peppers, so I thought if I ate one before it turned red, it wouldn't be as hot. I cannot tolerate ANYTHING hot. I am a real wimp. So, I popped this pepper in my mouth and started chewing and at first it didn't seem so bad. Then the fire hit! I think I drank a quart of milk and 4 slices of bread and my mouth still burned. My husband was laughing his ass off, but I learned my lesson.

Since I can't even handle those kind of peppers (which my bird eats like candy), I think I will skip the habanero peppers.

I LOVE chilli hot chocolate. It's the best thing in winter, and the chilli makes the chocolate taste that much richer. :D

And chilli in general. :D
THEY HAVE CHILLI TIMTAMS!

I was amazed when I saw them but they are so good... leaves this nice sensation in your throat :D

THEY HAVE CHILLI TIMTAMS!
:eek: :eek: :eek: *rushes down to the nearest convenience store*

That is so cool! I'm totally getting some tomorrow. :D

My most fun food tidbits:

The tomato is a fruit, but it was classified a vegetable in 1893 by the Supreme Court for trade reasons.

Chilis, such as jalapenos and habaneros, are berries.

A banana is a herb!

Since I can't even handle those kind of peppers (which my bird eats like candy)...

Interesting tidbit here...

Birds apparently aren't affected by capsicum (the stuff in the pepper that makes it hot, as mentioned above)... They even sell capsicum powder in pouches that you can sprinkle over the bird seed in your feeders that will keep the squirrels and such from eating the seed...

The invading animals are affected by the heat just as we are, so they don't touch the seed, but the birds don't care, so they'll continue to eat as normal...

Mangos damnit! MANGOS!

Interesting tidbit here...

Birds apparently aren't affected by capsicum (the stuff in the pepper that makes it hot, as mentioned above)... They even sell capsicum powder in pouches that you can sprinkle over the bird seed in your feeders that will keep the squirrels and such from eating the seed...

The invading animals are affected by the heat just as we are, so they don't touch the seed, but the birds don't care, so they'll continue to eat as normal...

And here I thought he had an asbestos tongue! I have to be careful, though, he likes "preening" my face, and I always worry about him eating a pepper and then getting too near my eyes...

Cantaloupe!

Melonoma!

Actually, Cantaloupe.

Santa Claus melons are my fav. if they are ripe. Otherwise, a Crenshaw or a really sweet seedless watermelon depending on what mood I'm in...

I go for Rock melon.
That's what it's called in NZ. I think it might have a different name elsewhere though.

Papaya, damnit! Papaya juice is too good to pass up.

Mango of course!
mango is also my favorite
but i dont think a mango can possibly be a melon, wrong seed type

and when are they going to come out with a freestone mango??

honeydew is my favorite real melon

I guess I should try a Honeydew someday. I've never tasted one before.

My most fun food tidbits:

The tomato is a fruit, but it was classified a vegetable in 1893 by the Supreme Court for trade reasons.

Chilis, such as jalapenos and habaneros, are berries.


The Eggplant is also a berry.

I go for Rock melon.
That's what it's called in NZ. I think it might have a different name elsewhere though.

They call them cantaloupes in other parts of the world. They're also called spanspek in South Africa. :D

Yay!!!! Melons!!! (read: bump)

Watermelon for me. Yumm!

And spicy chocolate was how it was first introduced to Europe back when Spanish explorers brought it back. They made their hot chocolate with chillies and water - not milk.

I've tried some made from recepies of that time and it is quite tasty ( But too 'hot' for me to drink regularly )

African Bird Pepper is one that comes close to Habaneros in the sheer heat department - which in peppers is rated in BTU's actually.

Habaneros are virtually unbearable. One tiny sprinkle of dried habanero, maybe even just a flake, is enough to burn the hell out of your mouth.

ice cold watermelon on a hot summer day..nothin better than that unless you add a beer beforehand :D

Definitely Charentais.

Habaneros are virtually unbearable. One tiny sprinkle of dried habanero, maybe even just a flake, is enough to burn the hell out of your mouth.

I ate an entire one in a single gulp once in Mexico. Didn't know the type at the time. Looked charming and cute on top of that salad. So: pop - chew. And yes: I nearly died instantly. Scalding stomach ache kept me up half the night. Nice bit of gastronomy, that.