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Maui Onions
Two characteristics set the Maui onion apart from other yellow onions: the high sugar and high moisture content of its flesh.
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Rainbow chard, also known a 5-color silverbeet, is a tender chard variety with multi-colored stalks of yellow, white, orange pink and red.
Seasons/Availability
French Kiss® Melons are available spring through fall.
Current Facts
French Kiss® melons are a hybrid variety of the French Chantarais cantaloupe and a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, which includes nearly all melon varieties, squashes and cucumbers.
Description/Taste
French Kiss® melons are a petit-sized melon with a thin rind. Their exterior resembles a cross between a Tuscan cantaloupe and a regular cantaloupe, with a much less pronounced striping than the typical Tuscan variety. When ripe, the rind turns straw-green in color. The orange flesh is succulent, dense, fragrant, creamy and sweet with a small tight central seed cavity. French Kiss® melons score thirteen to seventeen percent on the Brix scale, the commonly used method of measuring sweetness in fruits.
Nutritional Value
Orange-fleshed melons provide an excellent source of beneficial beta-carotene.
Applications
Use French® Kiss melons where ever a recipe calls for cantaloupe. Puree diced cantaloupe with yogurt, honey, ginger and basil until combined and serve as a cold, sweet soup. Puree cantaloupe and fold into no-yeast bread batter, then bake until browned. Finely diced cantaloupe, red onion and green chile, add lime juice and chopped celery and serve as a fresh salsa. This melon's shelf life is twenty-eight days, about twice the normal shelf life of melons. The French Kiss® melon develops its peak flavor when its has been at room temperature one to three days.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
The French Kiss® melon's heritage can be traced to the Charentais region of France, the warmer climate of southern France which was the most favorable region for growing melons. It is claimed by food historians that the French were the first to cultivate netted melons. They referred to melons as "sucrins" which, fittingly, means "sugar".
Geography/History
French Kiss® Melons are grown exclusively by Arizona-based melon grower, Sandstone Marketing.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include French Kiss Cantaloupe Melon. One
is easiest, three is harder.
French Kiss® Melons are available spring through fall.
Current Facts
French Kiss® melons are a hybrid variety of the French Chantarais cantaloupe and a member of the Cucurbitaceae family, which includes nearly all melon varieties, squashes and cucumbers.
Description/Taste
French Kiss® melons are a petit-sized melon with a thin rind. Their exterior resembles a cross between a Tuscan cantaloupe and a regular cantaloupe, with a much less pronounced striping than the typical Tuscan variety. When ripe, the rind turns straw-green in color. The orange flesh is succulent, dense, fragrant, creamy and sweet with a small tight central seed cavity. French Kiss® melons score thirteen to seventeen percent on the Brix scale, the commonly used method of measuring sweetness in fruits.
Nutritional Value
Orange-fleshed melons provide an excellent source of beneficial beta-carotene.
Applications
Use French® Kiss melons where ever a recipe calls for cantaloupe. Puree diced cantaloupe with yogurt, honey, ginger and basil until combined and serve as a cold, sweet soup. Puree cantaloupe and fold into no-yeast bread batter, then bake until browned. Finely diced cantaloupe, red onion and green chile, add lime juice and chopped celery and serve as a fresh salsa. This melon's shelf life is twenty-eight days, about twice the normal shelf life of melons. The French Kiss® melon develops its peak flavor when its has been at room temperature one to three days.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
The French Kiss® melon's heritage can be traced to the Charentais region of France, the warmer climate of southern France which was the most favorable region for growing melons. It is claimed by food historians that the French were the first to cultivate netted melons. They referred to melons as "sucrins" which, fittingly, means "sugar".
Geography/History
French Kiss® Melons are grown exclusively by Arizona-based melon grower, Sandstone Marketing.
Recipe Ideas
Recipes that include French Kiss Cantaloupe Melon. One
is easiest, three is harder.| Smitten Kitchen |
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Cantaoupe Salsa |
| Amanda's Cookin' |
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Cantaloupe Quick Bread |
| Soup Chick |
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Cantaloupe and Yogurt Soup with Ginger, Lime and Mint |
