food: cucamelon

[redbird]

Posting before I forget:

adrian_turtle and cattitude got a box of cucamelons at the farmers market recently, They're small, green and sort of egg-shaped, and were described as tasting like a tart cucumber.

To my surprise, given than description, I didn't like the. They were sort of crunchy, and didn't taste like cucumber to me.

Cattitude and Adrian both liked them, so they won't go to waste. At lunch yesterday, while they ate cucamelons, I went into the kitchen for a Diva cucumber, and washed and ate that.

Comments

[kate_schaefer]

I grew cucamelons this year, because Ellen Klages wanted to have some to put in the wheelbarrow of her lead civilian vendor figure, where they're exactly the right scale to stand in for watermelons. Ellen collects lead civilians; they're just like lead soldiers, only in civilian clothes. She poses them in odd places and takes their picture.

I found them entertaining to grow in pots. They climb cheerfully, with tendrils that contract into little springs. They were described to me as tasting like lemony cucumbers, but my taste buds perceive them as straight cucumber.

[nancylebov]

It's a shame the cucalemons weren't better. I can hope that an improved version is developed.

This may explain something I got in a Cobb salad-- it was tasty, but I wasn't sure what it was. It seemed like an unfamiliar melon. Other pieces tasted like cucumber.

[minoanmiss]

Her dioramas sound amazing. Does she post the pictures publicly?