This is a very special melon to me. It overcame a lot of trials and tribulations this year to make an appearance. There was a period in the beginning of the season that we collectively cringed because we released our starts into the arms of danger as the weather unexpectedly degraded. The day after much of our planting the wind grew to sixty mile an hour gusts for a stint of four or five days. Needless to say the starts were not exactly enticed with their new environment. I was extremely curious and excited to procure honeydew melons this year (as well I am super partial to their flavor) – and my heart was wrapped tightly around this breed called the Snow Leopard melon. In between weather disaster and illy-planned portions of the garden I was able to receive this singular honeydew. It’s ironic and slightly supernatural to me that my melon is as elusive as the true snow leopard, but all the more empowering.
A sigh of bliss is accompanying this weekend as the temperatures hold briefly warm before their simple decline next week. The sun is hot but the air is brisk. This week was long and somehow left us sore and mentally exhausted – hence a decision to retreat into the hills this evening. There are many common medicines one may absorb to quickly erase their ailments, but nothing can soothe as well as the slow and nude compass of the woodland. We pay homage to the land that has paid us, and the disconnection and redirection are priceless.
If the finality of your summer temperature is apparent, or if you are where the temperature never quits – a cold and refreshing melon soup. We paid homage to the melon by delighting in sweet cubes of its flesh, and took the remaining into a blended soup.
I am leaving you with a somewhat stripped recipe – if we may even call it that, perhaps this afternoon it’s a recommendation of sorts. A recommendation to release yourself from any tired elements and bring into focus the simplistic points of existence. Breathing and thinking comprise the grid. The melon was rare in the garden this year but the love for it was not.
- 1 honeydew
- juice of 1 lime
- handful of cilantro
- pistachio
- blend honeydew with lime juice and cilantro in processor or blender - start with small amounts and increase to structure to your taste
- chill soup or serve in chilled bowls
- serve topped with pistachio
Danielle, I love you elusive melon haha — the snow leopard part made me laugh
And this soup is absolutely otherworldly — I’ve never had anything like it and now I can’t wait to try it. Sounds amazing {as is anything involving pistachios in my books btw… <3 }.
Ah thank you so much Audrey! This melon did it right.
Yes the soup is ever so simple but I have to relay that damn, it tastes great.