Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
minty melon salad
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__Emeril Lagasse
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__Japanese proverb
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there is something comforting about the fact that
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It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
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in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
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__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
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It should be entered into with abandon or not at all."
__Harriet Van Horne
Minty Melon Salad
Ingredients:
1 cup water
3/4 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 and 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint
3/4 teaspoon aniseed
pinch of salt
5 cups cubed watermelon
3 cups cubed cantaloupe
3 cups cubed honeydew melon
2 cups fresh sliced peaches
1 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions:
1) Bring the water, sugar, lime juice, mint, aniseed, and salt
to a boil in a small saucepan.
2) Boil for two minutes, then remove from heat.
3) Cover and cool syrup completely.
4) Combine the fruit in a large bowl, then add the cooled syrup
and stir to coat.
5) Cover and chill for three to four hours, stirrin' occasionally.
6) Drain before servin'.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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