As far as I can see, there is no other melon as cheap as the cantaloupe (in the North it is called the melon). And perhaps, cantaloupe is also the cheapest among all fruits. When we were young, cantaloupe was one of the few things my brothers and I could eat freely. Because it was so cheap. Because it was easy to grow, and there were few pests or diseases. The land was poor, and nothing could be grown, so we dropped a few cantaloupe seeds; they germinated strongly, the vines grew quickly day by day, and in no time, there were fruits to eat. At that time, most people grew them for fun, to give to relatives, and as much as they could sell was good.
For decades, cantaloupe has been ripening bright yellow in the dry fields. Every summer, passing through Hoa Da, An My commune, Tuy An district (Phu Yen), I still see cantaloupe for sale along the way. Despite the scorching sun and the heat radiating from the asphalt road of National Highway 1. Under temporary shelters, men and women still persevere in selling cantaloupe, honeydew melon, watermelon... that have just been harvested from the nearby fields. When cantaloupe is ripe, the skin cracks very quickly. If it is not sold in time, the only thing left is to throw it away.
Melon can be processed into many delicious and cool dishes.
The price of cantaloupe at this time is only a few thousand dong per kilo. Buy a few tens of thousands and you will have cantaloupe for the whole family to eat for a week. The quickest way to eat is to break the ripe cantaloupe into bite-sized pieces. The taste is elegant, fragrant, rich, and slightly sweet. If the kids like it, dip it in a little sugar. A little more elaborate is to mash the melon, add a little rock sugar, and eat a whole bowl (or a big glass) to be full and cool. A little more innovative is to have a glass of cantaloupe with milk or blend it into a cantaloupe smoothie. The heat outside and the heat inside disappear immediately. If the cantaloupe is too ripe, you can blend it with a little sugar (or no sugar), divide it into pieces and put it in the freezer, make ice cream to eat gradually...
That's talking about eating ripe melon. As for young melon, you can make a series of delicious and unique dishes. That is melon salad mixed with herbs, roasted peanuts, fish sauce, garlic, chili, lemon, and sugar, and if you like, add a few slices of pork belly. That is thinly sliced melon mixed with anchovy sauce, crunchy, rich, stimulating the taste buds, and cleans the pot. That is pickled melon, melon stewed with pork, melon stewed with tuna, melon stir-fried with pork belly... Just hearing it makes your soul flutter.
Recently, melon has more outlets when some establishments and supermarkets have started producing and distributing melon bread, melon crepes... So melon has leisurely accompanied countless generations over the years.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/huong-vi-que-huong-dua-gang-an-cho-mat-long-185250121183054247.htm
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