Saturday, June 07, 2008

Keeping cool with Cham Wae


It is so hot today in the DC metropolitan area. We have temperatures hovering in and around 95° up and down the Eastern seaboard. My wife went out to the market and brought home plenty of fruit and vegetables for us to eat as we chill. The above picture is a Korean melon called Cham Wae. Now, some of you may all ready know about this interesting looking fruit, but a brother like me had to look it up on the internet. Yes, this is how we learn. We try new things and if we like them, we induct them into our everyday lives. Cham Wae is good; I think I will include it on my grocery list. Well, be cool wherever you are and try something new today. Peace~

12 comments:

neena maiya (guyana gyal) said...

Something I enjoy [not new but not often enough], ice-cold lemon grass and lime leaf tea on a super hot afternoon.

christina said...

I think I am officially hungry. The weather here in Milwaukee is much the same as your area. The kids and I made lemonade with papaya and mint today :)

I have had Cham Wae a few times, maybe I will have to look for one the next time we go to the out door market.

Geoffrey Philp said...

Thanks, Stephen, for teaching me something new. I will definitely check hem out if we can get them in Miami

the prisoner's wife said...

what does it taste like?

Anonymous said...

I looks delicious. Describe the taste?

Stephen A. Bess said...

GG-
That sounds cool and delicious. You'll have to tell how to fix it.

Christina-
I see you know my pain. It's too humid for me. I can never get used to it.

Geoffrey-
Yes, it's good. I think you'll like it.

Pwife & Emil-
It taste like Cantaloupe. It's nice and sweet. It has the same texture too. The one that you see in the picture was not ripe enough, so I'm letting the uncut one sit for a while.

Sista GP said...

That looks so cool on this HOT day in Georgia. I need to go on a fruit hunt, but I do not want to go outside.
We are expected to top 100 degrees today, not including the heat index. It's not officially summer yet.

Stephen A. Bess said...

sista gp-
I remember that GA. heat well. I lived in Savannah for 4 years when I was in college. Stay cool. Peace~

All-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalo said...

thats looks tasty

97 here fam

Crankyputz said...

Looks delicious..will try it out...i've been eating water melon by the bucket....

Professor Zero said...

That looks great. I like Juan Canary melon - my favorite melon so far - but I'll be I like this.

Tha BossMack TopSoil said...

I will check this out.

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