Saturday, August 31, 2024

Cantaloupe

Today at the farmer's market I bought a cantaloupe.  It was smaller than a watermelon which I figured would be too unmanageable for my just under 2 mile kick scooter ride home.  So I chose the cantaloupe.

When I got home, I cut the fruit in half and paused.  I think I knew it had seeds but I don't know that I expected to be scooping them out like a squash.  Have I really never cut a cantaloupe before?  As I cut the fruit into chunks to put in a plastic tub, it really was a foreign experience to me.  

My husband's high school job was in the produce section so I often (but not always) deferred to him when it came to cutting up produce so then I wondered whether we ever buy cantaloupe.  I couldn't remember the last time.  I know my husband doesn't like honeydew very much but I thought he ate cantaloupe, maybe?

So then I started wondering, do I like cantaloupe?  What motivated me to buy this fruit?  I don't know.  Maybe just because I can.  Or wanted to do something different than we usually do.

Anyway, I do like cantaloupe but I didn't do a very good job picking a good one.  Oh well, it's fruit to eat this week.

I wonder what other strange experiences I will have as I forge a life completely of my own.

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