Originally Posted by ziegl027
I don't *think* I've ever contributed to one of these threads before, but my memory is poor so forgive me if I am repeating myself....
I hate cantaloupe. I've tried it any number of times in any number of recipes. I've tried it when people have assured me that the problem is not that I don't like cantaloupe, but the cantaloupes I have tried have been lousy supermarket melons. "Here, try my vine-ripened home-grown heirloom!". Blech. I hate cantaloupe badly enough that I dislike eating fruit salad that has cantaloupe in it, even if I do not eat the cantaloupe itself.
Does cantaloupe physically harm me? Of course not, it's a fine nutritious food.
Is the throat-closing queasy feeling I get when tasting it psychosomatic? I won't deny the possibility, but what am I supposed to do about it? Get hypnosis or psychotherapy sessions just so I can eat a fruit that is easily avoided?
Will I eat cantaloupe if I need to, if I'm in a social situation where I must to serve Miss Manners, or if I were in a hellish alternate universe where I was employed as a cantaloupe inspector? In such a universe might I become accostomed enough to the vile fruit to where it is not so repulsive? Well, I guess. But I for damn sure am not going to stop by the grocery on the way home to pick up a melon for dessert.
Does my hatred of cantaloupe stem from the marketing tactics of the papaya council brainswashing me? Don't be ridiculous.
I just don't like cantaloupe.
And it's really, really annoying to have people harping on me about "Why don't you like cantaloupe? Have you tried it prepared in "x" fashion? This one is delicious, take a bite!" for FORTY. FRIGGIN. YEARS.
You want cantaloupe, you can have it. Heck, I'll probably grow some in my garden next year because many people in my family do like cantaloupe. Somebody comes up with a cantaloupe that looks a lot like a cantaloupe and has the nutrition of a cantaloupe, but doesn't TASTE (supposedly--I'm looking at YOU, honeydew) like a cantaloupe, I'll give it a whirl.
But in the meantime I'll stick with papayas, thanks. Even if they are a little more expensive.
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