Here are four easy ways to tell if a cantaloupe is ripe: feel, color, smell, and even sound. Because you deserve better than a mealy melon.
Cantaloupe is the chameleon of summer fruit. It’s so candy-sweet that it can make for a light dessert on its own . Yet its syrupy characteristic also gives it the power to counter salty ingredients—the classic Italian pairing of prosciutto and cantaloupe is all the proof you need that opposites attract. So go ahead, and turn cantaloupe into salads, grate it into a marinade for grilled meat, or pile it with a bacon-cashew crumble.
Listen for a low, deep, heavy sound. If you hear a hollow sound, hold off—it’s not ripe. Smell: Take a whiff of the blossom end. A juicy cantaloupe should smell sweet and have a faintly musky scent. No scent indicates it’s unripe, while a fermented smell means it’s overripe. Will cantaloupe continue to ripen after it’s been picked? Unfortunately, not really.
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