Orange you glad you bought a melon?

Between free food on the 4th, closed Commissary Tuesday and more free food last night at the 13th Annual Salute to the US Armed Forces dinner, today was the first trip to the Commissary all week. Now, here's what I don't get: Every Tuesday the Commissary is closed, presumably to restock? Why are the shelves empty in the days to follow? It's not a payday.. It's not a holiday.. I don't understand. But any time I've chosen to do my grocery shopping AFTER Tuesday, I'm faced with empty shelves. I'm lucky to find a loaf of bread. Today I missed out on the mini-watermelon and I'm pretty sad about it. I was looking forward to making a scrumptious watermelon salad that I found on Real Simple. No go on that, maybe next week. As a replacement, I settled for honeydew melon. Or so I thought. Upon opening this bad boy, this is what lay before my eyes:



Orange?! What?! I have never seen and/or heard of this. So of course, I have to google the sh*t out of it.

The orange flesh honeydew melon is a varietal of honeydew melon which has been bred to be especially flavorful and juicy. These melons may look like cantaloupes at first glance when sliced, but they do not have the netted skin of the classical cantaloupe, and the flavor resembles that of a honeydew melon, not a cantaloupe. These melons are in season from May through October, and they can be found at farmers' markets and many grocery stores while in season. They can also be grown at home if you live in USDA Zone four or warmer.

This melon is a hybrid of the cantaloupe and honeydew melon varieties, retaining some of the characteristics of both. As you might imagine, the distinctive feature of the orange flesh honeydew is the creamy orange flesh. These melons are also very sweet and juicy with a creamy taste when they have been well selected, and they can be used in a variety of ways, ranging from fruit salads to melon sorbet.

Sorbet you say!? Don't mind if I do!

Also, I baked my very first chicken pot pie ever. Easy and delicious!