Fruitsfun: How To Eat Horned Melon

How to Eat a Melano(Horned Melon)

Three Parts

Preparing the melano              Eating the melano raw            Using melano in cooking

Horned melon also known as the melano.It is native to Sub-Saharan Africa and also grows in California California,  Mississippi, Chili, Australia and New Zealand. It has horn-like spines,hence the name ''horned melon''.When fruit ripe,It has yellow-orange skin and lime green,jelly like flesh with a tart taste,similar like a cucumber.Some people eat the peel,which is very rich in Vitamin and dietary fiber. The fruit can used in cooking,but when eaten raw most suck out the pulp and spit out the seed.

Preparing the Horned Melon

Choose the ripe and fresh washed horned melon

Cut the fruit in half short ways,across the equator 

Hold one half of the fruit up to your mouth and enjoy the taste.

 

Add horned melon to fruit salad

Horned melon salsa