mcvl@src.dec.com (Mary-Claire van Leunen) (04/15/88)
Copyright (C) 1988 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE MELON-BALLS-1 V "7 Jul 87" 1988 .RZ "MELON BALL SALAD" "Margaret's X-rated melon balls" I had a lettuce and tomato sandwich Saturday with mustard instead of mayonnaise. Better than I would have feared. But the big discovery of the week is Margaret's X-rated melon balls. .IH "Serves 4" .IG "3" "melons," in three different colors .IG "1/3 cup" "chicken broth" "100 ml" .IG "\(14 cup" "sherry vinegar" "60 ml" .IG "1/3 cup" "lemon juice" "100 ml" .IG "4" "garlic cloves," crushed .IG "\(14 tsp" "salt" "1 ml" .IG "\(14 tsp" "black pepper" "1 ml" .IG "2 Tbsp" "fresh tarragon," "30 ml" minced .IG "2 Tbsp" "fresh chervil," "30 ml" minced .IG "2 Tbsp" "lemon basil," "30 ml" minced .PH .SK 1 Cut melons of three different colors into melon balls and drain the balls in a colander. Save the juice to make sherbet. .SK 2 Make a very strong salad dressing of chicken broth, sherry vinegar, lemon juice, crushed garlic, salt, pepper, and minced fresh tarragon, chervil, and lemon basil. .SK 3 Dress the drained melon balls and let the dressing sink in for half an hour. .SK 4 Serve with sliced ham and toast. .NX In truth, I have to report that Margaret herself thought the garlic was too much; but I didn't. .PP This recipe is not wholly unrelated to fruit curry, another godsend for the overplump. .SH RATING .I Difficulty: easy. .I Time: 15 minutes preparation, 30 minutes waiting. .I Precision: no need to measure. .WR Mary-Claire van Leunen DEC Systems Research Center, Palo Alto, California, USA mcvl@src.dec.com -or- decwrl!decsrc!mcvl