Honeydew Melon Sorbet

honeydew melon sorbet
honeydew melon sorbet
Fresh-tasting and a pretty color!

We mentioned yesterday that we helped prepare food for a moderately-sized party. Some of that food included fruit — chopped melon, grapes, strawberries — things easy to eat while milling around. We picked up several honeydew melons; one too many, as it turned out. As we were cutting the melons, it quickly became clear that they had a thick layer of fruit. If we cut into the last remaining melon, we’d have way too much honeydew (we did have too much anyway, but we’d rather have too much than too little). Normally, we’d just eat the melon over the next week or so, but we can’t.

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Chocolate Sorbet

chocolate sorbet
chocolate sorbet
Just a small scoop is perfect!

What’s that we hear? A quizzical response to the idea of a sorbet made with chocolate. Yes, us too. We always think of chocolate ice cream, or at least something creamy with the chocolate. This really is a sorbet, having no dairy whatsoever. We have to admit that we’re still a bit skeptical, but, we figure that, since it’s chocolate, if it doesn’t turn out, we’ll probably still eat it. Okay, you can omit the word “probably” in the previous sentence.

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