You Are One In A Melon

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This old gal…

Learned some important things in college…how to make chili cheese dip…not to mix beer with hard liquor…badminton as a gym class sucked…and that people in college world…did not call cantaloupe…muskmelon…

Growing up…it was always muskmelon…muskmelon and watermelon…that mother of mine stocking the fridge with them all summer…moving away…it became clear…while shopping…on menus…as friends talked…that that fleshy fruit…was commonly referred to as…cantaloupe…

Never questioned the difference in names…seemed like one of those things parents do…have their own pet names for certain things…places…body parts…orange fruits…you just silently assimilate when you realize the truth…

And so it was…saw a blurb online…that muskmelon…is cantaloupe…grown right here in Muskie City…famous for its melons…soon to be home to the largest watermelon statue in the world…forty years later…mystery solved…until cantaloupe is googled…and what do you know…the term muskmelon…really has nothing to do…with Muskie City…

Yes…muskmelons are grown here…but aren’t named after here…for muskmelon…is some scientific term…for a certain species of melon…a cantaloupe is a muskmelon…but not all muskmelons…are cantaloupes…

Mind blown…the old brain cells working slowly…to wrap their mind around that useless little tidbit…but one never knows…it might pop up the next time you’re a contestant on Jeopardy…

You can thank the Tidbit Queen then…
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And that king of hers…agrees…