I'm leading the Pathfinders Sunday walk today and the walk leader usually brings a snack and juice to share for after the walk so I decided to make Un petit goût de l'Acadie - A little taste of Acadia. It is a traditional Acadian Flat Bread called Ployes, very popular with the Acadians of Northern New Brunswick and Maine . A very healthy item made with Buckwheat Flour no fat no eggs no milk and grilled on a hot cast iron griddle without any oil or fat. Very healthy that is until I made my desert version spread with your choice of Cassis, Raspberry Jam or Nutella.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Tigger Melon
Tigger Melons eventually ripen to have yellow & orange* stripes, averaging about a pound in weight, and growing to about the size of a baseball.
The name "Tigger" is in honor of the cartoon character of the same name, who bears the orange coloration that the mature melons have.
They are a very fragrant melon with a white, seedy flesh, but bland in taste, somewhat similar to cucumbers. They are quite seedy as well, and can be rather bitter-tasting, given certain conditions. They're a fun melon to grow, and make a great decoration, but if you're looking for food produce, you might want to keep looking.
Growing info
90 days. Heirloom variety. Does well in dry conditions. Plant in the spring after the soil has warmed up, directly in the ground, in hills 12" apart with rows spaced 36". [External Reference]
Some say that they produce much more abundantly when grown on a trellis. Quoted from GardenWiki.org
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