MELLOW YELLOW
The rockmelon or cantaloupe is a large round fruit with yellow to orange flesh and a hard, beige-coloured, often intricately netted rind.
Its taste can vary from peach-sweet, ideal for fruit salad, to a slightly bland flavour that those resourceful Italians improve by wrapping it in prosciutto as an antipasto.
Originating in either southern Asia or Africa, the rockmelon didn’t arrive in Europe until the late 18th
