![]() ![]() ![]() In Colorado, we get Rocky Ford melons sometime midsummer, and they are also good. Maybe it’s because we always visited Italy in the summer when the melons were in season. We would order cantaloupe with prosciutto as an antipasto any time it was available on the menu. There is absolutely no flavor.Īs an aside, I sometimes dream about the melon we ate in Italy. And there really isn’t anything more disappointing than a cantaloupe or honeydew melon that isn’t ripe. That’s why I don’t generally buy any kind of melons any time except when they are in season, and even that is iffy. And of course they are much more expensive. But, eNow, I’m not promising that the vegetables you get in the winter are as good as those you get when the vegetables are in season closer to home. Organic corn on the cob, though we hadn’t ever even heard of that word. What I also remember is that every single time, at some point we found a worm in the corn. I recollect my mom buying home-grown corn on the cob from somewhere in the late summer – likely a farm stand on the side of the road - and bringing it home for us to clean. You had to wait until summer to enjoy fresh corn on the cob, for example. I’m pretty sure nowadays you can get most vegetables in grocery stores all year long. One of my favorite things to do in the summer is prepare the entire meal outside. Perfect for summertime when the house is hot. In the summer I’m more likely to fire up the grill and cook chicken or steak or some kind of chops with just simple seasonings like salt and pepper and maybe some Montreal seasoning (I’ve grown obsessed with the Chicago-style). The smell of a tough cut of meat cooking slowly, releasing its grip on its tight muscles to become delicious and tender makes my mouth water. ![]() In the winter, I love to do all those wonderful braises either in the oven or in my Dutch oven on the stovetop. I cook differently in the summer than I do in the winter. ![]()
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