Where can I get a GOOD cantaloupe ?

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dennishoddy

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I was just in Alamosa, CO and they aren't ready yet! Very upset. Late July. However, I did pick up some Palisade peaches that have to be the best......ever......anywhere.
Palisade peach tents up everywhere now. In about a month, the grocery store will be setting their Hatch chili cookers outside. We buy a case every year, have them blistered. We put 4 in a quart ziplock with a little water and freeze.
Lasts us about a year.
 

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We put 4 in a quart ziplock with a little water and freeze.
Lasts us about a year.
I have been freezing Jalapeno and other peppers and cilantro but never added water.
Pick /Bag/ Freeze.
No washing either. Never wanted water on them.
Yes if you thaw them they will be mushy..I am sure frozen in water they will be the same.
I use them for cooking not for eating a crunchy pepper.

Many years (5+) in a Freezer and they are still excellent. My freezers are NOT frost free.
Ice absorbs freezer smells and I quit freezing things in water.
Try double bagging the peppers dry.
Wrap things in aluminum foil while they are in the saran wrap or baggie and NO smell can penetrate foil.
 

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Olathe Colorado has their sweet corn festival every year.
Olathe is north of Montrose.
10 for $1.00 at City Market in Gunnison a few years ago.:yelclap:
I stand corrected(although there is an Olathe, KS too). I'd be surprised if anything at City Market is 10/$10 these days! I got my dry ice there and walked around looking for cantaloupes, peaches, corn and nothing inside. King Sooper's was my go to grocery store in Colorado Springs and frequently had that 10/$10 special but that was 6-7 years ago.
 

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I just wanna know if swampratt got a big ol' kiss for the cantaloupe and the cake he baked. :anyone:
Perv.
It's her birthday not mine I get nothing but some dirty dishes to clean.
:)

I did take her to the lake Monday with the pontoon boat, she had a good time.
Got to swim and caught some fish.
She drove the boat up onto the trailer for the first time.
That may not seem like much but every little thing helps.

She was getting really good at sneaking up on juglines driving the boat.
Didn't toss me off the front so that's a win.
 

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Perv.
It's her birthday not mine I get nothing but some dirty dishes to clean.
:)

I did take her to the lake Monday with the pontoon boat, she had a good time.
Got to swim and caught some fish.
She drove the boat up onto the trailer for the first time.
That may not seem like much but every little thing helps.

She was getting really good at sneaking up on juglines driving the boat.
Didn't toss me off the front so that's a win.

Sounds like she is a keeper!!!!
 

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Take wheel barrow full of money
What's a watermelon in Rush Springs cost these days? Grew up eating Black Diamond but was told now there are many other varieties that are better. Keep thinking about going to the annual festival but though of competing with 50,000 people doesn't sound fun.
 

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