{"id":521,"date":"2007-07-15T23:12:15","date_gmt":"2007-07-15T14:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-07-15\/521"},"modified":"2007-07-15T23:12:15","modified_gmt":"2007-07-15T14:12:15","slug":"a-tasty-melon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-07-15\/521","title":{"rendered":"A Tasty Melon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='033782' href=\"\/i\/JEF_033782.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_033782_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nalt=\"Melon, Strawberry, and some Cookies (Breakfast of Champions) -- Kyoto, Japan -- Copyright 2007 Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl, https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/\"\nid=\"i033782\"\nphotostream=\"misc\"\ntitle=\"A cantaloupe melon with strawberries and cookies, on a white plate\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, f\/1.4, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_033782.jpg\">full exif<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Melon, Strawberry, and some Cookies<\/span><br\/>(Breakfast of Champions)\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Lately, it seems we're on the receiving end of gifts of upscale edibles. <span class='nobr'>On the heals<\/span> of yesterday's <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2007-07-14\/520\">matsutake mushrooms<\/a>, today\nwe enjoyed the cantaloupe we received from Nils' mom when <span class='nobr'>I visited<\/span> her\nhouse in <a href=\"\/blog\/2007-07-13\/519\">Miyagawa-cho<\/a>\nthe other day.<\/p>\n\n<p>(At least I think the English translation is &#8220;cantaloupe.&#8221; It has green\nflesh like <span class='nobr'>a muskmelon,<\/span> but <span class='nobr'>a webbed<\/span> outer rind like <span class='nobr'>a cantaloupe.<\/span>)<\/p>\n\n<p>Fumie has a knack for pleasing presentations (such as <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2007-05-25\/470\">these strawberries<\/a>), and\nshe didn't disappoint, preparing it nicely, adding <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> strawberries for\ncolor, and some cookies around the plate for balance. Anthony had the idea\nto break the thin cookies and add them to the edge, so he did that. <span class='nobr'>I then took<\/span> the picture above.<\/p>\n\n<p>But he wanted to add more cookies, so in the picture below, the hand\nattached to the child is actually <i>adding<\/i> cookies to the\nscene....<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><a name='033785' href=\"\/i\/JEF_033785.jpg\"\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JEF_033785_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"462\"\nid=\"i033785\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, f\/1.4, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a  href=\"\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJEF_033785.jpg\">full exif<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Final Touches<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>He soon did his part to remove them to his tummy, as did both Fumie and I.<\/p>\n\n<p>We'd had a regular supermarket melon just the other day, but this melon\n(from the very upscale <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.takashimaya.co.jp\/\">Takashimaya<\/a>) was far superior.\nYum! Thanks Nils' Mom!<\/p>\n\n<p>We've been a bit much on the receiving end of these culinary delights,\nso to balance things out, Fumie has prepared <span class='nobr'>a small<\/span> fortune worth of\nJapanese cookies for my upcoming trip to my folks' place in Ohio. <span class='nobr'>But the problem<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I face<\/span> is that I'd like to bring back some really fine foods as\ngifts when <span class='nobr'>I return<\/span> to Kyoto, but what on earth can <span class='nobr'>I get<\/span> in Ohio? Cheetos?\n\ud83d\ude42\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, it seems we're on the receiving end of gifts of upscale edibles. On the heals of yesterday's matsutake mushrooms, today we enjoyed the cantaloupe we received from Nils' mom when I visited her house in Miyagawa-cho the other day.<\/p> <p>(At least I think the English translation is \"cantaloupe.\" It has green flesh like a muskmelon, but a webbed outer rind like a cantaloupe.)<\/p> <p>Fumie has a knack for pleasing presentations (such as these strawberries), and she didn't disappoint, preparing it nicely, adding a few strawberries for color, and some cookies around the plate for balance. 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