[Sca-cooks] Melons in Moscow

[Susan Lin]

That just sounds dangerous and the mental image disturbing!

On 9/22/09, Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com> wrote:
>  From the 9/22/09 New York Times
> Seeking Purification at Russia's Melon Stands
> "Russians like to eat watermelon as a snack or light meal, often
> accompanied by white bread, but they have also concocted all sorts of
> recipes for it (don’t miss the pickled watermelon, guaranteed to last
> you through the winter).
> This is about more than sustenance, though. People here ascribe to
> melons an almost mystical power to purify the body after the summer’s
> overindulgences. Come melon season, it seems, a great national
> cleansing occurs in Russia."
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/world/europe/22moscow.html?ref=world
>
> Johnnae
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