- Julia Thiel
- Cantaloupe cocktail #1: extra foam edition
Last week I bought a cantaloupe and promptly forgot about it until several days later, when the ripeness that had made me choose it in the first place was threatening to approach rotten. Fortunately I had a friend coming over for drinks that evening, so I turned to the internet for cocktail recipes involving cantaloupe. I eliminated ones that called for cantaloupe juice because juicing sounded like a lot of work, and one for a cantaloupe margarita that seemed to use way too much lime juice (it didn’t have very good reviews either).
This time I knew I’d have to strain the cocktail, but I had no idea how insidious the foam would be. I blended two slices of cantaloupe with several ounces of water, a spring of mint (probably about ten leaves), and a little fresh ginger (several quarter-sized slices). Then I strained it into a cocktail shaker. Some of the foam stayed behind with the larger solids, but quite a bit of it came through. I strained it again, with the same result. There seemed to be no end to the foam. I added tequila (1.5 ounces), orange liqueur (.75 ounces), and lime juice (.5 ounces) to the shaker, along with ice, shook up the mixture, and strained it into a glass. Sure enough, there was still foam in it.
