Week 33: Melons - Melon-Mozz-Meat Skewers [Cooking]

Intro from Cooking Challenge: This week is all about melons, the fruits of the family Cucurbitaceae. In addition to the common watermelon, honeydew, and cantaloupe, there's also a bunch of weird stuff. Horned melon, bitter melon, Korean melon, and some other things no one eats. Most melons are usually eaten raw, sliced, and boring. If you want to do something cool, there's a surprisingly large amount of things you can do. Watermelon lends itself surprisingly well to being cooked, fried, grilled or otherwise. I'm pretty sure no one actually eats bitter melon, but you can find it at most Asian markets, and there's an entire website devoted to making it taste less like the sadness of a thousand orphans. In conclusion, I leave you with the answer to the question "Hey, is it Lemon Week?" "No Lemons, no! Melon!"

The only thing better than how delicious these are is how easy they are to make. Each skewer has a hunk of either cantaloupe or honey dew, a slice of prosciutto, a basil leaf, and a mini mozzarella ball.