Red Melon Seed

June 17, 2010 2:17 AM

What should I do with red melon seeds? Do I have to hull them? What's the best way? Is there anything good I can do other than just eat them?
posted by Phanx to Food & Drink (3 answers total)

Best answer: You hull them by cracking them between your teeth, extracting the seed with your tongue, and making a little pile of discarded hulls in front of you, as you play an asian card game that only my tiny asian grandma and her friends seem to know the rules to.
posted by surenoproblem at 3:04 AM on June 17, 2010 [2 favorites]

Best answer: You can add melon seeds to rice Horchata to give it a different flavor. Here's a recipe, you can substitute some of the rice with melon seeds.

However, I've never had red melon, so I'm not sure if the taste is similar to the regular variety.
posted by clearlydemon at 9:41 AM on June 17, 2010

Response by poster: Many thanks!
posted by Phanx at 1:19 PM on June 17, 2010