Melon au Floc

‘Melons are like men,’ my grandmother used to say. ‘You have to give them a good feel before you can be sure you‘ve made the right choice.’ In this case, it means checking that your melon has a suitably intoxicating scent, is firm to the touch and heavy in the hand. Charentais melons are small, grey-green and stripy, with bright Hallowe’en-pumpkin-colouredflesh and a sweet, musky taste. The stronger the scent, the riper the melon, and a market-ripe melon is usually best eaten on the day of