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Fall is here and so is a new semester of school. Once again we have been given the assignment to post weekly to our blogs. Over break I went home to Wisconsin and stumbled across a few items that would fit well into the first project I ever posted on my blog, "A Macro Passion for Food." The first item I found while visiting my family in the Milwaukee area is a Horned Melon (yes I know it is the last picture). It is quite a cute little melon that is bright orange and spiky on the outside. When you cut the melon open you find a slimy green gel and seed combination. Everything I read about the melon said that it tastes like a cross between a cucumber and kiwi, they were right, that is exactly what it tastes like. While the melon had a nice fresh taste I am not sure it is worth the $4.99 is cost.
While in Northern Wisconsin I stumbled on a Hedge Ball. On the outside it looks like green brains and the inside it is light green with seeds. Eventually as you let the ball sit a milky white substance oozes out of the ball. Hedge Balls are not poisonous but the milky substance can aggravate your skin. It is believed that the Hedge Ball helps to repel spiders and snakes, but that may be an old wives tale.
