5 tri melon salad Recipes

unbleached white sugar, champagne vinegar or 3 tbsp white wine vinegar, kosher salt or 1/2 tsp salt, ground ginger (or freshly grated if you prefer ), vegetable oil, extra-virgin olive oil, sesame seeds, toasted (sub half of the portion with black sesame seeds for color), toasted sesame oil, cayenne pepper, cut up seedless watermelon (read *note), cut up cantaloupe, cut up honeydews, sliced english cucumber (if available try 1/2 cup each of english cucumber and lemon cucumber), lettuce leaf, snipped fresh cilantro (optional), crisp cooked bacon, drained and crumbled (optional)

salami, try : salami felino, finocchiona, napolitano, soppressata or cacciatore or a bit of each., bacon bits or small pieces of kielbasa or other such flavourful sausage., shaved smoked ham ., olives , basic lack or kalamata type, red, pink, green or brown., artichokes, fresh , in a jar or whatever. i like fresh., mushrooms , , . puffballs, morels, oyster, button, straw, porto bella, shitake, etc., tomatoes , please use vine ripened., fresh mug bean or alfalfa sprouts., peppers , bell, anaheim, whatever suits., fresh melon , cantaloupe, honey dew, etc., asparagus tips. again , fresh is best but any kind in a pinch; or use fresh spinach., cheese. take your pick according to your taste. different taste in cheese really changes the whole salad., cooked beetroot. fresh is best but canned will do. drain well ., baby (miniature) corn cobs; well drained ., olive oil. i use the old fashioned kind to get more flavour., some good wine vinegar, smoked salmon. if you can tsp get good smoked salmon don tsp use any ., braised small medallions of spiced beef , lamb, pork, fowl, alligator, etc. dice into 2 by 2 cubes. take your pick or do two or three kinds and let your table mates choose. cook to taste, cool before serving., shrimp , crab, lobster, squid, fish, etc. if it needs cooking do that and let it cool., boiled egg sliced ., salad dressings of your choice., seeded dates ., raw cauliflower or broccoli., sunflower seeds or your choice of nuts., sliced tomatoes & sliced bell or anaheim peppers., fresh endive or iceberg lattice. try the tinder tips of watercress, romaine lattice, etc., sliced maui onion. if you can tsp get maui onions get the mildest you can find ., anything i forgot

melon fruit (mixture of cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, tuscan melon, any heirloom varieties of melons, etc.), fresh key lime juice or 1/2 cup frozen limeade concentrate, honey (try a flavored and remember local is best!), poppy seed, approximately, almonds, fresh lavender flowers (my addition but optional) or fresh mint (my addition but optional), key lime zest , if desired

red tomatoes, cut into 1-inch wedges, watermelon , cut into 1/2 by 2 1/2 inche wedges (try mixing shapes or using a melon baller or a cookie cutter with different shapes), cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1/2 inch wedges, red onion, thinly sliced, red-wine vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil, salt, fresh-ground pepper, fresh basil leaves, sliced