Thanks to a mild earthquake on Tuesday, I got to hit the grocery store and got everything for this week’s menu. While I didn’t feel the quake where we live, it did rattle my wife’s office, so she wound up coming home a few hours early. I took advantage of the situation and ran over to the store to facilitate the menu and am pretty excited about cooking this week. I’ll post my pics from the Maiale Ubriaco later today which might be the best pork chops I’ve ever had (or at least in quite a while).Anyway, while strolling through the produce section I came across this mystery melon. I honestly had no idea what it is and even though I’m about 50/50 when it comes to liking melons (I love watermelon, but can not get behind honeydew or cantaloupe), but what the heck, right? I’m always up for trying new things. I wasn’t sure if “Santa Claus” was actually the name of the melon or the company, but after looking it up on Wikipedia, I discovered that it’s actually the name!As it turns out, Santa Claus tastes a lot like honeydew, but it doesn’t have the HD aftertaste that makes that melon intolerable to me. I guess Santa Claus is a little milder. I cut up some peaches and a plum and made a little fruit salad which turned out pretty good. I don’t think I’d get another SC melon, but I’m always down for trying something new!