Life's A Melon

Life's A Melon,
Sweet, subtle and immensely fruity.
It may appear in different shades,
Though often fades,
But a melon is always round,
When it grows from the ground.

Harvested on a bright summer day,
Farmers placed her on dry hay.
People come, she goes away,
On a long long journey to never return.

She loses her spirits, bottled up by fear,
Sullen and lonely, she sheds her tears.
Labelled Midori, packed in boxes,
Oh why does everyone look the same?

I got up in the morning,
Shaken by happenings on a broken night.
A trip to the gallery was all it took,
Where I caught a sight of green light shine.

I needed a companion,
For compassion's sake,
So Midori became a friend of mine,
And oh my word did she look so fine.

Melon Milk has to be one of my all time favourite drinks, and I've been thinking for some time how this will work out. I wanted something nice and sweet, for the ladies, and also it has to be creamy and full-bodied, with a very smooth texture as it goes down your throat. So I decided to create of the ultimate summer drinks that just about anyone can enjoy!

30ml part Midori
30ml Vodka
A large handful of cantaloupe melon pieces
A glass of frothed Milk
A maraschino Cherry to garnish

Well first we need to get frothed milk, and if you do not have it, you can always use normal fresh milk and basically pulse it till you get nice foamy bubbles over your milk. Next, you place your melon pieces together and pulse it even further, which will give you the base of this drink. If you like to smoothify(I know this word doesnt exist in any dictionary, but I guess you know what I'm trying to say when I use this word) your drink, you can always add plenty of ice cubes to give you the perfect consistency. You can play around with the volume of milk and melon pieces to get the right flavour as well. So next, to your base of this drink, you add 30ml of Midori and 30ml of Vodka(you can add more if you like), and shake it gently such that liquids just mix well enough. Strain your drink into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with a nice green maraschino Cherry. Ah, life's a melon.