First time I can remember hearing about this fruit although I think I’ve seen them in markets. My search results for “Korean melons” fortunately didn’t fly too far in the indecent direction, I bought a box after these were recommended to me by a cop I met in the Busan supermarket. We also talked a lot about SK cinema.
They are reeeally good, like a cantaloupe//apple/vanilla ice cream flavor, very unique.
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“Though there are many varieties of melons popular in Korea, the most common to North America is the chamoe, better known (in the US anyway) as the Korean melon.”
https://westchestermagazine.com/food/what-is-a-korean-melon/
chamoe! thank you! I definitely know that word, although not how to pronounce it.
chamoe roooocks