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Icy Sweet Melon Strips Es Blewah

Icy Sweet Melon and Rose Syrup is a lightly sweet, incredibly refreshing dessert
beverage that brings together fresh melon and fragrant rose syrup. My mother made
this simple but divine dessert throughout my childhood. It is so good that as a child,
my older sister would run to the refrigerator to drink as much of it as she could when
she knew that guests were coming. I guess some things are too good to share.

SERVES 6
PREPARATION TIME: 10-15 MINUTES
COOKING TIME: 0 MINUTES

1 small to medium-size ripe cantaloupe

4 cups (1 liter) ice-cold water

¾- 1 cup (250 ml) rose syrup (not to be confused with rose essence; rose syrup is
thick and red)

Crushed ice for serving