1 medium-sized cantaloupe
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1 cup clear / sparkling soda
vanilla ice cream
PROCEDURE
Make 1 ½ cups cantaloupe balls by using a melon baller; store in the freezer. Make sugar syrup by dissolving sugar in water over medium heat. Cool and set this aside. Scoop out remaining melon meat and put in a blender to make a puree; add simple sugar to sweeten. Add soda to the puree to make melon soda. Assemble by putting frozen melon balls in tall glasses. Pour in melon soda then top with ice cream. Serve cold with a straw.