Muriel wrote  <<"baking soda for scratchy throat from honeydew and
cantalope">>.  I have read (and always believed) that the scratchy throat
is eiher from a yeast infection from the mold on the outside skin of the
fruit) or an inernal yeast infection of the imbiber.  Yes, the baking soda
will help your tummy, but the precaution of PEELING the fruit first (so
that nasty mold on the skin) will not be carried onto your serving - via
the knife. What say you? Sherry (Forrest's , more talented and better
looking half)