bbjdl:

Cantaloupes and other melons are not freezing material. You can freeze them, but, upon thawing, they will turn to a blot of orange juice. There is really no practical way to preserve cataloupe, since drying and canning are out too.

With cantaloupes, it's either eat them or give them away. So eat, eat, eat, and give, give, give.

Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA

I cube them and freeze them. Then I use them in frozen blender drinks (yogurt smoothies, rum runners for example). Basically just use them in place of ice cubes in blender drinks.

Do you have an ice cream machine? I turned my centalopes into a puree last year, added a little simple syrup, and made it into sorbet.

Not quite the same, but a wonderful treat on a hot summer night. (And if you can find a way around potential freezer burn, you can put some up for the winter too, for a special treat.)