Why YSK: These tips may help you pick a more ripe, juicier, sweeter watermelon.
Nah, I’m just going to continue doing what I’ve always done: tapping the watermelon to hear the sound and pretend that I know what I’m doing.
Just what i needed, thanks OP!
Finally now I know my melons gender, now I won’t get in trouble on twitter
Stop misgendering melons!
you won’t get in trouble on twitter anyways, now
the elongated muskrat has blessed us with “freedom of speech*”
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*so long as that speech does not in any way offend Elon Musk personally
This is all good info except for the gender thing. The round/long difference is just a growth habit. Watermelon plants (and other cucurbits like squash, zucchini, cantaloupe, etc) produce male and female flowers. Only the female flowers produce fruit and must be pollinated by a male flower to do so.
Was about to post this. There is a fact check here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/04/26/fact-check-false-claim-male-and-female-watermelons/7366708001/ No such thing as male or female watermelons.
So if I’m getting the info correct: the uglier the melon, the better it will taste
Probably because beautiful melons had it easy, while the ugly melons had to work on their personality and talent to make up for the shunning they got from the melon community. Big Melon always presents attractive melons on media, making it harder for ugly melons.
#UglyMelonsTasteBetter
its whats inside that matters… you dont eat the rind
well… you dont
Finally some solid Science ! The Psychology of Melons on death-row are not getting enough attention. Thank you Sir !
Finally, Lemmy has reached peak Reddit quality shitposting.
I salute you, person.
Awesome, thank you for the info! Always learn something new on lemmy.
Great, now I wont have to be sexist against the watermelons
Also the webbing would vary between varieties.
Also I doubt there’s much variation in “ground spot” color.
yeah but some varieties should be naturally sweeter than others.
This is one of those things that I’ll save and then never use.
Man, coulda used this a few days ago when I got a watermelon for the fam - I remembered the color of the spot part, but had forgotten the other things to look for 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏻♀️ the one we got was decent, but coulda been more flavorful imo
This is really useful
now do a honeydew
The outside of the honeydew should also be tacky, like you can pick it up with one hand. If it’s smooth and slippery, it’s not ripe.
Awesome to know, thanks. All of this talk got me hungry for melons…
I’m upset at the fact that this fruit does not contain dew
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I worked at a grocery store and the old timer who trained me in the produce section said that all you needed to find the best watermelon was learn how to give it a slap and if it sounds like a basketball that’s a good watermelon. Learning the slap takes some practice but when you do it right, you’ll know.
I can attest to the importance of the slap!
There’s nothing better and more comforting than sitting down with a cold watermelon in the middle of summer.
Conversely, there’s nothing worse than sitting down with an unsweetened, tasteless garbage ball of a watermelon.
Saving this to increase my odds!
Honestly, I actually prefer the bigger, firmer, less sweet watermelons over the smaller, softer, sweeter ones. I don’t like how the small sweet ones sometimes have a slightly mealy texture, and prefer a lot of cold watermelon texture with a bit of the sweet melon flavor over a smaller amount of melon with a flavor that can be a bit more intense than I’d like it.
Tasteless watermelon is a crime against humanity.
I agree, but it’s nothing a good sprinkle of tajin can’t solve
Mmm, tajin. Solution to most of life’s problems.
Fun fact: Tajín goes well with tasteless watermelons because they’re actually sweet giant watery cucumbers.
Learning something new every day.
Morgan Freeman taught me to flick melons to determine the ripeness in Unleashed, and I have honed the skill to a masterful level. Get weird looks from strangers sometimes tho…
Sounds like a great way to get sick or spread sickness.
Maybe if you’re Immuno-compromised, have bad hand hygiene practices, or go around people when you’re sick.
going around licking public display foods is bad hygiene practices tbh.
You should maybe go back and read the post again you’re complaining about…
ah shit, I didn’t see the f on my small laptop monitor with border buffers for anonymity when I made that comments- whoops >.>
That’s actually pretty funny.
Good thing no one is advocating that.
I will never remember this but I will think about it sometimes
I’m convinced I have undiagnosed adhd
Hey man, talk to your doctor and get that shit checked out. If you do have it, there are options for treatment which could vastly improve your quality of life
I started to get help. There’s a screening process and a questionnaire that I have to do but I know it will be worth the effort to get treatment. Imma do it!!
Never eat them, horrible watery bullshit and more effort than they’re worth.
However, a very much appreciated post because my wife loves them and if this is true, I can become the Watermelon Wizard
Thanks, possibly:)
I’m not sure what the effort you’re taking about is. Don’t you must cut off a hunk and then cut it into chunks? Seems like one of the easier kinds of produce to prepare.
If you do become the Watermelon Wizard, will you be getting a cape? Or what do wizard wear… a mantle?
You get two massive melons on your chest
I was thinking about just painting my balls green tbh
Make sure to put a large, orange blotch on them to indicate they’re delicious!
Congrats you are now a wizard
She’s going to love it.
There’s some tools take them easy to prep. I have a tool that’s just a metal loop and it’s amazing. Basically you just slice the watermelon in half then scoop out in either sphere shapes or long strips.
Watermelons are the closest thing to biblical mana in these times of extreme temperatures. I too aspire to become a watermelon wizard, but for my own benefit.
This was bullshit the first 2000 times it was posted to reddit and it’s still bullshit here.
Show us on the watermelon where the internet hurt you
<shows pale, tasteless spot>
I bet it was a pumpkin
I just roll my eyes at it now.
FYI there is no reliable way to tell if a watermelon is ripe after it is harvested. The most reliable indicator is the tendril on the node the peduncle is attached to. When it is fully dry, the fruit is ready.
