as my wife will tell you, watermelon is my greatest food weakness its the one thing i can't resist !!!
i look forward to this time of year more than any other
the hard part is finding a perfectly ripe melon , i never could pick one by the thumping method , but the other night on TV i saw a show that had a watermelon grower in Calf . and he was explaining how to pick the perfect melon . he was standing in a huge field of melons as he was walking and talking , then reached down and picked a watermelon from amongst the 1000s in the field , he explained the the end where it was attached to the vine should NOT look like an apple instead it should be round and flush with the stem , explaining that IF it was like an apple the melon had not finished growing and thus not ripe ......in other words you don't want a melon that has an indention where the stem is
it makes sense !! then he cut open the melon and it looked perfect , he went on to explain that from the outer edge of melon to where it starts turning red should be approx. 3/4 inch ....
i am going to try his way of picking melons this summer and see if i have better luck
i look forward to this time of year more than any other
the hard part is finding a perfectly ripe melon , i never could pick one by the thumping method , but the other night on TV i saw a show that had a watermelon grower in Calf . and he was explaining how to pick the perfect melon . he was standing in a huge field of melons as he was walking and talking , then reached down and picked a watermelon from amongst the 1000s in the field , he explained the the end where it was attached to the vine should NOT look like an apple instead it should be round and flush with the stem , explaining that IF it was like an apple the melon had not finished growing and thus not ripe ......in other words you don't want a melon that has an indention where the stem is
it makes sense !! then he cut open the melon and it looked perfect , he went on to explain that from the outer edge of melon to where it starts turning red should be approx. 3/4 inch ....
i am going to try his way of picking melons this summer and see if i have better luck