How To Make Sure You Pick The Perfect Watermelon This Summer
It happens every summer, you pick up a watermelon at your local grocery store or farm stand only to get home and slice into only to find that it has no taste. That feeling you get when the watermelon isn’t sweet just bland. Sure it looks like a watermelon but it lacks that amazing sweet fresh taste that you are craving.
Picture this scenario, it’s way too hot and humid outside. All you want is the best piece of watermelon money can buy. You walk into your local supermarket and you see a monolithic bin of watermelons.
So, if you read these 4 tips on choosing the perfect watermelon this summer, you will have a much better chance of choosing one.
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Which one do you choose?
Some people go with the knocking method, although this requires a great ear and a bit of an imagination, because there’s NO science behind it. However, they say that “a ripe watermelon will have a dull, hollow sound.” Whereas, an “immature watermelon will have a higher-pitched ping sound.”
But, according to the folks at SimplyRecipes.com, here are the things you need to look for when trying to buy the perfect watermelon:
1. Look for a yellowish spot underneath. This is called the “field spot” or “ground spot”. If it’s ripe, it will be a pale, buttery yellow. If that spot is light green or white instead, then it has not ripened yet.
2. Choose the ones with brown, coarse webbing on the outside. There’s a good chance they’re perfectly ripe and even sweeter, too. (Here’s a picture.)
3. Avoid the watermelons with any visible cuts, dents, or bruising. Some minor scratching is OK, but anything worse than that, it’s no good.
4. Buy them in season. The best time to buy a watermelon is roughly April to September. So, go get you some!