How to choose a tasty watermelon
@joyceshookery (2057)
United States
July 23, 2009 10:05pm CST
A woman at my Weight Watchers meeting said to look for bee bites (little brown spots), brownish crust that looks like a spider web and a yellow spot where the melon has sat on the ground. I always used to avoid melons with flaws on the rind, but I followed her advice and looked for the little brown spots and the webbing. Even though the melon isn’t as red as I’d like, it’s very tasty.
For years I’ve been thumping on melons looking for the hollow sound. They all sound hollow, so I like this way of looking for bee bites better. After all, the woman said, bees know how to find the sweetest melons to bite.
Try it if other ways of testing haven't worked.
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@aseretdd (13729)
• Philippines
24 Jul 09
I am not really that crazy over watermelons... but they are quite abundunt where i live... by that i mean there are a lot of stall along the road selling them at different sizes and colors inside and out... but i think the best tasting ones are those yellow inside...
But i do agree with the method that you learned form that wise lady... bees are like the magnet for sweet fruits... and if its really sweet they would know...
@stringer321 (5682)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
27 Mar 12
Yellow inside ? O.o
I must see some different kinds of water mellons because all I know is the red inside and green outside.
Can you upload some pictures or give a link to some photoes out there ?
@lilaclady (28206)
• Australia
24 Jul 09
I love watermelon, and I must admit I never knew how to pick a good one, but it does sound logical, the bees would know I guess, I will test this out when it is watermelon season...thank you..
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
24 Jul 09
Wow. I never knew about doing this. I have always thumped them also, to see if they were ripe or not. I have seen these markings on melons before but I never knew that it was a good way to check for a good one. Thanks for the tip.
