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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Jun 29, 2020 12:49:41 GMT
finally found a good one yesterday! anyone else found a good one yet?
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Jun 29, 2020 13:28:14 GMT
I've had a couple good ones but no great ones yet and the one we opened on the weekend was mushy-soft around a large part of the seedless seed area. Had to throw more than half of the slice away. I could be wrong but I remember watermelons tasting better and having better texture in the pre-seedless era. Even seeded watermelons seem off now.
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Jun 29, 2020 14:17:28 GMT
I've had a couple good ones but no great ones yet and the one we opened on the weekend was mushy-soft around a large part of the seedless seed area. Had to throw more than half of the slice away. I could be wrong but I remember watermelons tasting better and having better texture in the pre-seedless era. Even seeded watermelons seem off now. agree, about pre-seedless era being richer. i got the produce guy at my local grocery to keep an eye out for the good ones for me. the one i got he had held in the back...
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jun 29, 2020 21:37:04 GMT
I found a good one 3 weeks ago, it was one of those small dark green round ones. Those small melons are getting harder to find, it seems like they are growing them bigger. Bigger is not always better.
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Post by divtal on Jun 29, 2020 22:15:28 GMT
It seems to me that the larger, oval ones are getting harder to find .. and, the small round ones are becoming more common. At least, here, on the west coast.
I've started to buy the pre-cubed containers, which save the effort to cut, and the disposal of the rind. I've only purchased a couple of the containers, so far. They've been OK, but not great.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jun 30, 2020 8:10:02 GMT
It seems to me that the larger, oval ones are getting harder to find .. and, the small round ones are becoming more common. At least, here, on the west coast. I've started to buy the pre-cubed containers, which save the effort to cut, and the disposal of the rind. I've only purchased a couple of the containers, so far. They've been OK, but not great. I see a lot of those large,oval melons here (Mobile). There are a lot of people selling them along the roadside from their pick-up trucks. I think the soil here is well suited to watermelons and many people still have patches of land that they put to good use. I don't buy the long, oval ones because that's too much melon for WKD and I.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 30, 2020 18:47:58 GMT
They had just been OK thus far, but the one I bought yesterday was divine. I prefer the quarters because you can see the flesh when you buy them, plus my wife hates it, so I don't need a whole watermelon for myself. A quarter is good for 3 containers of a terrific afternoon snack.
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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Aug 14, 2020 18:24:36 GMT
They had just been OK thus far, but the one I bought yesterday was divine. I prefer the quarters because you can see the flesh when you buy them, plus my wife hates it, so I don't need a whole watermelon for myself. A quarter is good for 3 containers of a terrific afternoon snack.
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Post by Sarge on Aug 14, 2020 18:36:04 GMT
I think watermelons have gone the way of tomatoes, the flavor has been bred out for other qualities. Garden tomatoes are bursting with flavor, especially heirlooms. Next year I might grow some watermelons and see if it's the same way.
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Post by NJtoTX on Aug 14, 2020 23:16:47 GMT
It seems to me that the larger, oval ones are getting harder to find .. and, the small round ones are becoming more common. At least, here, on the west coast. I've started to buy the pre-cubed containers, which save the effort to cut, and the disposal of the rind. I've only purchased a couple of the containers, so far. They've been OK, but not great. The sweetest watermelons are more spherical, have a golden rather than white spot on the base, and have veins there.
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Post by GoodbyePorkPieHat on Aug 20, 2020 1:36:18 GMT
A trick I used for the last two watermelons I bought (slightly underripe) was to dice them, put the chunks in a large Rubbermaid container, and then cover them with a solution of water/sugar/salt/lemon juice. They will last for a LONG time in the fridge that way (rarely a problem there though), and they do NOT get "mushy".
Solution (probably need to double): 2 cups water/1 tbsp lemon juice/1 tbsp sugar/2 tbsp monk fruit sweetener/1/4 tsp salt/dash of Accent. {Use 1/4 cup sugar if not using a non-nutritive sweetener.}
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Post by suzi on Aug 20, 2020 5:21:23 GMT
I buy watermelons for hubby, I listen for a deep sound when thumped. I miss about once in every 6 melons. He loves em.
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Post by sunshine on Aug 20, 2020 17:24:40 GMT
Only one really good one so far, but the chickens love the rejects. :-)
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Post by novastar6 on Aug 21, 2020 7:02:40 GMT
Had a couple back in early July, one full size and one of those 'personal' watermelons. They were both on sale which I take as meaning they were old. And I never know how you know if they're ripe, I know if they have a dark yellow stomach, that's a good indicator. I tapped them on the sides and they both sounded like they were about to explode and all the water gush out...turned out they were very ripe. We cut halfway into the full size watermelon and the whole thing just split down the middle, it was PERFECT.
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