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Post by enigma72 on Aug 15, 2020 21:53:59 GMT
Hope it is sweet!
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Post by maya55555 on Aug 16, 2020 3:01:27 GMT
I hope you do not have my problem!
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Post by NJtoTX on Aug 16, 2020 13:11:54 GMT
I'm at the midpoint of my month of no food shopping. Cut open a good looking orange this morning and it was grey/black around the core. I ate around it - tasty but I still feel like I may be on watch.
Cantaloupe to get cut maybe tomorrow.
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Post by Hairynosedwombat on Aug 16, 2020 14:39:59 GMT
Canteloupe? Rockmelon, right? I have almost given up on them because of their variable quality. Millions of poor tasting but high yielding varieties are grown here. The situation is worse than with tomatoes, quantity and good looks over taste.
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 16, 2020 15:24:36 GMT
Canteloupe? Rockmelon, right? I have almost given up on them because of their variable quality. Millions of poor tasting but high yielding varieties are grown here. The situation is worse than with tomatoes, quantity and good looks over taste. I have tomatoes in my garden wombat!! They are so good! My grands grew cantaloupe/rockmelon on their farm in the '30's! I've grown them, too. But I never know when to pick them. I like to smell the bud. If I smell sweetness it is ripe. But it can be over ripe. I'm not that good. We have hotter than he!! Temperatures. Enjoy your temps! 108 today. Same as yesterday. Oh! And I had to see the wombat poop. You were right! Lol |
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 16, 2020 15:26:03 GMT
I'm at the midpoint of my month of no food shopping. Cut open a good looking orange this morning and it was grey/black around the core. I ate around it - tasty but I still feel like I may be on watch. Cantaloupe to get cut maybe tomorrow. I keep mine on the counter NJ until I smell the sweet aroma. Then I refrigerate it. How do you do it? |
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Post by NJtoTX on Aug 16, 2020 15:33:56 GMT
I'm at the midpoint of my month of no food shopping. Cut open a good looking orange this morning and it was grey/black around the core. I ate around it - tasty but I still feel like I may be on watch. Cantaloupe to get cut maybe tomorrow. I keep mine on the counter NJ until I smell the sweet aroma. Then I refrigerate it. How do you do it? I often screw it up. Keep mine out a few days, then refrigerate for often too long. Sometimes it's hard and tasteless even then, other times it's winey and past its prime. Or I forget to take it of the bag, it gets moldy, and I toss it.
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 16, 2020 15:41:05 GMT
I keep mine on the counter NJ until I smell the sweet aroma. Then I refrigerate it. How do you do it? I often screw it up. Keep mine out a few days, then refrigerate for often too long. Sometimes it's hard and tasteless even then, other times it's winey and past its prime. Or I forget to take it of the bag, it gets moldy, and I toss it. I have the same experience. Nj My husband tells me to quit buying them. |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 16, 2020 19:01:29 GMT
lucky you! have not seen a cantaloupe at my grocery store so far this year! 
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 16, 2020 19:04:11 GMT
lucky you! have not seen a cantaloupe at my grocery store so far this year! I've seen them but they were too expensive for my taste. Nuts this one was 99 cents! They grow them in our valley |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 16, 2020 22:59:30 GMT
lucky you! have not seen a cantaloupe at my grocery store so far this year! I've seen them but they were too expensive for my taste. Nuts this one was 99 cents! They grow them in our valley awesome! do you like your chilled?
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 16, 2020 23:02:14 GMT
I've seen them but they were too expensive for my taste. Nuts this one was 99 cents! They grow them in our valley awesome! do you like your chilled? As a child we didn't chill them. But my husband insisted and now I do. Lol He puts salt on his. Do you? |
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 16, 2020 23:21:16 GMT
awesome! do you like your chilled? As a child we didn't chill them. But my husband insisted and now I do. Lol He puts salt on his. Do you? just chilled! 
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Post by GoodbyePorkPieHat on Aug 20, 2020 1:25:24 GMT
I'm at the midpoint of my month of no food shopping. Cut open a good looking orange this morning and it was grey/black around the core. I ate around it - tasty but I still feel like I may be on watch. Cantaloupe to get cut maybe tomorrow. I keep mine on the counter NJ until I smell the sweet aroma. Then I refrigerate it. How do you do it? I bought two on Tuesday (on sale for 99 cents), but they're not quite ready. Maybe tomorrow. If you keep them in a closed paper bag with a banana and/or apple, the ethylene gas will help them to "ripen" to a softer texture, but similar to watermelon, they won't get any sweeter once picked.
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Post by suzi on Aug 20, 2020 5:06:18 GMT
awesome! do you like your chilled? As a child we didn't chill them. But my husband insisted and now I do. Lol He puts salt on his. Do you? Just a small sprinkle of salt makes the melon taste sweeter. I have always use a bit of salt on any melon.
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