I have been trying my own “testing” of choosing a good to great watermelon. Honestly, it’s “a thing” to do when you want to have watermelon- and my family LOVES it. I could easily buy a watermelon a week and have it gone before 7 days have passed. Ditto with pineapples but that’s pineapples will be covered in a different post!
I found that the thumping sound is key. I like a watermelon to sound deep thump sound than something that is shallower. Color and size is really important.
The size is important because I buy melons that aren’t the biggest things but they aren’t puny either. If the melons aren’t heavy, they aren’t going to be as ripe as larger ones. I have to be able to pick it up and put it into the shopping cart as well as from the cart into my car. I don’t want to worry that I will drop the thing as I put it on the conveyor belt or into my trunk. My goal is 10-15 pounds. In the last year, I have bought some terrible watermelons and some really great ones. In my experience, I have found is that a good melon should be darker in color overall. There shouldn’t be a patch that is very white or with “netting”. If you find one that has a lot of lighter spots on the outside, don’t buy it. You would find the interior is generally uneven and the flavor is lacking. My tips are derived from 4 years of buying watermelons and numerous conversations from various produce people at my local market.
Lucas Kwan Peterson and Ben Mims show how to pick a good watermelon and, perhaps more importantly, how to detect a bad one.
There is an online story about this topic from the LA TIMES: https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2020-08-14/how-to-pick-a-good-watermelon This piece was written by Lucas Kwan Peterson (the brunette) Ben Mims is the blonde!
Timestamps on this LA Times video:
00:00 – Intro
00:39 – Ben’s Picks
04:45 – Lucas’ Picks
09:16 – The Worst One
10:08 – To Find a Good Watermelon
Here’s an image from CommonSenseHome.com dealing with this exact same topic. You can get lots of tips in their article and even some video clips. The big difference between the CommonSenseHome.com piece is that this is mostly geared for people growing watermelon at home.
Here’s a really good (and visual) way of finding a good to great watermelon and how to recognize a terrible one! This video is via the Los Angeles Times. The two men who are in it are spot on in their tips! This video features store-bought watermelons!
If you’ve ever bought a watermelon, you’ve wrestled with the question: How do you pick a good one
Lucas Kwan Peterson and Ben Mims show how to pick a good watermelon and, perhaps more importantly, how to detect a bad one.
This is a really fun and educational video!
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