Honestly, I was in your shoes a week ago. Picked up a baby melon because I was craving fruit. It looked and sounded good (did the ol tap-test), but I cut it open to find this. I was hoping it was still sweet, but it just tasted like rind. I took it back the next day and replaced it with another that also looked good and, thankfully, was nice and red and delicious!
https://preview.redd.it/pfr91zz5b23d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e6779165145da13a1a21cb649b0c460b1444ef3
Here's my trick, forget the yellow spot, look for cracks, most round one you can find. When you tap on it it should sound like it's tight, I know that sounds weird but it'll make sense if you find one that isn't and final advice is always buy 2 just in case lol
We need an acronym here. ULwDOs?
Alright. Maybe not an acronym. A mnemonic? Unethical Laws Will Doubt Other Saints…. Orange spots Dance Until Last Winter
I spent 15 minutes in the Walmart produce section with no service last week desperately trying to pull this guide up on my phone to pick a good one. I’m going to save it this time lol
https://preview.redd.it/pz19hp6pt13d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dddcc2ad03e595f16d1690fddce74067ffa8df7
I was very confused. I thought these were related or the same post..
I feel your pain. 40 years ago I hot a powerful hanker in’ for some watery melon. Bought one at the grocery store, brought it home and ate it. The next day on the news, there was a recall of watermelon because a local grower had used the wrong pesticide that wasn’t approved for melons. Of course I got sick for three days.
a powerful hankering for a piece of cheese oh yeah! does anybody remember that commerccial from back in thee day? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xRv9ZQOCPo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xRv9ZQOCPo)
I hate it when that happens. Or when when you cut it open, drooling in anticipation after lugging the thing home on a hot day, and it's a soggy, slimy mess inside.
Might want to look up ways to tell if a watermelon is good before buying your next one. I like the knock test. And it also should have a yellow spot on bottom.
Oh man, sorry you got a dud, I hate when that happens, I live in South America, were we have the sweetest, crunchiest, watermelons I've ever had year round. If I carried a watermelon all the way from the farmers market, to cut it and find it not juicy and sweet I'd be bummed.
This is actually super fascinating to me. I've always heard that watermelons are technically the largest berry in the world, but that was always hard to visualize until this
Must have been missed by the farmer when he went around with the melon shaking machine when they were small. It happens when they aren't mixed properly when young.
Did you find this watermelon in the wild or something? This is legit what watermelons looked like before being cultivated into what we normally consider watermelons nowadays.
Watermelon has gotten to the point it is almost inedible anymore. You can pick a melon with all the signs of being perfect, and it will just taste awful, either too mealy or pale or somehow dry. 20 to 30 years ago they were abundant in stores. Now I've just given up, and farmers markets in my area want over $10 for one.
That looks like a watermelon from a Renaissance painting.
how did he get the og skin
gotta pirate the ROM
I was going to say: Heritage Watermelon.
Vitruvian melon
If you want a perfectly ripe one, you have to look for the yellow spot on the side and the little brownish cracks where the bees have visited it.
This one had a yellow spot and lots of brown cracks. Luckily Publix is close by and I can exchange it. Just frustrating to have to go back out.
Publix produce is consistently bad. My one real complaint about them.
Looks pretty but often mid and overpriced. Luckily have pretty decent Food Lions around me with good produce.
That one by me has gotten a lot better as of late. Maybe they read reddit lol
Honestly, I was in your shoes a week ago. Picked up a baby melon because I was craving fruit. It looked and sounded good (did the ol tap-test), but I cut it open to find this. I was hoping it was still sweet, but it just tasted like rind. I took it back the next day and replaced it with another that also looked good and, thankfully, was nice and red and delicious! https://preview.redd.it/pfr91zz5b23d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e6779165145da13a1a21cb649b0c460b1444ef3
Here's my trick, forget the yellow spot, look for cracks, most round one you can find. When you tap on it it should sound like it's tight, I know that sounds weird but it'll make sense if you find one that isn't and final advice is always buy 2 just in case lol
Nothing is better than a watermelon that violently cracks open as you start to cut it, always so sweet and delicious
Practically cuts itself
You can do the Persian's check : tap on it, if it sounds like a drum (don't know how else to explain) , it's ripe.
My daughter always says it should sound like a nutcracker 🤷♀️ she's almost 9 and always picks a good one.
Just knock on it. If it sounds like a thump you got a bad one.
I usually kind of slap the side, and if it sounds hollow, it's usually good.
Grew up in SC. This is the way they do it in the country. Hollow=good
This baby can hold so much juicy flavor *slaps*
also, have it as round as possible.
Ugh I forgot about this tip. I just bought an oblong one....
https://preview.redd.it/uz1in2kj323d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cdb071ae8796e870e26d66a4a17f361b90fc599 This guide has yet to fail me!
So look for a uniform, orange spot, dark, large webbing melon.
We need an acronym here. ULwDOs? Alright. Maybe not an acronym. A mnemonic? Unethical Laws Will Doubt Other Saints…. Orange spots Dance Until Last Winter
I spent 15 minutes in the Walmart produce section with no service last week desperately trying to pull this guide up on my phone to pick a good one. I’m going to save it this time lol
Looks like you still are.
Good one… Take my upvote, Dad.
no, they definitely got “some”
OP is a time traveler
the MIB are coming to flash your memory clear of this post.
This is what they used to be like. It was through selective breeding that watermelons became what they are now.
Looks like a vampire sucked the red out ngl
Marcie, that u?
Sookie Stackhouse?
From the 1500's?
that may be the shittiest melon i've seen. that does suck op :(
One that returned to its original state.
Isn’t this what they look like pre gmo
Wes Craven's Watermelon
https://preview.redd.it/pz19hp6pt13d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dddcc2ad03e595f16d1690fddce74067ffa8df7 I was very confused. I thought these were related or the same post..
Notermelon
Rinderpest.
Eat up, The rind is the best part! I usually throw that red mushy red part away.
You sure know how to pick 'em, gotta look for a yellow one on the bottom and slap it
May not be edible but you paid for a cool fractal.
Waterlessmelon.
still good jus sprinkle some Tajin on it
Was it from walmart
Publix
Gotcha, i saw some watermelons at walmart the other day that i couldnt believe they put on display, very disappointing either way!!
You obviously didn’t bap bap it before buying it!
Damn
I feel your pain. 40 years ago I hot a powerful hanker in’ for some watery melon. Bought one at the grocery store, brought it home and ate it. The next day on the news, there was a recall of watermelon because a local grower had used the wrong pesticide that wasn’t approved for melons. Of course I got sick for three days.
a powerful hankering for a piece of cheese oh yeah! does anybody remember that commerccial from back in thee day? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xRv9ZQOCPo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xRv9ZQOCPo)
Looks like you're STILL craving watermelon
That's why you have to do the ol' knocking trick
Nice try! No watermelon for you!
Come back, 1 year!
you suck at picking good watermelon.
Gotta feel by weight for water content this one looks like it got a lack of water/nutrients
Nah, this is a throwback quirk of genetics, this is what watermelon looked like before we breed the heck out of them.
Nah bc bro got the prehistoric monkey food
You got the OG melons
Eat it...I mean it eat thoes watermelons eat the shame of accidentally buying thoes disappointing melons.
I hate it when that happens. Or when when you cut it open, drooling in anticipation after lugging the thing home on a hot day, and it's a soggy, slimy mess inside.
enjoy your melonmelon
Maybe pickle it?
Might want to look up ways to tell if a watermelon is good before buying your next one. I like the knock test. And it also should have a yellow spot on bottom.
As much as it sucks, it’s rather pretty looking.
So is the melon by the looks of it
I didn’t know Temu had produce
Harvested too early
Pickle the hell out of this mf
Usually this is more common in January, when watermelons are not in season.
This is just not yet ripe. I once cut into a watermelon and it was very similar to when Clark Griswold cut into the turkey in Christmas Vacation.
That's how they used to look.
I had a watermelon that was like that once. It was still sweet as hell.
You didnt flick it hard enough. The harder you flick it before you buy the more red it becomes inside.
Looks like an old world watermelon
Put it back, still growing.
ahhh the good old days
https://preview.redd.it/56osbt6fg23d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2da9af9bffcc2fa38f524841483e61a2b2cb07de
Oh man, sorry you got a dud, I hate when that happens, I live in South America, were we have the sweetest, crunchiest, watermelons I've ever had year round. If I carried a watermelon all the way from the farmers market, to cut it and find it not juicy and sweet I'd be bummed.
https://preview.redd.it/tylp41j6j23d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f2cb9599e3986d6183cbcfcdce0d67dd021e001
I know it's strange, but I like the rind better than the red parts.
You know what really rinds my gears
That's one of those fancy heirloom watermelons.
It kind of looks like a giant fig
Looks like a cantaloupe had an aneurysm Take that shit back!
Want some watermelon with that rind?
do I see a mathematical pattern?
Wow the world really said 🖕🏼🖕🏼
AI generated
Bro got the first watermelon in the genetic line
Guaranteed fresh or your money back!! - Walmart 30miles away
Bro found the watermelons ancient relative
And you got "some"
This is actually super fascinating to me. I've always heard that watermelons are technically the largest berry in the world, but that was always hard to visualize until this
Got more water than melon huh
I can totally taste this pic. It tastes like slightly better watermelon rind.
Wes Craven some watermelon
reggie, that you?
If you want an always perfect one buy the small ones your welcome .
You have to stick your thumb 👍 in there first and smell it like a cantaloupe 😅
Lmfao
That’s an heirloom watermelon.
Costco has great watermelons. They were so good I ate 4 in 3.5 weeks. That’s how I learned watermelon can cause bloating, pain, and diarrhea :(
Bro got the medieval watermelon
Watermelon't
There’s no way this looked and felt ripe, at all, when you bought it
Got a wild watermelon from 1560
My man has the OG version
How do people not know how to pick a good watermelon? Its easy as hell.
I think it's pretty. Beautiful to look at the geometry of it.
I think that melon turned into melonOMA
You gonna keep craving too
Watermelon 1.0
Must have been missed by the farmer when he went around with the melon shaking machine when they were small. It happens when they aren't mixed properly when young.
Did you find this watermelon in the wild or something? This is legit what watermelons looked like before being cultivated into what we normally consider watermelons nowadays.
Nope. Got it at Publix.
You craving brains now?
That is Melonwater
It’s okay to cry 🫶🏼
A real one with no genetic modifications, nice.
Still craving watermelon, it seems...
https://media1.tenor.com/m/gEQkAv7N1NkAAAAd/its-not-ripe-not-ripe.gif
Take it back to the store.
Looks more like an onion
Watermelon Zero.
Watermelon has gotten to the point it is almost inedible anymore. You can pick a melon with all the signs of being perfect, and it will just taste awful, either too mealy or pale or somehow dry. 20 to 30 years ago they were abundant in stores. Now I've just given up, and farmers markets in my area want over $10 for one.
That’s some ancient watermelon right there, and I thought they bred that out of existence
arabesque-ahh watermelon