Helpful Tip - Picking a Watermelon

Summertime means WATERMELON!!! Yes!! My favorite time of year, watermelon time.  :) I buy one about every other day.  :D Here are my thoughts on how to pick one.  1) Be sure its has a uniform shape and is free of defects. 2) Look at his belly. His belly, where he has been lying on the ground should be yellow, not white or green. If his belly is not creamy yellow, put him back! And 3) the sound test.  Now I know this is subjective. But an old farmer taught me this some time ago. Take a tennis shoe.  Not flip flops, but a tennis shoe and thump on the heal: the small side section between the top canvas and the sole of the shoe. That is the sound!  It is a dense, full sound with some push back.  Try several shoes and you will hear what I am talking about.  Just thump your melons until you hear it.  Try and if at first you don't succeed, adjust the sound you are testing for and try again.  You'll get it. Happy Watermelon hunting!

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