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[RAMSinLA]

 

[Tano]

Well I just had to post a GIF on how I feel in June waiting for football season

 

[den-the-coach]

Well I just had to post a GIF on how I feel in June waiting for football season

Enjoy the weather @Tano and stop and smell the roses because come football season I want you ready to focus on three things and three things only:

1. Your Family
2. Your Faith
3. And The Los Angeles Rams!

 

[Merlin]

Best thing about June is watermelon comes into season. Cracked one the other day and it was perfect.

Second best thing about June is the 4th of July is right around the corner, where said watermelon is paired with BBQ and corn on the cob ahhhhhh.

 

[Tano]

Best thing about June is watermelon comes into season. Cracked one the other day and it was perfect.

Second best thing about June is the 4th of July is right around the corner, where said watermelon is paired with BBQ and corn on the cob ahhhhhh.

I need to figure out how to get the right watermelon.

I looked on youtube and followed their instructions and still got an unripe watermelon.

 

[Merlin]

I need to figure out how to get the right watermelon.

I looked on youtube and followed their instructions and still got an unripe watermelon.

I have one rule: buy them in June and July. Outside of that there is no way to really predict what you're gonna get. Unless you pay for the overpriced ones that are cut in half by the stores.

 

[Tano]

I have one rule: buy them in June and July. Outside of that there is no way to really predict what you're gonna get. Unless you pay for the overpriced ones that are cut in half by the stores.

I bought it last week.

 

[Merlin]

I bought it last week.

Buy another one.

 

[dieterbrock]

Buy another one.

"draft a QB every year"
You'll get the perfect melon eventually

 

[RamFan503]

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I need to figure out how to get the right watermelon.

I looked on youtube and followed their instructions and still got an unripe watermelon.

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Disregard previous bad info.

I’m editing this because my mind brain farted on me. It’s a large yellow to even egg yolk colored spot - not white. Still, it’s the spot that was on the ground. It should be a little flatter than the rest of the melon. That spot is what you want to look for.

Oopsie. @Tano

 

[RamFan503]

I need to figure out how to get the right watermelon.

I looked on youtube and followed their instructions and still got an unripe watermelon.

More info beyond the yellow spot (what can I say? I was bored.):

Instead, they suggest looking for a good yellow spot. While experts seem to agree that eyeballing that spot is the best way to assess ripeness, here are some other strategies:

• Check the ends. According to the Purdue Extension, ripe watermelons often have faded tops and blunted ends. If the watermelon’s shape appears at all “pointy” it probably isn’t ripe yet.
• Press test. Another way to evaluate ripeness, according to this handout from San Francisco State University, is to find the spot opposite the stem, which was the flower long ago. That area should yield slightly to a firm press. “If it feels as if you’re pressing into a table – then the melon is under-ripe,” the handout says.
• Scratch test. The Ohio State University extension advises that if you can easily scratch the rind and get to the green-white layer underneath, your melon should be ripe. Scratching an unripe melon will probably just leave a dark, depressed line. (But perhaps don’t tell the folks at the Watermelon Promotion Board, as we’re not sure how they feel about it.)
• Calibrate your senses. And for you diehard thumpers, the watermelon enthusiasts at San Francisco State University suggest that instead of thumping, you contemplate a plastic bottle of water and a sack of flour to calibrate your melon-assessing senses. The plastic bottle, filled with water as it is, will have a feel that approximates a juicy watermelon. A mealy watermelon, with its lower water content, will feel more like the sack of flour when gently tapped: “dull, muted and dampened.”

Above information from Eatortoss.com

 

[Tano]

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Disregard previous bad info.

I’m editing this because my mind brain farted on me. It’s a large yellow to even egg yolk colored spot - not white. Still, it’s the spot that was on the ground. It should be a little flatter than the rest of the melon. That spot is what you want to look for.

Oopsie. @Tano

I did that and the watermelon still wasn't that good.

 

[Tano]

More info beyond the yellow spot (what can I say? I was bored.):

Instead, they suggest looking for a good yellow spot. While experts seem to agree that eyeballing that spot is the best way to assess ripeness, here are some other strategies:

• Check the ends. According to the Purdue Extension, ripe watermelons often have faded tops and blunted ends. If the watermelon’s shape appears at all “pointy” it probably isn’t ripe yet.
• Press test. Another way to evaluate ripeness, according to this handout from San Francisco State University, is to find the spot opposite the stem, which was the flower long ago. That area should yield slightly to a firm press. “If it feels as if you’re pressing into a table – then the melon is under-ripe,” the handout says.
• Scratch test. The Ohio State University extension advises that if you can easily scratch the rind and get to the green-white layer underneath, your melon should be ripe. Scratching an unripe melon will probably just leave a dark, depressed line. (But perhaps don’t tell the folks at the Watermelon Promotion Board, as we’re not sure how they feel about it.)
• Calibrate your senses. And for you diehard thumpers, the watermelon enthusiasts at San Francisco State University suggest that instead of thumping, you contemplate a plastic bottle of water and a sack of flour to calibrate your melon-assessing senses. The plastic bottle, filled with water as it is, will have a feel that approximates a juicy watermelon. A mealy watermelon, with its lower water content, will feel more like the sack of flour when gently tapped: “dull, muted and dampened.”

Above information from Eatortoss.com

I didn't do that so I will try that next time.

 

[Merlin]

I did that and the watermelon still wasn't that good.

Keep buying them.

 

[dieterbrock]

I didn't do that so I will try that next time.

I have an idea,
Maybe you don’t like watermelon

 

[Merlin]

Sometimes stores load up early on the watermelons, before they're fully in season. Walmart for example is famous for that shit. So I buy mine from a local country store who tend to buy moreso in the season, or from a farmer market in season. They say the season starts in May, but I usually won't buy off the first shipments because those fuckers harvest them when they're not ready and ship them to ripen like they do with everything else nowadays, and they sit there until they're bought up.

This is why I say the best strategy I've found is early June through July. It's the one fruit that I just have no clue with no matter which strategy I've used, and I've tried all kinds of shit. I had an old farmer swear to me once at the local market that you need to tap them and the sound guarantees which one is good. But I think that shit's about as accurate measuring the stripes, or the resting spot, or as using local weeds for anesthetics. These things are the fruit equivalent of lottery tickets.

Buying in June to July don't ensure shit. But generally by June you can get into the ripe melons and have a chance of picking a great one.

 

[kmramsfan]

Best thing about June is watermelon comes into season. Cracked one the other day and it was perfect.

Second best thing about June is the 4th of July is right around the corner, where said watermelon is paired with BBQ and corn on the cob ahhhhhh.

I could see 503 trying this.
POSITIVELY could see it.

 

[Neil039]

Best thing about June is watermelon comes into season. Cracked one the other day and it was perfect.

Second best thing about June is the 4th of July is right around the corner, where said watermelon is paired with BBQ and corn on the cob ahhhhhh.

Question: Do you sprinkle salt on your watermelon? It was the way it was served to me as a kid. I still do it once in a while.

 

[Merlin]

Question: Do you sprinkle salt on your watermelon? It was the way it was served to me as a kid. I still do it once in a while.

No. Were you raised by wolves.

 

[Tano]

I have an idea,
Maybe you don’t like watermelon

Wrong