For years I have slapped, thumped, beat on, smelled, scratched, look for the biggest because it holds more water, looked for the smallest because it has more sugar concentration. None of it works. The best thing to do is look for that bright yellow spot, the bigger and brighter the spot means that the watermelon has rested on the ground in that one spot for a long time undisturbed. So it had time to grow and ripen before being picked. Then you look for all those brown weird webbing marks that are all over it. The bigger the patch and the more of it, means that the bees had time to do their pollination Magic. And the more of those brown pollination patches, the sweeter it is. These are the only two methods that I use now, and they have not failed me.
Thank goodness I found your comment, I always thought watermelon was ok at best. Until a week ago when I had the sweetest best watermelon of my life… it was from a grocery pick up so I have zero idea of what it actually looked like, just remember cutting it up.. that lead me on a search for great watermelon.. my second find was decent..my third was absolutely horrible no sweetness at all..my fourth was also decent still very good.. but I’ve seen SO MANY TIPS ON HOW TO SPOT A GOOD ONE.. but now I’ll follow your advice and hopefully that lands me back in that beautiful sweet spot of a delicious watermelon!
You're absolutely right. This was a snippet from a Fall squash cooking demo and the videographer was inexperienced. We did cut it later when we were on to sampling all that was cooked in the demo. We will get a new one done soon. Thank you for taking the time to watch. Follow these tips and you'll choose a perfect watermelon every time.
Picking a ripe one doesn't help anymore, because it may still not be sweet. Sweet melons are very rare anymore, and they usually are all not sweet. If you find a sweet one, most of the ones from that grower will likely be sweet. If it isn't sweet it won't matter that you find the ripe ones from that grower, they won't be sweet. It must have more to do with the soil, climate, chemicals or lack of, etc.
I agree. I have not had a good old time sweet melon in over 10 years. On top of that many of them have some weird chemical taste to them..ug. I got one from Costco last week..it had all the signs for a ripe melon...and yet, it was only sort of sweet in the middle. The remainder was a bit sour. Very disappointing...again! This is why I hate spending $5 on one only to throw half of it away, as it is just not pleasant to eat. They tell you if you don't like it you can bring it back. Schleping a cut up watermelon back to the store...forgetabout it!
@@XNYer68 - I wish my stores would offer money back. No store in my area does that. In my experience its all about the grower. Green River, Utah used to have the best, hands down. Even when I was a little kid they were famous for all types of melons. You didn't have to pick a good one because they all were. I think they're still somewhat good, but not as available anymore for whatever reason. When/if they are available, they're the most expensive by far. The taste aspect seems to lie with the farmer and the area. But I would bet the loss of flavor is due to chemical farming, along with poor soil. If I remember right, a clay-like soil was the best for melons - at least that's what I noticed on my visits to Green River. My neighbors [when I was little] always seemed to be able to grow them, but I could never get any to ripen in time, or get bigger than my fist. Now days watermelon is routinely so bad, I don't understand why anyone buys them. I guess we can't help taking a gamble after a year has passed since our last disappointment and resolve to just give them up. California produces alot of them, but I've never had a good one from there. Arizona seems to be the next best place I know of, but is still not reliable. Have no idea what they're like on the East Coast or Mid West.
LOL - The growers I get my melons from (Amish) say spots are a sign of laziness. They turn there melons constantly to distribute the sugar, which is why the incredible SUgar Babies and Ambrosia canteloupes are so good and . Watermelons with spots have all the sugar in one place.
Get a broom straw and lay it across the center of the melon , if the straw turns it is ripe. If no turn move to another melon. My father ,born in 1903 showed it to me when i was a boy. I'm 74 and it has NEVER failed.
I saw that when I was nine years old, a man from Georgia showed my father that trick. That was seventy years ago and I never told that to anyone. Now you come around and put it U tube . Why don’t you go make mayonnaise.
I watch this one because I want to see how to pick the good one....BUT after all you did not cut it out to see what you explain is RIGHT. Just waste my time !!!
Yes great .. but I spent $26 on 4 different types of watermelons thus summer & they were all so hybridized & modified & Chemical tasting & bad .. even birds & turtles that love watermelon wouldn’t eat it .. awful awful poisoned fruit ..even the so called organic .. no seeds ..even farmers markets don’t carry good old fashioned delicious watermelons
I hope you told them to wash the melon well, using mild detergent and a scrub brush. E Coli and Salmonella are so easily transmitted through unwashed melons.
+Look30 You're right.. we did cut it open, unfortunately the editor didn't keep that part. We'll be doing new edits this winter. Thank you for your response.
You're absolutely right. This was a snippet from a Fall squash cooking demo and the videographer was inexperienced. We did cut it later when we were on to sampling all that was cooked in the demo. We will get a new one done soon. Thank you for taking the time to watch. Follow these tips and you'll choose a perfect watermelon every time.
I remember going into the stores as a kid and they would have samples of the cut up watermelons and oranges it seems most companies don't want to do this anymore.
SOUTHERN KNOWLEDGE= Back in the day= we Thumped them, the deeper the sound, the riper. Roadside Sellers, USED to give you a small triangular plug, to taste, before you bought it, then, replace. :) Size aint any difference (in Melons), This Woman- is NOT from the South....The "spot" is where it is NEVER turned over, _ Lack of sunlight, Duhhhhh. Terrible advice.
The early melons are not as good as the ones that come later in the year, also the seeded ones seem better than the seedless. Any other opinions on this ??? One of the things we did to check out melons we grew at home was cut a plug in one. If it was ripe that was good so we are it, if it was still green we just put the plug back in and let it finish ripening.
The yellow part is the side that was on the ground the part that didn't get sun light, it has nothing to do with the flavor.. knocking on them, looking for the one that sounds the most hollow thats the one you want.
On most types in our area, the yellower the field spot is the longer ripening on the vine. Yes it does have a lot to do with the flavor. Too much yellow and it ripened on the vine too long. I prefer to add all the factors in, dark color, firm rind(not soft mushy), good thump, cream color/not bright white on the field spot.
Sorry - the best watermelons are long and seem to grow in the southern states from farms with real black seeds - Not from the supermarkets and seedless - Smh
UPDATE: I did as the lady suggested: looked for perfect shape,yellow bottom, and of courseTHE WELL-KNOWN THUMPING AND...👉THE WATERMELON END UP BEING REALLY BAD!!😂🤣😂
@@andreapasley3957 😨my personal experience with watermelons is that I never know what I'm buying until I taste it,so I'm ALWAYS hoping for the best and NEVER prepared for the worst my dear 😂😳
I'm pretty sure this lady doesn't really know which to pick!!! the bigger the better, symmetry & yellow spot are all non-sense. also the vibration. just don't know which is ripe or good. sorry, but don't listen to her...
Good to know, I've always wonder about this. I've heard that with cantaloupe you can smell them at the stem and if it smells and looks good it's a good one. Also, I recently watched a video on stir fry cooking an this one shows how to stir fry watermelon rind. It was very creative and what a way to make something from something we usually throw away!
I'd like to disagree on the size statement. The watermelon might be huge and watery, but it's not an indicator, since it's more about the sugar than water. Sure you will have a watery one, but it might be tasteless. Also some of the diformations on the watermelons might occur due to transportation and storage issues.
+tikrasseo Thank you very much for your input. You are correct, which is why we stress all 4 indicators go together, i.e. (symmetry, size/weight, yellow spot/color and the thump/vibration), not just size or any one of the 4. Yes, we do Brix them at the plant and in the field. As you know that's not something a shopper can do in the store.
Don't be to quick to judge the watermelon by the spot, spots are formed on the melon where it lays on the ground. It is true it tends to yellow as it ages. so if you get it to yellow t will be overly ripe, I use to grow them on the farm, had so many we fed them to the hogs, as well as give them away .
This video fails to explain why there is a yellow spot and makes no mention of the grey veins seen with the yellow spot. The yellow is from the watermelon sitting on the ground while growing and indicates it’s been allowed to grow for longer and it’s from the natural sugar settlement in the melon 🍉. The slapping and vibration is nonsense.
Just read the comments again. Some one said the melons are turned to maximize its ripeness. Again as a child there were no yellow spots on a watermelon. There was no rust on lettuce. Young people today think all that is normal, the spots the rust. And trees in bad shape , dying.
I don't go thru all of that ............just knock on it and if it sounds hollow, it's a good one....works everytime.....a trick my grandmother was taught in the late 1800's
Thank you very much for your input. You are correct, size is not the only indicator for choosing the perfect watermelon, which is why we stress all 4 indicators go together and are equally important, i.e. (symmetry, size/weight, yellow spot/color and the thump/vibration), not just size or any one of the 4. Please review the National Watermelon Board's information on choosing the perfect watermelon as well (although we do use the "thump" test too: www.watermelon.org/Faqs#ancpickWatermelon
My Granddaddy Wilkes, said, the Watermelon "Thump" has got to have a hollow sound, and a big yellow patch, and it has to be a Big un too! He told me that, back in the 1960's, down in the Lake City, area, of Florida, I was born, in 1959, so I was a small girl.🍉🍐🌽🍊🍇
You can cut it, any way you want to, or you can break it over your head, too, but it may be a little painful. I might ought to tell you too, that you should NEVER Cut a Watermelon with a Dull Knife, only a Big Razor Sharp Butcher Knife!! If you use a Dull one, YOU will Mess yourself up.
The ugliest scard with the big yellow spot the last one that will get selected is usually the best and sweetest I speak from experience I am a watermelon addict.
Seems to me watermelon is somewhat like cherries. For about two weeks each summer they can be perfect. They are best if it's real hot the week before harvesting.
All steps are important, not just the size, but size does matter, as well as weight, symmetry, creamy yellow spot and the vibration or sound the melon makes when you thump of "slap" it.
Really? Really? Wow! you wasted everybody's time and just repeated some tips that almost everyone knew already, and then just to save yourself the embarrassment, you skipped cutting it open???? :)))) That was a real fast one!!!
August 25, 2017. I purchased a Perry and Sons 16 pound, basketball size watermelon at Safeway in Alameda, CA for $5. I watched your video before buying. My question is, if a watermelon is entirely green with lighter stripes with no yellow spot, does that mean that it is riper than a watermelon with a yellow spot? What does a melon with no yellow spot designate? Should they be avoided? I also place the melon in my hand and use my middle finger to tap the watermelon for sound, the way Doctors use to tap on your back to determine lung quality. Some melons sound denser/more solid and others sound more hollow.
No, a regular sized seedless watermelon with no yellow spot will not necessarily be riper or ripe enough. You always want to choose the watermelon with the "yellow" spot. In addition to the other specifications noted in this video; symmetry, smooth/matte outer rind (as opposed to rough and dull), weight (the heavier, the better) and "sound or thump" test. Some buyers are good with sound, some not. Which is why I use the "vibration" test as mentioned in the video. Hope this helps? BTW, how was your watermelon?
The Watermelon was very good, Juicy, sweet etc. I like eating the center core, but that only last so long. What causes a watermelon to develop with no yellow spot? If the yellow spot was where the Watermelon was on the ground, how does a Watermelon develop without a yellow spot? Was it rolled over by the farmers as it was growing? For the next week, the Watermelons are $3.99 each. I bought one today. Weighed 15 pounds and chose one with a yellow spot and round, basketball size. Can you discuss Watermelon and temperature that they should be eaten if you have a choice?
Good for you! I'm very glad you're asking more about the "yellow spot", especially in light of the incredibly hot summer temperatures we're experiencing during this growing season. Yes, the "yellow spot" develops at the point of contact with the ground during the watermelon's growing life due to the heat from the ground. And no, growers do not move the watermelons around. There could be many reasons for a lack of "yellow spot" i.e. (variety of the watermelon, unusually hot weather at peak ripening time so the watermelon didn't sit on the ground long enough to develop a spot, etc.), which is why the other factors mentioned i.e. (size, symmetry, weight, denisity) are so important in choosing your watermelon. Uncut watermelons should be stored in a cool, dry spot, out of direct sunlight and away from moisture, your kitchen counter or pantry could be a good spot if it meets this criteria. The inner temperature of a watermelon stored in this way will be several degrees cooler than the external temperature. Always wash your watermelon before cutting. Once cut, watermelon must be refrigerated. Cut watermelon can last refrigerated in an air tight container for 2-3 weeks. Personally, I love watermelon any way I can get them so I'll eat them out of the field, fresh from the store or refrigerated. They're a super healthy snack packed with the high powered anti-oxidant, Lycopene. Thank you very, very much for reaching out. Keep enjoying watermelon!!
Big oval watermelons are what your looking for. Don't even bother thumping any round watermelons because their tasteless. The big dark red oval are are watermelons and you'll never go wrong and you won't ever go back to round plastic garbage!!!
I liked the video, info is about the same as what I was taught. Only thing instead of slapping, we "knock" on ours, if it has more of a "ring" to it or a deeper sound, that is the one we take. Never fails.
That is great information and I learned how to pick the best ones years ago and my great uncle and grandfather use to grow them in their gardens. I thank you for sharing this information with us all.
Big yellow spot because it laid out in the field to ripen. Also if you noticed on the one she thought best, there are gray blotches. I have found that the more blotches there are, the sweeter it is.
It seems the last few years every time I get a watermelon it's not very sweet and it has a lot of fiber veins inside, I hope this helps me choose wiser.
Yes, cut watermelon should be refrigerated. In an airtight container watermelon will last up to 2 weeks. But it never lasts more than 2 days at our house, because we eat it ;) Also, remember to store uncut watermelon in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight and away from moisture. Thank you for reaching out! Enjoy your watermelon!!
Science of watermelon picking. Wish I had this info 50 years ago. Well, I used to tap it as seen from my grandfather, but I didn't really know what I was doing. This is one of the most difficult things in life, aka To pick the right watermelon. In Europe, some countries, the merchant actually cuts a small piece out for you to taste it. I never once saw someone refusing it, ever. what you are supposed to do, anyway? You picked it up. So tell the seller, I was wrong? My trick used to be tell him/her, to choose me the right one. Still you buy it, even if it's not the right one. Or, better. I choose it, but then refuse the cutting it open offer for taste. #1 I know what I'm doing, right? #2. I drive away, now what, watermelon spilling all over? Not to mention countries where the tasting is not an option. In my culture when you go home with the right watermelon you are the hero of the family. For a day or two, while it lasts. This presentation belongs to a TED talk before a large audience. More important than string theory, or how to cook chicken soup. Thank you for teaching me something new today. BTW, my comment may look like sarcastic, but I truly, really mean it. Thanks for posting.
Wow thanks so much. I currently live in Turkey where they're in abundance right now and I never knew how to pick the best and always wondered why people tapped them lol
My grandfather homesteaded in the Texas Panhandle. He grew some watermelon for the family--not really enough water available to grow it as a cash crop. His name was Floyd Houston Carpenter. He lost a lung in World War 1. He also grew the best watermelons. He picked the watermelon to cut off the vine using this same method. Thank you so much for this great video. I just found your channel and I look forward to learning more from your shows.
Just wanted to share with everyone that watermelon should be eaten at room temperature (or lightly chilled) and not "cold". Why? Because the levels of beta carotene are double and levels of Lypocene are 20% higher when eaten at room temperature (or only a little chilled).
I think they taste better refrigerated rather than room temperature, ie 65 degrees F. The contrast of refrigeration and hot pancakes or whatever you are eating, makes the difference.
Do these rules also go for the bowling ball sized seedless watermelons and those "designer" watermelons? I knew about the yellow spot but I doubt I can lift a regular sized watermelon with one hand without dropping it (I'm old, just can't do those things anymore, need two hands now). For years, diet people have been shunning watermelon as being too caloric (or something) but who cares? It's delicious and since so much of it is water, and they always tell you have more water.... i love watermelon.
Thank you very much! We're working on a new one with Perry family members and more tips. While the tips are accurate and useful, this was part of a Fall Squash cooking demo. Stay tuned ;)
For years I have slapped, thumped, beat on, smelled, scratched, look for the biggest because it holds more water, looked for the smallest because it has more sugar concentration. None of it works. The best thing to do is look for that bright yellow spot, the bigger and brighter the spot means that the watermelon has rested on the ground in that one spot for a long time undisturbed. So it had time to grow and ripen before being picked. Then you look for all those brown weird webbing marks that are all over it. The bigger the patch and the more of it, means that the bees had time to do their pollination Magic. And the more of those brown pollination patches, the sweeter it is. These are the only two methods that I use now, and they have not failed me.
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Thank goodness I found your comment, I always thought watermelon was ok at best. Until a week ago when I had the sweetest best watermelon of my life… it was from a grocery pick up so I have zero idea of what it actually looked like, just remember cutting it up.. that lead me on a search for great watermelon.. my second find was decent..my third was absolutely horrible no sweetness at all..my fourth was also decent still very good.. but I’ve seen SO MANY TIPS ON HOW TO SPOT A GOOD ONE.. but now I’ll follow your advice and hopefully that lands me back in that beautiful sweet spot of a delicious watermelon!
The yellow patch is the side facing the ground. The larger patch means the melon has been in the Sun longer and is therefore, sweeter.
thank you, since she never explained why
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Thanks, she never said what the spot was
should have tested the melon so we know if the tips proved to be true..
You're absolutely right. This was a snippet from a Fall squash cooking demo and the videographer was inexperienced. We did cut it later when we were on to sampling all that was cooked in the demo. We will get a new one done soon. Thank you for taking the time to watch. Follow these tips and you'll choose a perfect watermelon every time.
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Picking a ripe one doesn't help anymore, because it may still not be sweet. Sweet melons are very rare anymore, and they usually are all not sweet. If you find a sweet one, most of the ones from that grower will likely be sweet. If it isn't sweet it won't matter that you find the ripe ones from that grower, they won't be sweet. It must have more to do with the soil, climate, chemicals or lack of, etc.
I agree. I have not had a good old time sweet melon in over 10 years. On top of that many of them have some weird chemical taste to them..ug. I got one from Costco last week..it had all the signs for a ripe melon...and yet, it was only sort of sweet in the middle. The remainder was a bit sour. Very disappointing...again! This is why I hate spending $5 on one only to throw half of it away, as it is just not pleasant to eat. They tell you if you don't like it you can bring it back. Schleping a cut up watermelon back to the store...forgetabout it!
@@XNYer68 - I wish my stores would offer money back. No store in my area does that. In my experience its all about the grower. Green River, Utah used to have the best, hands down. Even when I was a little kid they were famous for all types of melons. You didn't have to pick a good one because they all were. I think they're still somewhat good, but not as available anymore for whatever reason. When/if they are available, they're the most expensive by far. The taste aspect seems to lie with the farmer and the area. But I would bet the loss of flavor is due to chemical farming, along with poor soil. If I remember right, a clay-like soil was the best for melons - at least that's what I noticed on my visits to Green River. My neighbors [when I was little] always seemed to be able to grow them, but I could never get any to ripen in time, or get bigger than my fist.
Now days watermelon is routinely so bad, I don't understand why anyone buys them. I guess we can't help taking a gamble after a year has passed since our last disappointment and resolve to just give them up. California produces alot of them, but I've never had a good one from there. Arizona seems to be the next best place I know of, but is still not reliable. Have no idea what they're like on the East Coast or Mid West.
@@XNYer68 The Best water melon I ever tasted and had a uncle who had over hundred acres he grew them is Georgia
@@jameseverett9037 texas florida and Georgia melons are best
So who won the bingo 😂
LOL - The growers I get my melons from (Amish) say spots are a sign of laziness. They turn there melons constantly to distribute the sugar, which is why the incredible SUgar Babies and Ambrosia canteloupes are so good and . Watermelons with spots have all the sugar in one place.
Get a broom straw and lay it across the center of the melon , if the straw turns it is ripe. If no turn move to another melon. My father ,born in 1903 showed it to me when i was a boy. I'm 74 and it has NEVER failed.
I saw that when I was nine years old, a man from Georgia showed my father that trick. That was seventy years ago and I never told that to anyone. Now you come around and put it U tube . Why don’t you go make mayonnaise.
I watch this one because I want to see how to pick the good one....BUT after all you did not cut it out to see what you explain is RIGHT. Just waste my time !!!
@jimmy jimmy good learning
Yes great .. but I spent $26 on 4 different types of watermelons thus summer & they were all so hybridized & modified & Chemical tasting & bad .. even birds & turtles that love watermelon wouldn’t eat it .. awful awful poisoned fruit ..even the so called organic .. no seeds ..even farmers markets don’t carry good old fashioned delicious watermelons
I hope you told them to wash the melon well, using mild detergent and a scrub brush. E Coli and Salmonella are so easily transmitted through unwashed melons.
People think I'm wierd when I break out the dish soap to wash my watermelon. I'm like just think of how many nasty ✋ touched it 🥴
I prefer big dirty firm melons :-P
Useless , I want my time watching this back!
Why wouldn't you cut them to see if you are right or wrong ?!
+Look30 You're right.. we did cut it open, unfortunately the editor didn't keep that part. We'll be doing new edits this winter. Thank you for your response.
well you could have proven it by cutting it open and showing us you muppets
Call me old, but I remember when all the Watermelons had alot of those black seeds!!!!
get off youtube you old fart
@@0prahTV I bet this old fart could still whip ur ass!!!!!
@@manuelbolt9945 be nice no violence
You should have cut the water melons and show your views are foolproof
You're absolutely right. This was a snippet from a Fall squash cooking demo and the videographer was inexperienced. We did cut it later when we were on to sampling all that was cooked in the demo. We will get a new one done soon. Thank you for taking the time to watch. Follow these tips and you'll choose a perfect watermelon every time.
I remember going into the stores as a kid and they would have samples of the cut up watermelons and oranges it seems most companies don't want to do this anymore.
@@perrysons7083 hey I'm just trying to get a new way of saying I love the world and every body to so this day was my favorite new one
I'm tired or these seedless watermelons, they taste horrible. They should be made illegal!
I agree seedless watermelon are fake . They are suppose to have seeds in watermelon
These are manufactured by the government during great depression. Just like the fake chickens on every fast food chain. :))
SOUTHERN KNOWLEDGE= Back in the day= we Thumped them, the deeper the sound, the riper. Roadside Sellers, USED to give you a small triangular plug, to taste, before you bought it, then, replace. :) Size aint any difference (in Melons), This Woman- is NOT from the South....The "spot" is where it is NEVER turned over, _ Lack of sunlight, Duhhhhh. Terrible advice.
The early melons are not as good as the ones that come later in the year, also the seeded ones seem better than the seedless. Any other opinions on this ??? One of the things we did to check out melons we grew at home was cut a plug in one. If it was ripe that was good so we are it, if it was still green we just put the plug back in and let it finish ripening.
Do you want convenience or good flavor. Seeded are the choice.
You can also look for a brown stem attachment. Means that it ripened on the vine. Green stem means that it was picked too early.
Absolutely, a must do check.
The yellow part is the side that was on the ground the part that didn't get sun light, it has nothing to do with the flavor.. knocking on them, looking for the one that sounds the most hollow thats the one you want.
On most types in our area, the yellower the field spot is the longer ripening on the vine. Yes it does have a lot to do with the flavor. Too much yellow and it ripened on the vine too long.
I prefer to add all the factors in, dark color, firm rind(not soft mushy), good thump, cream color/not bright white on the field spot.
Sorry - the best watermelons are long and seem to grow in the southern states from farms with real black seeds - Not from the supermarkets and seedless - Smh
UPDATE: I did as the lady suggested: looked for perfect shape,yellow bottom, and of courseTHE WELL-KNOWN THUMPING AND...👉THE WATERMELON END UP BEING REALLY BAD!!😂🤣😂
Oh wow...i was headed out to the grocery store to try it out
@@andreapasley3957 😨my personal experience with watermelons is that I never know what I'm buying until I taste it,so I'm ALWAYS hoping for the best and NEVER prepared for the worst my dear 😂😳
I'm pretty sure this lady doesn't really know which to pick!!! the bigger the better, symmetry & yellow spot are all non-sense. also the vibration. just don't know which is ripe or good. sorry, but don't listen to her...
For me choose your own heaviness but the watermelon ahould sound like a hollow or empty type sounds. I listen so it sounds like a hollow n cheap door
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the watermelon ahould sound like a hollow or empty type sound. LIKE YOUR HEAD 😁😂🤣
My mother taught me hold it from the bottom nock on it if sounds hollo it's a good one
How I was taught you have to thump the melon to see if it's ripe
Good to know, I've always wonder about this. I've heard that with cantaloupe you can smell them at the stem and if it smells and looks good it's a good one. Also, I recently watched a video on stir fry cooking an this one shows how to stir fry watermelon rind. It was very creative and what a way to make something from something we usually throw away!
lots of hints but did not cut into watermelon WASTE of time
Not a waste of time - we learned to look for that creamy yellow spot. That helped me a lot. You weren't paying attention?
@@PalmdaleGal that would be nice I remember the greatness of a great fruit
If it's seedless,it's no good.
They're all seedless now.
I'd like to disagree on the size statement. The watermelon might be huge and watery, but it's not an indicator, since it's more about the sugar than water. Sure you will have a watery one, but it might be tasteless. Also some of the diformations on the watermelons might occur due to transportation and storage issues.
I agree with you, sometimes the Brix level on larger melons have been much lower than smaller ones.
+tikrasseo Thank you very much for your input. You are correct, which is why we stress all 4 indicators go together, i.e. (symmetry, size/weight, yellow spot/color and the thump/vibration), not just size or any one of the 4. Yes, we do Brix them at the plant and in the field. As you know that's not something a shopper can do in the store.
Don't be to quick to judge the watermelon by the spot, spots are formed on the melon where it lays on the ground. It is true it tends to yellow as it ages. so if you get it to yellow t will be overly ripe, I use to grow them on the farm, had so many we fed them to the hogs, as well as give them away .
@@jweaver9242 - That's why she kept saying creamy yellow, not just yellow.
@@jweaver9242 I know sometimes even if you get a some to sale restaurant will buy to shorty tame do you ever feel so warm just to talk
This video fails to explain why there is a yellow spot and makes no mention of the grey veins seen with the yellow spot. The yellow is from the watermelon sitting on the ground while growing and indicates it’s been allowed to grow for longer and it’s from the natural sugar settlement in the melon 🍉. The slapping and vibration is nonsense.
She should have cut it open and have her audience eat it so we could see their pleased expressions.
Nothing is worse than a tasteless watermelon. 🍉
😂so true!!
I pick the same way. you get a better sweet mellon, I go by the yellow spot and the sound
These people are like WTF IS THIS CRAZY 😜 WOMAN TALKIN ABOUT 🤪
Just read the comments again. Some one said the melons are turned to maximize its ripeness. Again as a child there were no yellow spots on a watermelon. There was no rust on lettuce. Young people today think all that is normal, the spots the rust. And trees in bad shape , dying.
You didn't show the cut up watermelon. That means this is useless.
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Watermelons🍉with the yellow belly is sweeter🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
Side note: the bigger the🍉melon the less sweeter
not true
Somehow she decided to pick an audience that appear to have passed away a while ago...!!!
Could you stand how exciting this demo was?
OMG lol!!!!
You find the one heavy for its size, means more juice and freshness. Make sure the yellow spot is big, its been allowed to ripen in the sun.
Thank you for answering "why do we look for the yellow spot"
Yes, pickup three or four or more and believe it or not you will notice the heaviest one.
The yellow spots is the side that was on the ground the side that didn't get any sun..
For watermelon make a hole about 3 inches in diameter and stick your thumb and check for moisture and warmth.
Take BROOM stick straw, lay it on the flat spot of the watermelon and it will rotate completely around in a circle and THEN YOU WILL KNOW Its rip!!
Used to be able to go into the grocery store and buy a 40 pound watermelon I don't know what's in the store now I think they call it an appetizer
15 lbs. Could you pick up a 40 and get it in and out of your car?
You never explain the significance of the big yellow spot.
I always want to feel and hear more of a thud ,than a tighter feeling. 🍉🍉
Looks like a piece of cheap french cheese cloth. If I couldn't do better than that i'd just give up.
I don't go thru all of that ............just knock on it and if it sounds hollow, it's a good one....works everytime.....a trick my grandmother was taught in the late 1800's
You are 100% correct.
@@pitsonamane5356 hell I know it's got to be 100percent accurate like Abe and 4brothers made 5of da same comments 100 really
It works. Been picking watermelons this way for years. Not a bad one since using this method. I don't get the thump method. All sound the same to me.
😦I WAS EXPECTING HER TO CUT THE WATERMELON AND LET THE AUDIENCE DECIDE IF IT WAS SWEET ENOUGH(😒THE OLD GUY LOOKED VERY UNIMPRESSED🤣)
W0W..Now that's a huge Viagra dose !
Size has nothing to do with how good a watermelon is going to be.
Thank you very much for your input. You are correct, size is not the only indicator for choosing the perfect watermelon, which is why we stress all 4 indicators go together and are equally important, i.e. (symmetry, size/weight, yellow spot/color and the thump/vibration), not just size or any one of the 4. Please review the National Watermelon Board's information on choosing the perfect watermelon as well (although we do use the "thump" test too: www.watermelon.org/Faqs#ancpickWatermelon
Would be nice if you cut all four to see the actual result!
Rest in peace are you at a nursing home doing a demonstration it looks that way
Senior Center in Livermore, CA looking for healthier ways to cook and eat.
My Granddaddy Wilkes, said, the Watermelon "Thump" has got to have a hollow sound, and a big yellow patch, and it has to be a Big un too!
He told me that, back in the 1960's, down in the Lake City, area, of Florida, I was born, in 1959, so I was a small girl.🍉🍐🌽🍊🍇
Thats the same thing she said
The best part would've been cutting off the melons, but sadly you skipped it. Whyyyy😬
You can cut it, any way you want to, or you can break it over your head, too, but it may be a little painful.
I might ought to tell you too, that you should NEVER Cut a Watermelon with a Dull Knife, only a Big Razor Sharp Butcher Knife!!
If you use a Dull one, YOU will Mess yourself up.
Talk too much! Just get to the point
Didn’t do a good job of explaining the why’s. Why the yellow spot and why slap it for vibration?
'Perfect ' is not the right word since you did not define it! I want a ripe sweet watermelon. How do I pick that?
The ugliest scard with the big yellow spot the last one that will get selected is usually the best and sweetest I speak from experience I am a watermelon addict.
Seems to me watermelon is somewhat like cherries. For about two weeks each summer they can be perfect. They are best if it's real hot the week before harvesting.
another vid i watched said dont go for the bigger one
All steps are important, not just the size, but size does matter, as well as weight, symmetry, creamy yellow spot and the vibration or sound the melon makes when you thump of "slap" it.
@@perrysons7083 hell yeah 🍯 I will say it like my mom used to say just to let you know it means a lot to me and my mom to be happy
Really? Really? Wow! you wasted everybody's time and just repeated some tips that almost everyone knew already, and then just to save yourself the embarrassment, you skipped cutting it open???? :)))) That was a real fast one!!!
I use my food dehydrator to dry slices of watermelon; dried watermelon is gooey but sweet. It also keeps much longer than whole or fresh sliced melon.
What a dynamic audience 😩
I just grab the one on top most of time. Don't want to hold up the 10 other people waiting in line behind me.
August 25, 2017. I purchased a Perry and Sons 16 pound, basketball size watermelon at Safeway in Alameda, CA for $5. I watched your video before buying. My question is, if a watermelon is entirely green with lighter stripes with no yellow spot, does that mean that it is riper than a watermelon with a yellow spot? What does a melon with no yellow spot designate? Should they be avoided? I also place the melon in my hand and use my middle finger to tap the watermelon for sound, the way Doctors use to tap on your back to determine lung quality. Some melons sound denser/more solid and others sound more hollow.
No, a regular sized seedless watermelon with no yellow spot will not necessarily be riper or ripe enough. You always want to choose the watermelon with the "yellow" spot. In addition to the other specifications noted in this video; symmetry, smooth/matte outer rind (as opposed to rough and dull), weight (the heavier, the better) and "sound or thump" test. Some buyers are good with sound, some not. Which is why I use the "vibration" test as mentioned in the video. Hope this helps? BTW, how was your watermelon?
The Watermelon was very good, Juicy, sweet etc. I like eating the center core, but that only last so long. What causes a watermelon to develop with no yellow spot? If the yellow spot was where the Watermelon was on the ground, how does a Watermelon develop without a yellow spot? Was it rolled over by the farmers as it was growing?
For the next week, the Watermelons are $3.99 each. I bought one today. Weighed 15 pounds and chose one with a yellow spot and round, basketball size.
Can you discuss Watermelon and temperature that they should be eaten if you have a choice?
Good for you! I'm very glad you're asking more about the "yellow spot", especially in light of the incredibly hot summer temperatures we're experiencing during this growing season.
Yes, the "yellow spot" develops at the point of contact with the ground during the watermelon's growing life due to the heat from the ground. And no, growers do not move the watermelons around. There could be many reasons for a lack of "yellow spot" i.e. (variety of the watermelon, unusually hot weather at peak ripening time so the watermelon didn't sit on the ground long enough to develop a spot, etc.), which is why the other factors mentioned i.e. (size, symmetry, weight, denisity) are so important in choosing your watermelon.
Uncut watermelons should be stored in a cool, dry spot, out of direct sunlight and away from moisture, your kitchen counter or pantry could be a good spot if it meets this criteria. The inner temperature of a watermelon stored in this way will be several degrees cooler than the external temperature. Always wash your watermelon before cutting. Once cut, watermelon must be refrigerated. Cut watermelon can last refrigerated in an air tight container for 2-3 weeks. Personally, I love watermelon any way I can get them so I'll eat them out of the field, fresh from the store or refrigerated. They're a super healthy snack packed with the high powered anti-oxidant, Lycopene. Thank you very, very much for reaching out. Keep enjoying watermelon!!
My grandmother also said to knock on a watermelon. If it sounds hollow, it is sweet and guess what she was right.
Big oval watermelons are what your looking for. Don't even bother thumping any round watermelons because their tasteless. The big dark red oval are are watermelons and you'll never go wrong and you won't ever go back to round plastic garbage!!!
I liked the video, info is about the same as what I was taught. Only thing instead of slapping, we "knock" on ours, if it has more of a "ring" to it or a deeper sound, that is the one we take. Never fails.
That is great information and I learned how to pick the best ones years ago and my great uncle and grandfather use to grow them in their gardens. I thank you for sharing this information with us all.
Too much talk. Yellow spot is where it touched the ground.
And allowed to sit and ripen for a while... no light yellow spot indicates it was picked too soon.
I tried and failed on my first attempt 😂 i ended up making it into watermelon water... now i have watermelon water for days!!!😅😮 I'll keep trying
No explanations as to why one looks for the melon with largest "Spot" or for smacking to feel a "better vibration". Lady, you need to give reasons.
I'll give you a good reason!
She learned it from the Old Folk's!!
They have a Whole Lot of Experience!!🍉🍉
Big yellow spot because it laid out in the field to ripen. Also if you noticed on the one she thought best, there are gray blotches. I have found that the more blotches there are, the sweeter it is.
It seems the last few years every time I get a watermelon it's not very sweet and it has a lot of fiber veins inside, I hope this helps me choose wiser.
I like her voice! Sound like the boss of watermelons 🍉😄
Just thump it with your finger and listen. Jeezz
paragons. Of time she didn't cut the melon
When cut open, does it have to be kept in a refrigerator?
Yes, cut watermelon should be refrigerated. In an airtight container watermelon will last up to 2 weeks. But it never lasts more than 2 days at our house, because we eat it ;) Also, remember to store uncut watermelon in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight and away from moisture. Thank you for reaching out! Enjoy your watermelon!!
Perry & Sons Thank you for your reply.
Science of watermelon picking. Wish I had this info 50 years ago. Well, I used to tap it as seen from my grandfather, but I didn't really know what I was doing. This is one of the most difficult things in life, aka To pick the right watermelon. In Europe, some countries, the merchant actually cuts a small piece out for you to taste it. I never once saw someone refusing it, ever. what you are supposed to do, anyway? You picked it up. So tell the seller, I was wrong? My trick used to be tell him/her, to choose me the right one. Still you buy it, even if it's not the right one. Or, better. I choose it, but then refuse the cutting it open offer for taste. #1 I know what I'm doing, right? #2. I drive away, now what, watermelon spilling all over? Not to mention countries where the tasting is not an option. In my culture when you go home with the right watermelon you are the hero of the family. For a day or two, while it lasts. This presentation belongs to a TED talk before a large audience. More important than string theory, or how to cook chicken soup. Thank you for teaching me something new today. BTW, my comment may look like sarcastic, but I truly, really mean it. Thanks for posting.
Wow thanks so much. I currently live in Turkey where they're in abundance right now and I never knew how to pick the best and always wondered why people tapped them lol
black diamonds or nothing for me,they rock,and they gotta be cold cold,submerged in ice is best
what exactly does the yellow spot indicate? did i miss her explaining that?
Apart from that yellow spot... you should be looking at the place where the stalk was joined to the melon... it should be brown... not green.
She forgot to have everyone lick the watermelons to see which one was the most sweet.
Thump the Watermelon, if it has a Hollow Sound, it is Ripe--size has nothing to do with taste of melon....
I demand my 4:33 back!
Is this the same Perry family who live in the East bay Warm Springs area in the 60's 70's?
So marry was right all the time.
Don't judge elders because they have seen this world much than you
u know i had a competition with my mum to find the best watermellon and my dad will judge
I thump
My grandfather homesteaded in the Texas Panhandle. He grew some watermelon for the family--not really enough water available to grow it as a cash crop. His name was Floyd Houston Carpenter. He lost a lung in World War 1. He also grew the best watermelons. He picked the watermelon to cut off the vine using this same method.
Thank you so much for this great video. I just found your channel and I look forward to learning more from your shows.
So this is what they do at retirement homes.
Like any of them are going out to the store in the car they sold 25 years ago💯...😭😭😭🤣🤣
Just wanted to share with everyone that watermelon should be eaten at room temperature (or lightly chilled) and not "cold". Why? Because the levels of beta carotene are double and levels of Lypocene are 20% higher when eaten at room temperature (or only a little chilled).
I think they taste better refrigerated rather than room temperature, ie 65 degrees F. The contrast of refrigeration and hot pancakes or whatever you are eating, makes the difference.
Another video said also to check the spot it was taken from the vine; should be brown, not green.
Do these rules also go for the bowling ball sized seedless watermelons and those "designer" watermelons? I knew about the yellow spot but I doubt I can lift a regular sized watermelon with one hand without dropping it (I'm old, just can't do those things anymore, need two hands now). For years, diet people have been shunning watermelon as being too caloric (or something) but who cares? It's delicious and since so much of it is water, and they always tell you have more water.... i love watermelon.
This is what I usually do with gahoongas
Very nice video an thank you for taking the time in picking the right watermelon video!
Thank you very much! We're working on a new one with Perry family members and more tips. While the tips are accurate and useful, this was part of a Fall Squash cooking demo. Stay tuned ;)
Ya pick the one with a nice bright yellow patch, shows it's been sitting in place gathering lots of sun.
I always do all of those. But also, when you pick it up it should be heavier than it looks.
Thank you