i hate to be that guy, but as someone who has worked in the produce industry for all my life, i can say with a good degree of certainty, that most of this is just old myths. yes, a *yellow* sunspot is a good indicator of a sweeter melon, its had more time to properly ripen and is probably a local product, meaning it was picked closer to ripeness than imported or shipped melons (dont go for lighter sunspots, those might just be blemishes and could mean nothing). as for about everything else, just a bunch of stuff our mothers and fathers came up with to make themselves seem a bit more competent in their fruit picking skills lol. the best way to tell if a watermelon will be sweeter than average or not is simply by cutting it, everything else is a guessing game. look for a longer, not wider, melon, with a decent sunspot and not too many blemishes (they dont come from pollinators or "sugar leaking out", they come from shipping and superficial damage) and when you cut into it, if it is ready to split wide open from the first cut, you made a good choice. if its too dense or doesnt want to split, you might have a mostly-water melon lol

@jordiflower

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I thought so (about the blemishes)

@notsofunnyjokes1040

Жыл бұрын

Bro she didn't say it was a fact

@OneOne-ec7wf

Жыл бұрын

This comment doesnt get enough likes. Thanks for pointing it out!!!

@cruncheh9917

Жыл бұрын

@@notsofunnyjokes1040 i mean she called it a "foolproof method" which, no hate, just isnt true, so i figured i'd comment on it 🤷

@Iris-vd6tt

Жыл бұрын

I get the brown spots but how could the webbing be from shipping?

To pick a good watermelon make sure the sun spot is yellow, the part where it was removed from the stem is brown and knock on it for a hollow sound

Love sweet Watermelon 🌿🌷🌿🍉

Love pickling the rinds too! Brown sugar, white vinegar, water. My grandma used to make like a treat. Theres probably not anymore vitamins in it than the ripeness but it's similar to a cucumber

i just knock on it and if it sound hollow that’s the one i get. if it sounds full it has more water than sugar.

@jordiflower

Жыл бұрын

Interesting

@imgabiireyes

Жыл бұрын

@@jordiflower guess so!

@JuicySpizzy

Жыл бұрын

I was taught that way too!!

@kratosrocks5237

Жыл бұрын

That approach gives better outcome than the one in the video. The one in the videos isn’t correct…..probably ones in a blue moon…

@deannmilk9596

Жыл бұрын

I was knocking on watermelons at the store n 1 of my kids asked what I was doing n I said “seeing which one is good. U know it’s good if it knocks back.”😂

Buy seeded not seedless. That how you pick a sweet 🍉

@MohDaoudi-lv3jr

14 күн бұрын

The real sweet ones have black steeds not white

Your original video has me/my family eating 4 flawless watermelons a week. Thank you so very much

She’s Not Wrong Guys!🥰

What most people don't know is a lot of grocery stores will give u another one for free if the one u buy is no good. HEB always lets us hav another one no charge 😊

@LessThanHandy

Жыл бұрын

Sam's does too - I was at customer service once when a lady complained about the one she brought in (partly consumed) and they told her to go get another ine for free..

Thank you I always pick out the wrong Watermelon

@tomy.1846

3 күн бұрын

Ugh, yes!

Excellent tips.

When she said come closer like that ….. I almost did!

@mando1608

Ай бұрын

Bro !!!

@shadow_crne1030

14 күн бұрын

LOL why am I laughing so much?!?

I thought I was just at new comments when I realized this was new, and I never realized you had to be very precise when your getting the best watermelon.

I used your method yesterday and the watermelon I pivked was so tasteless 😅

@lisafox5476

Жыл бұрын

Me too I was all excited and it was so bland

@silviamagda

Жыл бұрын

It's not that those tricks are not true, but the fact that those watermelons are tasteless. It's how they're made. It's not your fault.

@ChiniWanders

Жыл бұрын

​@@silviamagda no, in my country they're actually really sweet.

@silviamagda

Жыл бұрын

@@ChiniWanders what country is that?

@ChiniWanders

Жыл бұрын

@@silviamagda philippines

Great tips! I'll keep this in mind for summer!

Thank you for sharing, will definitely try this!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this! I was just at Trader Joe’s earlier today (in NYC), and one of the workers and I were trying to figure out how to pick the sweetest one! Luckily, we remembered the part about looking for the “big yellow spot,” but I literally didn’t know the other indicators of the bee pollination + sugar markings until your video just now! Truly appreciate you sharing your family’s knowledge with us!🙏

"Come closer" 😂❤

You know the 🍉 is fcking fresh when you exactly hear that sound while you’re cutting it 😅 😭 Cheers from San Diego California

I love watching your videos~ you’re so informative and I’m hooked .. thank you !!😊

It doesn’t work all the time. I have always done that and at times it fails. Makes me so mad lol.

Come closer. You dont have to ask me twice. 😂😂

I learned this from a New Orleans produce vendor back in the 1980's. 1 - Use a straw - from a broom, or a drinking straw. 2 - Lay the straw across the middle of the watermelon. 3 - When the straw spins or turns - that is a sweet melon. It really works. Tried and true method for 40+ years!

Check where the stem was attached. If it's dry and brown the melon ripened fully. If it's green the melon was picked early before ripe.

This looks so yummy! 😍🍉

I learned years ago to select for “yellow” and deceptive weight (is it heavier than it appears to look like it should weigh?). I’d say > 90% sweet to bland ratio pick for sure!👍😋

Thanks dear

I so enjoy your channel You're a beautiful soul ❤

Please do a video on your lashes, so beautiful ♥️

Looks good ❤

I’ve tried this method and yes, it really works 👍🏾

Our watermelon has a large patch of yellow on it. It covers about 1/3 of the melon.

Looks very tempting 😋

Thanks You!!! I'm going to Buy some very soon so this comes in handy!

Pretty much, every watermelon I get from costco is good lol. 😂 I don't even check for all those "features". They are just always good.

@twdjt6245

Жыл бұрын

Same here for Publix. Watermelons aren’t something you want to cheap out on when it comes to the store.

@pengy_cow

Жыл бұрын

@@twdjt6245 right!

In my country, when we cut a good, juicy and ripe watermelon, it makes a loud noise, like something breaks. It's so ripe that it breaks when you cut it. And sure doesn't disappoints.

Want some seedless watermelons back in India.

Your beauty and health are a reflection of your food choices. Keep it up.

Thank you for this!

Wow.. great info.. didn't know

Thank you and thanks to your Dad!❤

Try eating it with bread 🍞 or sprinkle watermelon with spicy powder you will get addicted to this 😎 yum 😋

That looks good ima pick up a watermelon like that in my supermarket

Looks delicioso 😋 the perfect watermelon

why don't your watermelon have black seeds in ?

@dianecross7307

Жыл бұрын

It's seedless watermelon. Only kind I buy ❤

@allcity6369

29 күн бұрын

they don’t know that most of the benefits are in the seeds and the rine.

The yellow spot is where the watermwlon was sitting on the ground. Yellow because of no sunlight to that area. Very yellow beans it is an older more mature melon, because of the greater difference between green - in the sun - and yellow no sun area. Vine connection (belly button) should be dry and brown - mature, was ready to release. If green or moist, picked way too early.

When she said “come closer” 🥵

@idkwhattoputhere7819

Жыл бұрын

Dog wtf

@way9883

Жыл бұрын

freak

@masonfarnsworth1801

Жыл бұрын

She ate the seeds too 😶

@Sleepy_money7

Жыл бұрын

@@masonfarnsworth1801I do to what’s wrong with that

@masonfarnsworth1801

Жыл бұрын

​@@Sleepy_money7 ur ugly.

Nice information

That's Good lovin' it thanks Chicago IL

Those watermelons are so yummy 😋

Yup thats info my mom passed to me when i was a child while picking one out! Good stuff!

It looks so perfect when she cut it 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

We do the same in southern Europe, also abit sound when hit with a finger or two 👍✌️💯

Luv, luv, luv watermelon 🍉

Thank you for your video. I think my mom been getting the wrong watermelon. She always get the melons that are darker green. I am going to use your way of picking watermelon from now on. ❤

Looks yum

Best brand Rice cooker? Please and thank you!

I haven't bought one in a long time, but I'm going to follow these tips next time because the one time we bought a terrible watermelon, it looked basically the exact opposite of this one lol

If you haven’t already you have to try watermelon with salt it makes it sweeter so if you don’t find a sweet watermelon you can add salt and it makes it sweeter

you can always do a prank with fruit by using either thread or dental floss and make crazy designs and ask your friends if they want some fruit lol

Best watermelon is orange inside. It's the sweetest always. No need to pick. Just grab.

Hermiston, Oregon has the best watermelons 😋

I think you made it look sweeter than it really was.

Thanks!

I choose the one I can pick up without hurting my back and it’s always sweet enough for me

the watermelon I get is a little pink and it's the most sweetest thing I ever tasted

Thanku for real live education! Always disater my water melon!!

yum now i want some

Nice to know And mity tastie

Enjoy

The full lash showing every food reaction always so satisfying!! 🥰 great tip ty! I’ll keep note for next time, but how so u tell if it a scratch from pollination nd not objects?

@audrey6043

Жыл бұрын

there's no such thing as scratches from pollination, they're probably shipping damages as one guy said

Well, there's one thing that you like Private Snowball, they don't serve fried chicken and watermelon on a daily basis in my mess hall! - Gunnery Sgt. Hartman ( Full Metal Jacket) 😂

Nice Overalls!

I've tried all these "methods" and can sadly say none of them worked, so now I just buy half cut up fruit that looks the redest and densest and that's the only "method" that has worked for me

Yum!!🥰

How do you cut your watermelon like that and get that shape?

Mine is just see how heavy it is and white part and then tap it lol

thank you

How come there are no black seeds in there?

I usually pick a watermelon that is mealy. What causes that?

Yum!🍉 😋

I did this but still didnt work😅

You're my favorite 😍😍😍😍😍😍

I love watermelon ❤

No one, literally no one ever said to me … “come closer” like this before. 😅😂🙈😭

The one time I try & "pick" a good watermelon... I dont pay attention to the label and it ends up being a Yellowmeat watermelon 😂🤦‍♀️

What knife do u have there im needing a new one

I had a flashback when you stuck that knife in the melon. My parole officer did that to my head when I was five. I remember my screams were like echos and my eyes flashed real slow like striking a match one after the other. (Clint Eastwood whisper) I was not ripe.

I trying to do this every single time and I think that I have a great one it has a big Sunspot and all the blemishes and the black marks for the sugar and nice and heavy and sounds kind of Halo when I'm not going it and I get it home and it sucks and is tasteless and not sweet at all so I don't know what you're doing right and what I'm doing wrong but I do it the way you say and it doesn't work out for me and I will dig a new watermelon and just know I have the perfect one then I get it home and nope it wasn't a good one. 🍉

@Lemondelite

2 ай бұрын

It’s a New World, unfortunately these people are LYING for clicks and views. I too have watched several videos followed every thing they said and so far REAL BAD. 1. I want to taste a GOOD SWEET watermelon so, so bad. Food is just not good like it used to be. 2. Watermelons may not be in season, and I have heard it depends on the region they’re in when it comes to them really being in season and ready to pick and eat.

Thanks I can buy sweet water melon soon

"If it feels like it's potentially made out of uranium take it" someone said this and it was really funny.

❤❤❤

So maybe it's just me but I'm having a problem in picking overripe watermelons. Yah they're sweet but also grainy and not juicy. If somebody knows a fix for that advice is greatly appreciated.

This woman is mad beautiful

I almost forgot the most important part of the trick you have to use a sewing needle

You are beautiful ❤️

I thought the a-hole should be brown - indicating that it wasn't plucked too early

As a black person I just pick whatever and eat it when it’s cut

@bunnym5617

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@chaiboix

Жыл бұрын

Lol, but what’s being black got to do with it?🤣 I’m black and make sure to observe the watermelon bc I ain’t tryna get a bad watermelon !!

The yellow spot is where it was sitting on the ground 🤔

Yes ❤