I mean ALL melones like, watermelon, green melons etc...
I've seen people nock on them, but what are they listening for?
2006-10-06 13:48:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
thanks :-)
2006-10-06 13:53:45 · update #1
With watermelons you turn them over and look at the yellow spot on the bottom.The darker the yellow spot the riper the melon. The others you need to smell them and if they smell like melons they are ripe.The knocking is done by people who live in the north and know nothing of growing food or buying it.If you see someone in the south doing this they are a transplant.
2006-10-06 13:57:59 · answer #1 · answered by windyy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cantalope and Honeydew are ripe when you can smell them at their stem end and they smell like the fruit inside. I don't know about watermelon but on the other two knocking does nothing...except bruise the fruit.
2006-10-06 13:52:31 · answer #2 · answered by Moosha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ME is right about cantalope and honeydew . Watermelons -I look for a dead
brown stem
2006-10-06 14:01:15 · answer #3 · answered by wallyinsa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.opentutorial.com/index.php?title=Buy_fresh_fruits
AND I SAW ON THE NEWS A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT SOME SCIENTIST CREATED THESE STICKERS THAT WILL GO ON FRUITS THAT CHANGES COLORS WHEN ITS RIPE
2006-10-06 14:04:10 · answer #4 · answered by g-day mate 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should be a bit soft, and smell sweet. colors need to be vivid. good luck thumping too!
2006-10-06 13:54:59 · answer #5 · answered by djtzclark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who knows..........I look for bee stings, so the fruit must be sweet and ripe.
2006-10-06 18:09:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smell them, if they smell good, we have a winner!
2006-10-06 14:15:20 · answer #7 · answered by Peanut to the rescue! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋