Do you go ape over seedless Watermelon each summer?

[lxskllr]

Best fruit is rotting persimmon.

They're tough to get right, though maybe I haven't eaten one ugly enough. The ones I had were pretty astringent.

 

[isekii]

Seedless grapes and seedless watermelons ftw.

 

[pelov]

I found this with a quick look, and it says seedless melons have more sugar...

http://www.irec.org.au/farmer_f/pdf_181/Seedless watermelons in the Riverina.pdf

It's not shocking. If you're going to fiddle with the genome to remove the seeds then you might as well increase sugar production.

Or make it into a square.

 

[Meghan54]

I love watermelon, but IMO, the "old fashioned" seeded ones tend to be sweeter and have more flavor. (but the damned seeds are a PITA.)

^This.

I've never found a seedless one worth eating - no flavor. I only buy seeded ones now.

^And this.


Have yet to get a seedless watermelon that is sweet enough to make you so sticky after you eat it, you have to wash your face and hands.

 

[FelixDeCat]

wat

 

[sdifox]

http://www.seedsavers.org/Items.aspx?search=watermelon

 

[Via]

I like to have a watermelon at least once a month, and not just because I love them. They clean me out like human drano.

The flavor and texture of seedless watermelons can't hold a candle to seeded ones. I always set aside an hour, make sure my fridge has plenty of space, and deseed the entire melon with a knife. Once you get good at it it goes faster than you think (learn to cut along the seed ridges), and the ability to eat fresh seedless chunks of tasty waternelon is worth the time imo.

But now that you mention it: I haven't come across a seeded melon in quite a while.

 

[alkemyst]

^This.




^And this.


Have yet to get a seedless watermelon that is sweet enough to make you so sticky after you eat it, you have to wash your face and hands.

I don't really eat watermelon regularly, I do use it for drinks though.

If you are paying the proper price the seedless watermelon is just as good as the seeded.

It's about 3-4x the price for an average seedless vs the top seeded.

 

[sdifox]

I like to have a watermelon at least once a month, and not just because I love them. They clean me out like human drano.

The flavor and texture of seedless watermelons can't hold a candle to seeded ones. I always set aside an hour, make sure my fridge has plenty of space, and deseed the entire melon with a knife. Once you get good at it it goes faster than you think (learn to cut along the seed ridges), and the ability to eat fresh seedless chunks of tasty waternelon is worth the time imo.

But now that you mention it: I haven't come across a seeded melon in quite a while.

I just swallow the seeds

 

[Via]

I just swallow the seeds

I tried , but I don't like the taste of the seeds. I want pure melon.

 

[Doppel]

I just swallow the seeds

I laughed.

Seedless grapes also ftw, if not seedless I just cannot be bothered.

 

[sdifox]

I tried , but I don't like the taste of the seeds. I want pure melon.

I don't really taste the seed much. I tend to wolf watermelon down so not much chewing.

 

[Via]

I laughed.

Seedless grapes also ftw, if not seedless I just cannot be bothered.

oh yeah, especially grapes.

Grape seeds are bitter as hell. yuck.

 

[Fritzo]

BTW- if you cut a seeded watermelon longways, you can remove the strip of seeds (kind of like you do with a cucumber), then you have a seedless watermelon

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-remove-most-of-the-seeds-when-cutting-up-a-/

 

[sdifox]

I don't think I've ever had a 30 pound watermelon...I've seen some pretty big ones, but 30 pounds? That would be HUGE!

some times we will get a 20kg one. Argentina grow some big chickens too. The standard chicken was 2kg.


<--- used to live in Buenos Aires.

 

[trmiv]

I like them. I bought two a few weeks ago that were delicious, but the last two I bought were rather tasteless, so I haven't bought any more.

 

[NetWareHead]

They're tough to get right, though maybe I haven't eaten one ugly enough. The ones I had were pretty astringent.

Ahh Yes persimmon. I have to agree that they are one of the best fruits. 2 kinds exist that I've seen for sale, you can't get the short squat rounded ones that are hard. You need to get the taller ones that come to a point. Wait until they are ripe, so ripe that to even pick the fruit up and handle it, you risk breaking it. When you bite into it it will be juicy as hell. Your chin and mouth will be all juicy and you make the rudest noises trying to slurp all of it. Thats how you know you have a good persimmon. Astringent is not ripe yet...wait a few days.

 

[alkemyst]

Google and the intarweb says watermelon with seeds indeed tastes much better than seedless. Searching for double blind tests now.

the poor speak up.

 

[lxskllr]

Ahh Yes persimmon. I have to agree that they are one of the best fruits. 2 kinds exist that I've seen for sale, you can't get the short squat rounded ones that are hard. You need to get the taller ones that come to a point. Wait until they are ripe, so ripe that to even pick the fruit up and handle it, you risk breaking it. When you bite into it it will be juicy as hell. Your chin and mouth will be all juicy and you make the rudest noises trying to slurp all of it. Thats how you know you have a good persimmon. Astringent is not ripe yet...wait a few days.

I'm not sure I've ever seen them for sale. The ones I've had, I found growing wild. When they're close to ready they almost fall apart when you hold them. I haven't had perfect one yet, so I don't know what they look like. For esoteric field food, finding a pawpaw tree was always a treat. They seem to taste best when they look inedible :^D

 

[NetWareHead]

I'm not sure I've ever seen them for sale. The ones I've had, I found growing wild. When they're close to ready they almost fall apart when you hold them. I haven't had perfect one yet, so I don't know what they look like. For esoteric field food, finding a pawpaw tree was always a treat. They seem to taste best when they look inedible :^D

Really now, wild persimmons? That would be cool to see. The only place I saw wild persimmons was Italy, where they are called cachi (kaki) and they were delicious. There are several cultivars but you dont want the ones that look like this: http://marsashabrina.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/persimmon-paradise/

You want the "hachiya" cultivar or you might even see them sold as cachi/kaki. They look like this: http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/12/13/hachiya-persimmons/ The ripe one shown is perfect: slightly wrinkled skin and soft to the touch. ANother day or two and it will spoil. When they are extremely ripe, even the skin softens considerably and can be eaten with the jelly like flesh. They ripen at room temperature, dont put in the fridge.

Paw-paw...never seen one but wikipedia seems to give it a good review.

 

[lxskllr]

Really now, wild persimmons? That would be cool to see. The only place I saw wild persimmons was Italy, where they are called cachi (kaki) and they were delicious. There are several cultivars but you dont want the ones that look like this: http://marsashabrina.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/persimmon-paradise/

You want the "hachiya" cultivar or you might even see them sold as cachi/kaki. They look like this: http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/12/13/hachiya-persimmons/ The ripe one shown is perfect: slightly wrinkled skin and soft to the touch. ANother day or two and it will spoil. When they are extremely ripe, even the skin softens considerably and can be eaten with the jelly like flesh. They ripen at room temperature, dont put in the fridge.

Paw-paw...never seen one but wikipedia seems to give it a good review.

Cool. I'll keep my eyes open for them. I'm not sure which kind I found, but I want to say it was the first one you linked. The two look similar to me, and I'd have to see it in person. They aren't common in MD at all, but every so often I'd run into a tree; same with the pawpaw. That kind of tastes like banana.

I'm not sure what my opinion is on them taken in the context of purchased food. I think my judgment might be clouded by the fact they were found food. Finding food in the wild always tastes better. I have a crap load of raspberry vines on my property, and every year I think I should get rid of them, but I can't bring myself to do so. I love getting free berries, and they should be coming in soon along with my blueberries that were planted :^)

 

[Fritzo]

I just swallow the seeds

But....my mom always said a watermelon would grow in your stomach!!!!

 

[Charles Kozierok]

Have yet to get a seedless watermelon that is sweet enough to make you so sticky after you eat it, you have to wash your face and hands.

Seeded watermelons do seem to taste better. The seedless ones always seem to have a bit of a "squash" off-taste to them.

One tip I've discovered for better-tasting watermelon is to let it sit for about a week before slicing. But that may just be up here in the northeast where they must have to ship them slightly unripe so they get here in decent shape (like many fruits).

 

[sdifox]

But....my mom always said a watermelon would grow in your stomach!!!!

I guess that is fairly universal :awe:

I heard that in Taiwan when I was a kid.

 

[NetWareHead]

Cool. I'll keep my eyes open for them. I'm not sure which kind I found, but I want to say it was the first one you linked. The two look similar to me, and I'd have to see it in person. They aren't common in MD at all, but every so often I'd run into a tree; same with the pawpaw. That kind of tastes like banana.

I'm not sure what my opinion is on them taken in the context of purchased food. I think my judgment might be clouded by the fact they were found food. Finding food in the wild always tastes better. I have a crap load of raspberry vines on my property, and every year I think I should get rid of them, but I can't bring myself to do so. I love getting free berries, and they should be coming in soon along with my blueberries that were planted :^)

Yeah just get the ones with a pointed tip vs round, should be easy to tell apart.

I know what you mean and agree with your "found food". Last spring, a raspberry vine sprang up on the edge of our property, climbed up a fence (a fence that we are going to tear down and replace) and established itself there. This spring it is absolutely loaded with new ripening berries and getting bigger. While I'm looking forward to the berries, I'm not looking forward to extricating the vines from the fence, finding a way to install the new fence without killing the vine and then help it re-establish itself on the new fence. If the berries produced are sweet and good quality then I'll figure out a way to preserve it.