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Originally Posted by Deborah
Carrie, were your mother's melons from a store? I'm getting curious. Also, anyone have a good, sweet experience with those little ones called Midget? Worth, thanks, I never knew about the color, just the smell. So now I'll look for the color too.
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Ripe melon.
If stem end is sweet smelling is is good to go.
If it is sour smelling if has gone bad hog food.
If it has no smell at all it is garbage not fit for hogs.
It was part of growing up and every parent taught their children and that is how to pick a ripe melon.
It was common for all young boys to have a knife and part of our summers was wading in the melon patch for a treat.
We would spot one from 100 feet away and take off running.
I am totally spoiled on good fruit and food and will except no substitutes.
My wife called me a fruit snob.
But before she passed away I was able to grow and show her what a good strawberry was and good blackberries and figs.
I remember the words that came out of her mouth when I gave her, her first good strawberry.
Oh My God now I know why you wont eat them from the store you were so lucky growing up.
You want a good grape buy the ones with seeds they are to die for if you can find them.
Worth