如何挑出最好的西瓜? 专家来教你!
How to select the best watermelons? Food blogger Emma Christensen recently offered some advice. When you examine watermelons in the produce section of your local grocery, you want to look for the heaviest one for its size. The denser the fruit, the more juice it has. That's when it's at its most ripe. Next, check the underside of the watermelon for the "splotch". That's the yellow patch the watermelon develops by resting on the ground. If it's a creamy yellow, it's also a good indicator of being ripe. Finally, give the underside a little smack - not aggressive enough to draw attention from grocery workers, but enough so that you can determine whether the watermelon sounds hollow. If it does, that's good. If it sounds dull, like you're hitting a solid brick of material, it's overripe; put the watermelon down and slowly back away from it. If you're not confident in your watermelon evaluation abilities, there's another option: You can ask the merchant to pick one out for you. Pay attention to what he's doing and then try to emulate it the next time you're forced to choose your own produce. |