ickplant@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoYSK how to pick a ripe, sweet watermeloni.postimg.ccimagemessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up11.5Karrow-down1110file-textcross-posted to: randomcrosspost
arrow-up11.39Karrow-down1imageYSK how to pick a ripe, sweet watermeloni.postimg.ccickplant@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square161fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: randomcrosspost
minus-squareSquiglet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoin general I find this to be true with most fruits, the uglier the better. Those pretty shiny apples are shit.
minus-squareelxeno@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoThe ones with worms are sweeter cause worms can choose better than humans.
minus-squareFightMilk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoUgliness is correlated with age, and ripeness is correlated with age, so ugliness and ripeness would at the very least be spuriously correlated.
minus-squareSuperSleuth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoOddly, I can tell exactly how an apple will taste just by touching it. Shiny smooth apples are usually soft/mushy and have no taste. You want a rough texture with a little grip.
in general I find this to be true with most fruits, the uglier the better. Those pretty shiny apples are shit.
The ones with worms are sweeter cause worms can choose better than humans.
Yep. Extra protein too
Ugliness is correlated with age, and ripeness is correlated with age, so ugliness and ripeness would at the very least be spuriously correlated.
Oddly, I can tell exactly how an apple will taste just by touching it. Shiny smooth apples are usually soft/mushy and have no taste. You want a rough texture with a little grip.