Why YSK: These tips may help you pick a more ripe, juicier, sweeter watermelon.

    • Squiglet@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      in general I find this to be true with most fruits, the uglier the better. Those pretty shiny apples are shit.

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        Ugliness is correlated with age, and ripeness is correlated with age, so ugliness and ripeness would at the very least be spuriously correlated.

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        1 year ago

        The ones with worms are sweeter cause worms can choose better than humans.

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        1 year ago

        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.