A Blast From the Past 6281

Wayne, I have no secret and I think I must be just taking my chances. A week or so ago in TJ's a young woman stopped another woman (younger than me, but still overly middle aged) and said she wanted to buy a watermelon and could she tell her how to pick one out. The woman said, "I have no idea." So when she asked me, I told her that I had just read to make sure that there is yellow on the bottom. My grandfather raised watermelons, and I had always buttumed that the yellow on the bottom meant that it was sitting on the ground a little longer; however, this might also mean that it's been ripening a little longer also, and might be a good tip. I tend to buy the honeydews that don't look too pristine (and creamy colored as you say) and this might be that they have been sitting around a little longer - hopefully not in a 'dump-like' truck. I've had some that were kind of hard inside, but usually they are a welcome relief to the tasteless canteloupe we get around here. They should ship the AZ canteloupes back here to VA. Yes, the term 'musk melon' was also used when I was growing up in Belpre, Ohio. Dee Dee