Finally, a favorite delicacy of adults and children - watermelons - has appeared on the shelves of markets and in stores!
In addition to the high water content, watermelon contains quite a lot of useful substances. Fans of fasting days often use watermelon for short-term diets and removal of toxins from the body.
How to choose the most delicious and ripe watermelon correctly? To do this, you need to know a few simple secrets.
You need to choose watermelons in clean pavilions and shops. Don't take the risk and cut up on the counter to make sure it's ripe. Bacteria can get into the pulp and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract cannot be avoided. You need to choose a fruit with a dry tail. Ripening, the watermelon leaves a tail, which no longer feeds on nutrients and dies off. The stalk of a ripe watermelon is yellow and dry. The fruit should not be very small, but not gigantic either. By weight, it should be a little lighter than it might seem at first glance. The contrasting surface of a ripe watermelon can be scratched a little with your fingernail. The thin layer peels off quickly, revealing the white texture. With a slight blow, you can hear a resounding echo of the ripeness of a watermelon.
Finally, in order to know how to choose the most delicious and ripe watermelon, you need to remember that watermelons ripen in the middle of summer. Therefore, you need to start buying them in late July and early August. And do not forget to wash thoroughly before use.