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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forumswhere do the best-eating WATERMELONS come from?
Our local crop of Hermiston Oregon is just in, and they are (wait for it) LEGENDARY.
I realize that the potential for copycats and smart-alecky answers for this thread is high. But I really would like to know about the varieties in other parts of the country.
Do you get those kind of watermelons that are three feet long with lots of seeds?
Or does your market only carry the little personal size ones?
MindMover
(5,016 posts)Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)don't know about now, but I do know I can't find many seeded melons here in Portland, the seedless are all just bland
grasswire
(50,130 posts)They are the best of Oregon's watermelons.
Safeway has them for $2.98 whole this week. Fred Meyer has them for $5.98.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)If they don't have them tomorrow, I'll stop at SW. Know any body that wants 3/4 of a bland seedless watermelon that's been sitting in my fridge for 3 days?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)....but it will be sweet and good. Did you see in Tuesday's Oregonian Food Day section the how-to of picking a good one?
Maybe you could use up that other melon in smoothies.
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)Who told these growers that we all wanted 'convenience' over taste
MoreGOPoop
(417 posts)the Boot Heel of Missouri. Made even better when plugged.
Lochloosa
(16,019 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)We're overloaded with vegetable plants as it is. The 16x16 foot pool area is filled with potted spill over right now. We're going to have to crack open the canner in a few weeks.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)liberaltrucker
(9,129 posts)Huge, juicy and oh, so sweet!
Full disclosure: I grew up one county north (Walker).
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)but I've only been grabbing the ones at Stop & Shop or Price Chopper and they blow pretty badly. At least so far, no real flavor, even the kids aren't that happy this year.
Phentex
(16,330 posts)And we call it All-Binny.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)big seeded watermelons are infrequent and much more $$ than they used to be.
Most that I see are seedless, in the "refrigerator" size category.
Not that I can't find a way to get the 3-footer in there long enough to get it cold.
I like mine seeded, and I actually eat the seeds instead of spit them.
surrealAmerican
(11,340 posts)None of the markets near me seem to carry them. That's too bad, because the seedless melons just don't taste as good.
MissB
(15,800 posts)Just bought one today at Fred Meyers.
rurallib
(62,346 posts)right next to the mighty Mississip
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)They were small, about the size of a cantaloupe, but absolutely stunningly good. The open air market in Samsun, on the Black Sea had them for a short time every summer.
TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)I can never find them anymore. Greatly prefer them to the seedless variety. Maybe farmer's markets would have them.
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)Everything is right about it. Everything. I don't understand why they are so difficult to find these days. There were 6 left in the bin. The personal melon balls overwhelmed the nearby shelves. It seems I'm not the only one who craves real melons.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)How's a kid going to learn to spit melon seeds these days??