How to Pick a Ripe Cantaloupe or Honeydew Melon | Giant Eagle

[@dimik3855]

When scraping the seeds, etc from the center, I put it in my bird feeder (the flat not the cylinder or gravity-fed kind). They love it.

[@tarajones-legros3661]

Washing the fruit before putting it on your cutting board. I’ve always done this for fear of bacterial contamination. This is the first video I’ve ever seen that mentions washing the fruit.👍🏻

[@bwasman8409]

There are few videos that I like as much as this presentation. Thank you so much for your time and sincerity!

[@RaoVenu]

This is great. Usually when I buy a honey dew, I end up waiting for 3 weeks for it to ripen. Now I know better. Thanks

[@amel2784]

I grow cantaloupes in my home garden. The plants themselves give off that scent of sweet cantaloupe flavor as you move past them or brush against them!

[@soilmanted]

Unfortunately, it is all too common for melons to be treated with fungicides while they are growing, and before being shipped. To prevent further fungal growth, they may also be dipped in a dilute solution of chlorine bleach after arriving at the produce market. These materials can mask the aroma of a cantaloupe, muskmelon, or honeydew. Sadly, this is done partly for appearances. Small to moderate amount of fungus growing on the skin may often not affect the flavor of the melon, and even so it will often rinse off with plain water and a brush. This is especially true in the US where people are obsessed with size and appearance, and less interested in flavor than most people.

[@carolinacoins]

We have so many deer on our property it's hard to grow anything. I would love to grow some cantaloupe.

[@fposmith]

Flavor ? are you dragging your tongue along the ground ?

[@maurasullivan3259]

So I’ve been cutting melons all wrong for yearrrs! This looks so much easier and the likelihood of cutting myself seems greatly diminished. I love learning tricks and hacks. Thank you so much for this video! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊

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[@fposmith]

The man in the video has some very good tips on finding a ripe melon. But today, that may be one in fifty ! I worked at a produce stand summers when I was a kid in Revere Mass.. The old Italian man that owned the stand taught me many things fruits and vegetables. Especially "melons". He showed me how to pick melons for sale at the stand from the wholesalers at the docks near Boston Harbor. The one thing that stuck with me is, a melon, no matter what type will "never" ripen or become more sweet than the day it was picked. That's the problem today. The buyers for the Supermarket chains are buying fruit that is not ripe. They do that so it will last longer on the produce departments shelves. The fruit looks nice, but that's about it ! You buy it, take it home, cut it open and it sucks ! No flavor, definitely no sweetness and hard or mealy inside ! I even get fooled by some items and I consider myself somewhat of a semi expert. The melons that are picked before they should be, will look nice on the shelf for a very long time. But the only thing that will happen after a time is they will start to wilt, get dimples on them turn soft and rot without ever getting ripe or sweet ! Another thing the old man taught me was, how to sell. He let me wait on my first customer, a nice young lady. She picked out a couple of items and I bagged them for her and asked if that was all. The old man took me aside and said "never ask if that's all" ! Always ask "what else" and show them something good !

[@nancyrhoads5609]

I agree with you on that! I picked a melon out at the grocery store, and after about 2 weeks I am still waiting for it to ripen! Your teacher was wise, same with my bananas that were very green, still hard, skin a bit more yellow but stiff, not like a banana, but I did consume one. I don't like too ripe a banana anyway. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@BOOG98]

underrated comment sad none wants to read anymore cause the ending was the best part straight taught everyone how to sell in one sentence

[@BOOG98]

you make them think they want more... Wording and psychology can get you so damn far in sales if you know what you're doing '

[@EdwardsComment]

It really gives the produce a bad name, and lots of people dislike fruit and vegetables because they are only offered really low quality stuff picked too early.

[@enriqueshockwave8869]

I've had luck with cantaloupe just buying one at random and setting it in my window until the skin looks like it is starting to shrivel ever so slightly. Always tastes good.

[@gaborkorthy8355]

I have been using the sniff technique for decades I always get odd looks from other shoppers but I can tell you I have yet to buy an unripe mellon.

[@henryvalero9235]

From Lil Giant The melons I buy have NO aroma. I have to tap to try to hear a hollow sound. The lowest tone is the one I choose and hope it is ripe enough. (Sometimes it isn’t ripe enough. Unfortunately once you cut into it, it is too late. 👍

[@dinahkruppa913]

I smell cantaloupes and peaches. I get good fruit this way.

[@reneemoreno8030]

I always smell my cantaloupe and Honeydews and pineapes and stone fruit.

[@johnwood551]

My Dad taught me the sniff method 60 years ago and it always works for me.

[@fposmith]

@@henryvalero9235 No, it's not too late to return it to the store. not at $3.75 a pop !

[@ThuyNguyen-ec1rb]

I like the way you show us ,quick fast , easy unlike other take too long

[@full-tonproductions601]

Terrific audio quality, John! I'd love for you to master my next record. Thanks!

[@miriambochenek9083]

Thank you I had always difficulties to pick the right ones. Now I will get what is the best

[@GuantanamoBayBarbie3]

I always smell mine. If it smells ripe, it is. Can't use that technique for watermelons though. I was so happy to watch your recent video on how to pick a good one. Thank you!!

[@coltburks5450]

Gotta thump the melons

[@jackiefoxall1947]

Now if I can just remember when shopping. Thanks great tips.

[@BenAvodot]

By happenstance, I clicked on this video. That man educated me. Good job!

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[@timventura]

Now I'll be truly informed instead of just going through the motions. Thank you!

[@Jean-ni6of]

That was done so well. Thank you.

[@bettyburt9460]

Thank you for this I was craving a cantaloupe so bad so I bought one but it was pale in color on the inside and hard! Was gross so thank you for this I never new how to pick this! Also turnips I'll have to look up.

[@Jean-ni6of]

We need all the help we can get. Easy when you know what you're doing.

[@BackBruck]

Thank you. I have a new found addiction to cantaloupes. 💞😌

[@tracy_222]

Thanks for the tips👍🏻

[@stuffnuns]

Clear, well presented and very helpful.

[@cathyhiles7635]

Thank you for all your tips. New ideas how to cut it up too

[@lornahaynes7886]

Thank you for sharing this information 😊

[@candicetharp1369]

damn! wish you would have told me that thirty years ago! much appreciated.

[@toddinthemiddle]

I grew up eating cantelope, so it was nothing special. Recently, they were on sale, so I bought one...then bought more. wow, they are addicting! Anyway, my method to determine ripeness is to just keep smelling it until it has a melon scent. Once it dies, I put it into the fridge for a day. If it's still firm once cut open, leave it for another day. Didn't matter that it wasn't ripe at the store, I just had to be patient.

[@Garrettjohnson94]

The problem is the entire batch are usually from the same pick, and are unripe

[@ThuyNguyen-ec1rb]

You are right

[@conishka3749]

I gave up a while back buying them because of the cost and I could not find ripe ones and I believe you are right usually the while batch is unripe Its not worth it to me if my family cant eat it

[@Garrettjohnson94]

@@conishka3749 I just had a really ripe one recently after a year of buying one. I'd say everytime you are near the product section just give one a press and see if its soft

[@whatelse1222]

They pick them too soon and most of them are not ripe so it’s a waste of money, same with all other fruits, if you want good, sweet tasting fruits go to the Mediterranean.

[@fposmith]

It's the buyers for the store ! They don't give a crap ! As long it will last as long as possible on the shelf !

[@bettyburt9460]

I shared this with most my friend and my kids on fb this is a very useful video AGAIN THANK YOU!!!! ❤️

[@TheStewieGriffinShow]

It's the side opposite the stem side that gets soft and not vice versa. That looked like the side opposite the stem side at 0:35 to me. The stem side will never be soft. If you wait for the stem side to get soft, it will be rotten on the inside before that ever happens. P.S. I've grown every melon you can possibly name.

[@KL-xj5vz]

Yeah but do you have a nice white chef shirt on? You'd be more believable if you did.

[@cowboykelly6590]

Thanks, I'm gonna remember that . Cuz I LOVE THEM MELONS RIPE .

[@DangerousParent]

This info will come in handy, I love fresh fruit but can never pick a ripe honey dew OR cantaloupe. Now I know it's "opposite the stem side to press on"👌👍 Watermelon is easy, the others are hard😏

[@ITSME-qw5gz]

Honeydew smoothie is amazing as well

[@patj2205]

THANKS FOR SHARING.

[@suerehman5188]

This should be titled, HOW TO CUT A MELON. 😍

[@grandmasterdragonbastard7306]

Where can I get those knives? I'd really like some!

[@ITSME-qw5gz]

Cantolope smoothie is amazing Almond milk instead or cow milk

[@michaelcrabtree7113]

Very helpful cause I've always picked up not ripe honey dew melons.

[@DangerousParent]

Same with me, both honey dew AND cantaloupe 😏

[@-gina1114]

Thank you!

[@kuntalsingh7240]

Great tips

[@ryanturner3945]

Great information!

[@wendyhannan2454]

Love this, thank you heaps 😉

[@ninny6296]

My momma always makes me smell them❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@puapucuve6643]

I like Rose Nylund's method.

[@edithjohnson2943]

Thank you very much this was neat

[@sharonhamilton7239]

Nice thanks for the info

[@kaylapayne1427]

Why is it so satisfying to watch you cut fruit? Lol Thank you for the information!

[@josegonzales5067]

had a knife much like the one you're using at the 1:00 mark but lots it during a move can you tell me what kind of knife it is or how it's called so I can replace it

[@quintinfox9258]

That’s one pretty cantaloupe ❤

[@ranichalupsky2827]

Thanks 🙏

[@PeggysCorner]

My Daddy taught me to shake a cantaloupe. If you can hear the seeds shake , it's a good one.

[@balsahota3884]

Thank u

[@deborahjames8251]

Thank you

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟, LOVELY BEAUTIFUL C... DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜 AWESOME

[@carot2003]

Thanks. Helpful..

[@nigelinnes5540]

So true !!!!!

[@AmWestColl]

good instructions !

[@خالدمحمد-ح5ن]

You are professional and brilliant

[@carolinacoins]

I like to take a nice ripe cantaloupe, cut it in half, spoon out the seeds, salt and pepper the fruit and eat it with a spoon. Yumm!

[@googleuser868]

I pick mine when the vine almost detaches itself from the cantaloupe. Slice it in half garden side and flip out the seeds onto an empty spot in the garden. I cut wedges from the half I'm going to eat first one at a time then slide a thin blade 🔪 knife along side the skin side of the wedge cutting almost to the other end of the wedge. Next I slice off bite size pieces of cantaloupe one at a time then sticking the knife tip into the loose piece on the peeling and them slide that juicy yummy melon right into my mouth.

[@cowboykelly6590]

😳... 🥴... STOP !! 🙃

[@333exoticplantsandanimals]

I need to get me a fillet knife like that I never seen melon skin cut so fast and smooth..

[@misst.e.a.187]

I could those 'til the cows come home. Yum

[@swissmaid]

Me too, provided it is a ripe one!

[@jodyjohnsen]

Good luck finding one that hasn’t been dropped/bounced it otherwise abused before it gets to us.

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[@CidYoung-REALTOR]

My goats would love to eat the left-over peels and seeds! BeeehhhHEh!

[@swissmaid]

So do the chickens, the blackbirds, king parrots and possums, haha

[@cowboykelly6590]

That's right . Waste not want not .

[@BodieHammer]

Good vid. Sound is a bit too soft, but doable.

[@livesimplifiedlife]

Thanks for the tips. :)

[@NatureWitch]

Wow 😲 That cantaloupe was so orange I've never seen one so orange before!

[@rickystone4137]

right, wonder what type that was

[@davemustaki134]

I always smell the honeydew melon 🍈 if it has a sweet Milky aroma its gold!!

[@30quaker]

Great tips, thank you! Hollow sound when you knock doesn't apply to these?

[@CidYoung-REALTOR]

I have heard that if you attempt to smell the end where the stem was detached, and you can’t get a strong cantaloupe scent, then pass! The truly ripe mellons will exude a “mellony” scent when ripe and should “give” slightly when pressed especially near the stem end. (I think that thumping is mainly for watermelons.)

[@elizabethroman1954]

Yo quiero en español la explicacion

[@candiceperry7916]

I like to tell if melons are ripe&cantilope because I like to eat these fruits for a snack& breakfast

[@cowboykelly6590]

Me too , + I sneak into the fridge on and off... just too make sure... Nobody ELSE is Sneaking into The Fridge on and off .🙉🖖

[@dennismckown4951]

keeps his wedding ring shiny

[@cowboykelly6590]

His Wife Does That. WHOOP WHOOP ! 🙉🖖

[@Goldone99]

That Honey Dew, and White Gourd Together 🤔

[@randomsongroasts]

Now all I need to do is get out of the house. 😂😂. #quarantine

[@batasibatasi3333]

lol

[@helenfrimerman4281]

Thank you for letting me know the right way to pick a melon

[@florence775]

When I was young I was embarrassed when my mother would smell things. She would tell me if it doesn’t smell good, it won’t taste good………she was soooooo right !!

[@e.conboy4286]

Hi

[@oviyoviy9744]

melon nice

[@cowboykelly6590]

Fire Bad

[@mattrost2574]

Do melons continue to ripen after buying?

[@farealwitit7947]

yes

[@dalemorgan8655]

No you do not want to push on the end of the cantaloupe because all you will do is burse it the best way to pick your cantaloupe is a good yellow color and and a great smell. That's all you need to do.

[@swissmaid]

The ones from the supermarkets are very rarely ripe! They mostky stay hard, no taste. And if you wait, till they "ripen", then they usually foul before ripening! I remember, 50 years ago they where always tasty and ripe! Nowadays I do not buy any since they mostly turn into a waste of money! WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO THEM? Pick them too early out of greed? Or what?

[@filipstojsavljevic6074]

They pick them too early because of transport and so that they can stay more in supernarkets before they have to throw them plus they the soil is more acidic and the seeds that we use has become worst... I am from serbia, our strawberries this year were sweeter then honey i have my cherry tree and i let them ripen or maybe even over ripen on tree and once i picked them, o m g i actualy cant tell you how sweet cherry can be, its insane.

[@cowboykelly6590]

YEP !

[@cowboykelly6590]

@@filipstojsavljevic6074 : AND GREED !

[@CidYoung-REALTOR]

Maybe they, like lots of non-organically grown produce, have been genetically modified. I’ve heard that GMO strawberries 🍓 might have Arctic Flounder (fish) Genes spliced within their cells, for a cold tolerance improvement they were trying to achieve. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeding_of_strawberries#An_example_of_cold_resistance

[@paulmydonick2141]

that's the truth and most fruit are hard and tastless

[@ewoolwine]

What kind of knives are you using? They look like they cut really easily through the melon 🍉!

[@GiantEagleInc]

Hi Erica, the two knives used in this video are a Chef’s/French knife and a boning knife! The boning knife is the smaller one. Hope that helps!

[@tessvitug7480]

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[@chefgiovanni]

I'm also an Executive Chef, we get our pro knives here ; chefdepot.com/cutlery.htm

[@elmeromero1794]

I usually take a knife and cut a piece out of them. Easier to tell if they are ripe that way.

[@ninasichkar8544]

There’s none of them like that in the store. They all very green , never got ripe one.

[@tropicaoptica]

When honey dew is actually ripe and full sweet and softer texture as opposed to crunchy, the flesh is white. This honeydew does not look ripe. Honeydew is my favorite melon by far, when ripe! When mostly green flesh they are nearly inedible. Totally different experience.

[@robertlosasso4222]

Pick two Honedew melons that are almost the same in looks and size , then take one and smash it on the concrete floor of the Supermarket ,when it splits open taste it , if it sweet than buy the other one .

[@ralphturner3798]

Seems like a lot of the good stuff was lost when you cut off the outer layer. Would a fruit peeler work better?

[@aegis062]

just cut closer he seemed to not care as this was a demonstration. as a chef he should have the skill to cut much finer than he did.

[@aadarshkadambi9319]

good tips as far as picking the right fruit goes. But man, one sure could do the peeling and slicing in a far less wasteful manner ...perhaps not in professional settings like restaurants etc because you are hard pressed for time, but definitely at home.

[@thomasbirtcher2305]

Cantaloupe is all about the width of the vains.

[@monimayra16123]

I never buy honey dew or melon until yesterday and I cut into it and it was hard like a rock and not beautiful color like yours lessened learned 🤣🤣

[@ResoluteRonin]

You can still buy them and wait for them to ripen

[@nvrindamix]

Why am I at the store watching this to see which is ripe Lol omg

[@virginiamoss7045]

I have never seen in a store a cantaloupe that was not green so there is no choosing. The only golden cantaloupe I have ever seen was in my garden, but by the time it got that way the pests had already invaded. I suppose this is why commercially they are always green and unappetizing. Where can I buy a ripe cantaloupe?

[@toddolson573]

Virginia, at a farmers market. Look into Jerry 'Bakers Garden secrets for remedy to pests.

[@virginiamoss7045]

@@toddolson573 Thank you, but I don't use pesticides in my garden; I have a food garden in order to avoid consuming such chemicals. I pick off bugs that I can; the rest I figure I'll just share. I don't mono-crop so I don't get too much of any one thing. Also, each thing I grow has it's own pests and it's own remedies. There's too much to know to figure out what to do with each one and each pest. It's good to see that pesticides are more targeted now, but it's too much to know. The second best thing I can do is buy organic which does use some chemicals. As for farmers' markets, my local one never has cantaloupe. I'd have to drive three hours to the huge commercial farmers' market near the nearest major airport to find them so I don't know if they can be found ripe because I don't go.

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[@donnakeizer1468]

♥️

[@vanessawebb8156]

How do I choose a ripe mango? Would love to know.

[@cristywyndham-shaw5111]

I'm no expert, but I've generally had good luck getting a ripe, sweet mango if I choose one that's slightly soft and smells fruity. If the store only has hard mangos, put them in a paper bag on the counter and check for softness and scent each day until they give slightly when pressed.

[@cowboykelly6590]

Cristy's right . WHOOP WHOOP ! 🙉🖖

[@lillianhenderson7089]

I sniff the melon too, I always get weird looks when I do it

[@rogersnofsky2765]

Honeydo's have a waxy feel when ripe and are yellowish. If it is dry on the outside and white, "fahget it"!

[@Aprilpie13]

I bought one from Aldi an it was completely rotten inside 😢

[@emdeg1236]

Sheesh; What a SHOW OFF!😉 To top it all off, he uses a "hand model"?! 🤣🤣 TBH, nice video. Thanks for the tips.💯

[@roberthubbard7827]

As a person who has picked fruits and veggies nation wide as a teenager roaming the country. I can tell you, they NEVER pick ripe fruit and veggies. If the did, I would be rotten before it hit the store shelves.

[@cowboykelly6590]

Yes, sad isn't it .

[@lazynut81]

Till' you start to cut it.

[@jimmcmaster6227]

You are making the cutting harder than it needs to be

[@aimaniqbal6219]

Why does this guy sounds like Butch Hartman

[@larryboylarry5557]

should be ‘how to choose’. i thought i was gonna learn how to pick a ripe one off the vine 😂