[HN Gopher] Watermelons ___________________________________________________________________ Watermelons Author : eliotpeper Score : 69 points Date : 2021-10-31 19:15 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (seasonal.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (seasonal.substack.com) | r0m4n0 wrote: | The article hinted to this toward the end but less water makes | for better tasting watermelons. I moved from CA to NY and noticed | that the watermelons were sourced from Florida when I moved. | Watermelons from Florida taste so much worse than CA. Hit or miss | on good ones, I'd literally throw out 90% of them (or blend for | juice). | | Something else I've noticed is that you basically can't find | normal seeded watermelons anymore. Do stores and growers not | produce them anymore because they don't sell? I miss how much | better those tasted as well, and their shape. It's interesting | how the demand for certain types of produce in areas can make it | basically impossible to get a variety. Most grocery stores now | carry the same types of produce in the US, it makes for rather | boring cooking (ignoring specialty stores and co-ops that are | hard to find outside of cities) | mgerdts wrote: | Seeded watermelons have gone extinct in the mass market grocers | in my area. They are available (when in season locally) at the | co-op I shop at, as well as at farmers markets. I'm not sure if | it is the fact that they are seeded or that they may be a | variety that doesn't need to travel 1000 miles that makes them | taste better. | [deleted] | ehmish wrote: | Hmm, I am not a botanist, but since watermelons have seeds, and | botanically speaking seeds are in the fruit, aren't watermelon | fruit botanically speaking? | mgerdts wrote: | Seedless watermelons still have seeds, they just aren't mature | when the fruit is ripe. This means they are smaller and are | soft enough that eating them does not give crunch. | jarenmf wrote: | It is the fruit we eat. However, the fruit/vegetable | distinction does not make a lot of sense botanically. | bloak wrote: | Yes, it looks like they're fruit botanically and culinarily, | but they're vegetables "agriculturally", whatever that means. | ars wrote: | This article makes me want to try drinking only watermelon for a | week. | aaron695 wrote: | No, Dry farming needs to be wiped out. | | It takes more land. | | If you care about the ecosystem, this is bad. If you care about | cost, this is bad. | | The only mantra Dry farming works for is terraforming the Earth | to less/no native environment and more communal farming. That's a | legitimate ideal, but most people value the ecosystems. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-10-31 23:00 UTC)