How to choose a watermelon

In the second half of the summer comes the time of amazing berries – watermelons and melons. On the streets of our cities grow green – striped and golden – yellow mountains of these wonderful fruits. Each inhabitant with anticipation waits, when he can eat a piece of alo – red or yellowish – white, juicy and sweet pulp. And to get a real pleasure from eating them, you need to be able to choose the right fruit. And how to do it, we’ll try to figure it out.


What to look for when choosing a watermelon.

Often buying a watermelon or a melon, we do not suspect about the danger that awaits us. Due to improper storage, microbes start to multiply in berries, which can cause both banal stomach upset and severe poisoning. Therefore, when buying, you need to pay attention to how the watermelons and melons are stored.

One of the conditions for implementation should be a metal cage, which will not allow melons to fall and beat, which means that the integrity of the peel is not violated. After all, even a small crack after a while becomes literally a “hostel” for all kinds of microbes, because the sweet and juicy pulp is the ideal medium for them. Therefore, choose a watermelon or melon should be without cracks and dents. In addition, in a cage watermelons are ventilated much better than piled in a heap, and hence the preconditions for rotting are less.

The next condition should be a shadow, that is, watermelons and melons should be under a canopy. The canopy saves berries from heating and prevents premature fermentation. It should also pay attention to the fact that watermelons and melons were on wooden pallets. Such pallets promote ventilation and protect against decay.

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You should also know that a purchased watermelon or melon near a road or a road can harm your health. These berries can absorb and exhaust fumes from passing cars, and dust, and soot, which can accumulate in them. Only a few hours are enough for watermelons and melons to absorb the heavy metals contained in the exhaust gases and become poison from their favorite delicacies.

Before buying watermelons, ask if the seller has permission documents for the goods. Such documents include a certificate of registration of a sales outlet, as well as a sanitary and epidemiological conclusion on products. Sanitary and epidemiological conclusion is a guarantee that the berry has been tested for harmful substances and is not dangerous. Pay attention to the printing of this document. Often, sellers present a black and white copy of the medical report. However, the law requires that a copy of the report should have original color printing. If it does not exist, the conclusion is likely to be false. And as practice shows, none of the street vendors has such a conclusion.

And yet lovers of melons should not be upset. With the onset of August, watermelons and melons from Russian fields come on sale. Especially for this purpose, so-called “watermelon slips” are created. These are allotted for trading platforms, with the necessary equipment for storage and sale.


What is useful in watermelon or melon?

And so, after making sure of the quality of the product being sold, you bought a watermelon or melon. How useful are they, how many vitamins are there in them, for sure, every customer has asked such a question once in a lifetime?

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Melon is the food of an optimist. This name was given to her by dieticians. It is rich in antioxidants. Positively affects the body as a whole, improves mood and normalizes sleep. In melon in large quantities contains vitamin C. It is he that helps to resist diseases. When colds are advised to eat a piece of melon. She will take off the chills and help cope with the ailment, not in the least worse than the medications. Melon is very rich in vitamins. People suffering from anemia will receive the necessary salt by eating 2-3 slices of melon pulp. Carotene, which is found in melon in abundance, will help with impaired vision, pectin removes toxins and improves bowel function. Eating even a small slice of melon a day, you can defeat the autumn melancholy.

As for watermelons, this is an excellent diuretic. And it is for these properties that they can be called a “broom” to remove toxins and toxins from the body. However, people suffering from diabetes, diseases of the urine – reproductive system should be cautious about watermelons and melons.


How to choose a delicious and healthy watermelon.

That watermelons and melons are beneficial and turned out to be ripe and tasty, when choosing a fetus, you must follow certain rules.

When choosing watermelon, you should pay attention to its color. Ripe watermelon should shine, be bright – green with contrasting strips. The more contrast the strips, the more the watermelon is ripe. The rind must be firm and not flex under the pressure of the finger. If the peel is soft, then it says that the watermelon was ripped unripe and ripened it on expensive to the counter, which means that its taste will be sour.

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Pedicel (tail) in a ripe watermelon should be dry. When the watermelon ripens, the stem, bound to the mother stem, dries up and the watermelon falls off the tops. The color of the tail should be beige or brown. If it is green, then the watermelon was torn too early. Inside it is pale and tasteless. About this say “grass – grass.”

When choosing a watermelon, you should consider its size. Too large a size indicates an overabundance of mineral fertilizers. Too small that he received less nutrients and was not ripe. Therefore, you should choose a medium-sized fruit.

Many are confused by a whitish stain on the crust. There is nothing terrible in this spot. This spot says only about which side of the watermelon lay, and the yellowness – about its ripeness. The more yellow, the richer.


How to choose a melon.

Melon is much easier to choose. The main determinant of ripeness is the smell. The stronger the smell, the richer. If the smell is not there, the melon is not ripe, if the smell is slightly expressed, then such a melon should be kept in the dark for a week.

Melon should not be soft. If the melon is soft, it has recurred. Keep, and even more so there is a melon can not. It is already full of bacteria.

By observing these rules, you can always choose the fruit that you liked.