Grrrrrr Melons

No tips, but I’d be furious, I love melon!

Ahh Cossy, you feel my pain! I'm tempted to take them back, but would feel a bit embarrassed with two tupperware containers 😜

I've had the opposite! Many melons we've bought are mushy in the middle this year. It seems very hard to get them right.

Onward and upward, I wish there was a melon-swapping service 😄

Haha I like watermelons best! but I like them to be perfect!!

I would actually contact both and tell them. It may be a problem with the supplier (and it may well be the same one, surprisingly!) - it's only by getting feedback from the customer that they can identify a problem.

It's difficult with fresh goods that you can't see inside, so even though they probably randomly sample, the more negative feedback they get the more likely they will be to deal with it.

I recently bought a piel de sapo melon from Sainsburys only because it was on offer. It is absolutely delicious.

I hate this too. Sometimes mangoes are the seem, even those that say “ripe and ready to eat”. Very disappointing.

Same not seem

Leave them a day or two they ll soften

BlueBelle

Leave them a day or two they ll soften

I wish! They don’t even though Our house is warm and sunny.

Well maybe 4/5 days 🤣🤣🤣

I buy "perfectly ripe" kiwi fruit from Tesco - they usually aren't

I bought a different looking melon from Lidl a while back, and am still waiting for it to ripen enough to be able to eat it.
£1.99 it cost me, too.

Could you put them in with a banana, that should speed up the ripening process.

Oh yes.
Good thinking, thanks.

*puts Bananas on the shopping list
* leaves one tupperware container of unripened melon on the worktop for 4-5 days
*will take the Waitrose melon back tomorrow
Thanks everyone ☺️

The French weigh melons in their hand to find the heaviest. Most in this country are picked too early and will never reach the stage of ripeness found in warmer climes.

Probably imported, then kept in chillers to slow ripening, it’s sometimes a problem with food that’s had a lot of travel.

You could add more fruit and make a smoothie? I’ve really enjoyed making these for our grandsons who been with us this week.
I have the same problem with avocados, when they’re described as ‘ready to eat’.

I've just thrown the unripe melon.

Fed up with moving it from place to place, and it took up most of the fridge.

before cutting the melon try pressing the area where the stalk was.. it should be soft.. then smell to see if it smells sweet.. I hope this helps.. I wish someone could give advise on mangoes though..

Thanks everyone, update:
I took the tupperware containers to Aldi and they gave me a replacement (which I analysed thoroughly - in the way that Pascal 30 advised ...
Then I took the other tupperware to Waitrose, and not only did they replace it - they gave me a full refund too!

Enjoy your new melons!