Grrrrrr Melons

Press the ends and smell the melon. When I lived in US I was told this and generally it's true,if you can press ends in it should be ripe and also you should be able to smell it.

If you have an airing cupboard leave them in there for a day or two, they do ripen eventually. Same with any fruit in particular Avocado ripen really quickly in there.

pascal30

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..

Personally I don't press fruit, if it isn't ripe it might bruise and go bad at a later stage. I'm lucky to have a good sense of smell and usually just sniff them, though this doesn't work with all types such as water melons.
I've just about given up on mangoes, you don't get much of a smell at all and even those that do smell good are often stringy inside. We usually buy them prepared in chunks or slices, though even then you can't always tell, other than that ripe mangoes tend to be a deeper colour. By the time you've peeled and stoned a mango you probably don't pay that much less per 100g compared to the packs.

Not just supermarkets. I bought a 1/2 watermelon from a greengrocers in London a few days ago... I was really disappointed because t was hard as rock and no flavour whatsoever . I left it soaking in a little water in the fridge for a couple of days, it didn't change the texture or taste

Enjoy your new melons!

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!

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..

I've just thrown the unripe melon.

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

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’.

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

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.

*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 ☺️

Oh yes.
Good thinking, thanks.

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

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.

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

Well maybe 4/5 days 🤣🤣🤣

BlueBelle

Leave them a day or two they ll soften

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

Leave them a day or two they ll soften

Same not seem

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

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

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.

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

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