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How To Pick A Superstar Watermelon
Picking out a watermelon at the grocery store is such an anxiety plagued experience, isn't it?
If you pick a bad one, you're stuck with 15-20 whopping pounds of watermelon terribleness. And then your options are to either force yourself to eat this yucky watermelon or throw it away…and both are less than desirable options.
So my goal today is to help you pick sweet, ripe watermelons because I know how disappointing it is to get home, take your first bite of some sort of produce you buy, only to find out it sucks.
All the tips here are tidbits I have gathered from personal experience and lots of conversations with produce people and farmers. Please note that there are now some really wonderful tips in the comments section as well, like looking closely for bee sting marks!
Here's what to look for when selecting a watermelon:
- Pick a dull looking watermelon. A shiny appearance indicates an underripe melon. This applies to honeydew melons too.
- Find the field spot. This is a creamy spot on the melon, and it's where the watermelon was resting on the ground. The field spot should be a yellowish creamy color, like shown with my watermelon:The darker the color of the creamy spot, the longer it was on the vine sweetening up. If it is white (or not even there), put it back, because this indicates an underripe melon.
- What's all that knockin' about? A dull thud indicates an underripe melon. You will get a dull thud if the flesh is soft, which you don't want. Your knuckles should bounce off the melon, and the surface should be pretty hard/firm.
- Pick that bugger up. Is the watermelon heavy for its size? Note: this applies to pretty much ALL produce. When I pick up onions for example, I pick the heaviest one for its size. That means there is lots of water in there. The watermelon pictured here in my post was a whopping 18 pounds! It was heavier than the other comparably sized melons around it.
- While you've got the watermelon in your arms, make sure it's uniformly shaped. Irregular bumps indicate it may have gotten inconsistent amounts of sun or water.
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While you're here, let me show you how to cut the watermelon up so it's in delicious little chunks that are easy to eat:
Cut the top and bottom off so it can lay flat on a cutting board (I like this one because it has grooves on the side that catch the juices).
Run a sharp knife down the sides, taking the rind off.
Cut it into the desired number of disks, then cut it up into chunks.
Then freeze the cubes to make a Watermelon Lime Slushie! This video shows you how to make one of my favorite and also simplest drinks with watermelon:
Happy summer!
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I really appreciate this tutorial. One day I walked in to my favorite mart and I heard a lot of thumping…yep, they were having a watermelon sale and I really thought I was at a pow wow….now I can join the crowd thanks to you…
Happy watermelon picking!
To pick a good cantelope the most important thing is to make sure there is no stem left on the "belly button" (I never heard it called that before but love it"). If there is stem left, it was not ripe when picked.
The navel also needs to me slightly soft. If it is rock hard, it's not ready yet.
You can also smell the stem end of a cantaloupe and if it smells sweet, then it's good. If you smell nothing, it will taste like nothing!
The skin under the "mesh" needs to be brown as well….if not then it was picked too early & wont be sweet, even if you "let it ripen"
When I knock on a watermelon, I listen for a really nice hollow sound, like knocking on a wooden door. Works every time. I always compare several melons and pick the most resonant one. I never thought about the dull appearance of the skin, but I'll look for that now too.
What I really need is a tutorial on picking a canteloupe! When they're good, they're so great, but when they're bad… do you ever notice they sometimes have a slight fishy taste? In general, though, I just seem to end up with underripe canteloupe or honeydew.
Amy, I know what you mean about the canteloupe! I have had a few bad canteloupes myself, and it is very disappointing. I think I know what you mean about the slight fishy taste…when a melon goes slightly bad, it has a really gross rotten taste and aroma to it. The only canteloupe tips I know are covered by Mary Helen in a comment below…make sure it smells fragrant and push on that belly button to see if it gives slightly.
An amish girl told me to pick a cantalope with white around the stem where it came off the vine, if it is green it is not ripe, and of course the smell is wonderful when the stem is white.
Push in their belly buttons (indention where it was picked from the vine). If it gives, the canteloupe is ripe. If its hard, the melon is underripe. Needless to say, if you push through and get mush, too ripe.
one really good way to get a good cantaloupe is to find one that is as smooth as possible—the rougher it is, the greener it is.
This is what my mom taught me, listening for the right sound, and it seems to work really well. People look at me weird when I put the watermelon up to my ear and give it a couple taps, but I can only remember a couple times when it thumped really deep and hollow sounding and came out being a dud.
My dad uses the knocking method! And always ends up picking the best watermelon! =]
Thanks for the chopping tutorial! I'm about to slice up my probably less than stellar mellon to freeze for slushies and teething treats for the baby. Your method seems much less complicated than my usual slicing in half and hoping for the best routine.
This method of chopping is much quicker and is the easiest way to deal with watermelon. What I used to do is cut it into slices, then sort of slide the knife under the rind…but it was so time consuming because I would have to do every single piece individually! This way takes only a couple minutes to slice up the entire watermelon.
Thank you for vindication, lol! I've been cutting my watermelons this way for years and always get funny looks/comments. It was just easier and faster for me. Appreciate the tips on picking the best method, too. I knew about the thumping but not the rest. Can't wait for watermelon season!!!
HAHA that's so funny! It's definitely the smartest way to do it 😉
This is actually how the professionals chop up ALL melons (it works WONDERS on cantaloupe and honeydew as well..) My husband is a professional chef, and when I'd help out in one of his old jobs in the catering kitchen I'd spend a lot of time prepping all the melons for the fruit platters…you could get a couple dozen melons done quickly…then they'd leave then cut in half on a cookie sheet until we had to slice them for use on the platters…
I've always cut my watermelon into slices and then slide the knife under the rind but not anymore; I am definitely trying your method out! I love having cut and ready to eat pieces of melon in the fridge. I've not tried the pickled melon rind before but my mom has made kimchee from the watermelon rind once or twice.
Thanks for the Watermelon picking tips! I am looking forward to trying these out. As for canteloupes, I do believe you can pick a good one by pressing on its "belly button", the spot that was attached to the stem/vine. It should be a little soft and bouncy, and if you put your nose up against it you should be able to smell the sweet, tasty insides. I think the field spot and weight vs. size ratio is important with cantaloupes as well. Good hunting, everybody!
Mary Helen, those are great canteloupe tips, thanks for sharing them. Those are the only two tips I have heard of. I haven't noticed the field spots on canteloupes but will start taking a look!
I asked a produce clerk how to pick a good cantelope. He said to look for mostly brown coloring under the webbing. Works every time.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing Judy!
Smell is by far the best way to pick any melon. Good smell=good taste. No smell=no taste.
Watermelon Jenga – new summer sport! Can't wait to try out what I have learned! Love your site!
Thank you Sharon =) LOL Pete and I don't have jenga so we have an alternative hehe
If there is bumps on yor watermelon and it is cause by the drought that we had inmissouri for the last two months will it affect flavor?
Hi Dusty, Yes, irregularities in smoothness or shape are an indicator of uneven watering, which it sounds like it did experience exactly that because of the drought. Did you grow your own or something? Who knows, maybe it will still taste good, you never know!
Thanks for the tips! Definitely gonna try them soon!
OK now I want watermelon LOL. Now if someone could write how to choose a coconut Id be great. I bought one which sounded like it had lots of the coconut water in it and when I hit it the entire inside had seperated from the coconut and there was mold growing in it 😛 Gross.
I have to admit, I was skeptical about this since I rarely get a nice watermelon. Guess what?? They had minis at Costco. So I followed your tips and that sucker was a yummy one! They worked!! Wahoo!! Here's to a successful watermelon picking season.
I have another tip…in addition to these things…look for bee stings, that means the watermelon is sweet.
I had a produce team lead from Sam's club tell me that the thing that indicates be stings are the tracks on the watermelon. The more tracks the more bees the sweeter the melon.
yes, the bee sting. My produce guy showed me that too. Look for a small poked, or scarred area, with some dried up scar sap, that means the bees were eating/sucking it because it is a sweet one. If you find a watermelon with a few of these "scars" you've scored!
I have another tip…in addition to these things…look for bee stings, that means the watermelon is sweet.
YES! I worked for a women in VA and she taught me about the bee stings. I have never looked for anything else. No thumping, pushing required. We always choose an amazing watermelon. Once it is sliced and chunked, it's gone within 24 hours! I have to scoop out some before the fam gets to it to make sorbet for slushies. Again, gone super fast.
Great tips i love watermelon but how do you tell if it's overripe? That is sometimes more disappointing to me than an underripe watermelon.
If it's overripe the watermelon will start to get soft and mushy. Make sure the watermelon you pick is nice and firm. Hope that helps =)
Someone once told me that in order to pick a sweet cantelope you should find one that is more yellow in color. The belly button thing also works well.
I have also found a watermelon with a scar is super sweet. I think it is because the vine has to send extra nutrients to repair itself.
That's really interesting, I've never heard of that one. Thanks for sharing!
I was picking a watermelon one day, when a little old scruffy man, told me he had been a watermelon farmer for 30 years and he showed me how to pick the right one. He told me that the "scars" on melons are actually "sugar marks". That the sweeter melons will have sugar marks, but too many isn't good! So I incorporate the sugar line method with the thumping and get a great melon every time!
Oh, thank you for sharing the farmer's tips! I seem to look for those sugar marks and bee stings, too! Unfortunately Western Washington doesn't get the best tasting fruit in general.
What do you mean by "scars"? Are those the lines on the melon?
I have heard this also. Where I am from we have a lot of watermelon farmers. The sugar marks are the "stretch marks" of the watermelon that kind of looks spongy. Not the normal stripes watermelon have. Also check the stem on the water melon. Sugar will begin to seep out of the stem as well.
Very cool, thanks for sharing!
This is a VERY useful guide for me, especially since I'm deaf and I have no way of knocking on it and knowing whether the melon is dull or not. I am very grateful for the visual and feel aids!
That's so great Nikki! Good luck and happy watermelon picking =)
Always wanted to know this!!!! You're great. Found you from pinterest.com… so glad too cause you've got some GREAT tid-bits! thank you again!
I cut the watermelon the same way. I keep the ends though like massive watermelon bowls and just sit on the couch and eat them with a spoon. Hey, at least its not ice cream.
Ooo I like your idea of using the ends like that! HAHAHA watermelon is much better than ice cream 😉
Another indicator is bee-stings. You can see on the picture above, that there are little stings on the mellon (I counted 4). Bee's will go back to the mellon if it is sweet; if not, they leave it alone. If the bee's love it so will you!
Hi Alyssa, that is SO cool!!!! Where are you seeing the 4 bee stings? In the field spot picture???
I learned to cut all melons like this from,believe it or not, the butlers at the Playboy Mansion. We must be doing it right…..
HAH! I love this comment. LOL.
I grew some watermelons last year (1st time ever) & passed them on to neighbors who've supplied me with delicious berries,tomatoes, peaches– then I ate one — I was shocked….it was bitter & awful, so THANKS now I know what to look for when it's ripe ….and I realize also what kind neighbors I have & we all had a good laugh later on!
I used to do the thump, and stopped for some reason. Since then my melons have been hit or miss, these are great tips! I also cut all of my melons this way, it is so fast and makes things look so nice!!! You have to be careful with button pressing on cantaloupes, the more people who come by and press on the harder ones start to soften the buttons up and they will give before they are ripe, I go by smell more than anything with them! Off to go melon shopping!!!!!
Some good tips there….I hate to sound arrogant, but I sold fruit for a number of years and have started a book on how to pick good fruit. From the things I've heard here, I think the book is needed.
If you don't mind me saying, an under ripe watermelon does not thud. It has a high-pitched ping. An over ripe one has a thud/splat sound like patting your belly. A ripe melon is like the person who mentioned the door sound. I like to refer to it as hitting the side of a canoe…but not everybody canoes! It reverberates like a drum. A seedless melon seems to require a higher pitched ring to it, otherwise it may be overripe.
Yes on the yellow underbelly and sugar marks. Not sure I agree with the shiny skin being underripe….I'll check that out. Even with my skills, I often wind up with a loser with watermelons. With cantaloupes, I rarely get a bad one.
CANTALOUPES: The one very best way to tell if it's a sweet one….you want very thick and bumpy 'netting' all over the skin of the melon. That's a slam dunk. Of course you want it to be yellow and not greenish. Caution: A cantaloupe with a thin netting may have a heavenly scent, but it will be somewhat bland tasting. There! I just gave away my best secret. If everyone knew that, the grocers would have to throw away all the rest of the cantaloupes that people wouldn't take home!
my work now is with fruits and nuts of the human variety…www.thehealthycouple.com
Hi Bill, Please, no worries about that at all, I am happy you've joined the discussion and shared such a detailed comment, thanks for that. I am very taken by your cantaloupe comment regarding smell…I give the most weight to smell when I'm picking out fruit, but you're right, I've gotten some cantaloupes that smelled good but were disappointing. Hopefully from now on I won't get a bad one!!!
Actually the best way to determine if fruit is going to be good is smell. All of these tricks do no good if a watermelon or whatever has no real smell. A strong scent indicates ripeness and flavor.
Thanks for sharing this. I can't wait to go look for a good watermelon now!
Good luck Kat!
The itsy bitsy brown holes in the watermelon are bee stings. Look for a watermellon that has a lot and the sweeter the melon will be.
I have actually asked the produce man to cut a melon in half in their back room…they will do that, and if it's not red/ripe enough, they will even try another one for you.
Then, they wrap the 2 halves in plastic wrap and sell it to you for the same price as it was sold as a whole melon.
No one wants to get home with a melon for company dinner, and find it to be too pink!
Great tips and enjoyed the video as well. Thanks!
Hi Elaine, Thanks for sharing your tips with all of us! I think it's always a great reminder to ask for things like that. Have a great holiday weekend =)
Thank you! Thank you! Have always wondered about this. Tried your suggestions today and got the best watermelon i have had in ages!
Whitney, fantastic!!! So glad the watermelon tips helped you!
This was great! I've heard of the knocking, but the field mark is totally new to me. So helpful, thank you
Hi Erin, Yeah I think the field spot is one of the best indicators!
Ive actually heard that knocking in it really didn't matter but it's the belly button on it that needs to be inspecteded. If its dark almost oozing with a crusty, sugary substance then it's perfect , of not then its a no go. Have you heard abt this approach?
Hm, very interesting. I haven't heard of that but I will start taking a look every time I pick up a watermelon. Thanks for sharing!
I love watermelon and I've already gotten burned on two bad ones this year. I go around knocking like an idiot because, to be honest I never knew what I was listening for! I'm so thankful that you made the printable to take with me to the store – on number two I already knew I'd be printing this baby out. Thanks so much!
Good luck Allison! So far from the comments I've gotten people have had success, but I must say, the other day while I was at the store the produce guy offered to cut one open for me and let me taste it…and that's the best way to tell of all, isn't it! haha.
Another comment, yes Joanne, having the melon cut is one of the best ways to find out if you got a good one. Sometimes I buy 2 or 3 if I need to make sure at least one is good. Then I bring the others back if they're not good.
One caveat to that: Over my years of selling fruit, I've found that a watermelon gets sweeter after it's been cut and in the fridge for half a day. Soooooo, if you have it cut at the store, if it's not a super-tasting melon, but good, it might taste better after a half a day in the fridge.
Hi Bill, yeah, I've done that with cantaloupe before. I bought one and it was almost inedible, I took it back and they refunded me. I think it's good to remember as an option.
Also you're TOTALLY right about it getting better in the fridge. It's amazing!
I'm with you Allison! My daughter ask me what I was listening for and I said I didn't know!! ha/ha I'm so excited about these tips! Off to the market! Thanks so much!!
Oh, I meant, if I don't have the melon cut, I may buy 2 or 3 at a time.
I once knew a man that watermelons he grew in his backyard. He told me the way to know they were ready was they had a curly "pigtail" on them that was dried out which meant they ripened on the vine. He said he did not cut them off the vine, he let them ripe on the vine. They were so good!!!
Hey Kristina, very interesting, I've definitely seen these little pigtails!
While shopping at the local farmer's market, I had a grower tell me to look for the "sugar beads". These are little black sticky dots (melon sugar) that develop on the ends or scars on the watermelon. This will guarantee a sweet melon everytime…since then I stopped thumping the melons and haven't been disappointed either!
Barb, thanks for sharing this, I've never heard of this technique. It's amazing all the reader contributed tips that have been shared here in the comments. I will keep my eyes out for those!
On the cantaloupe question,, SMELL IT! it should smell like a cantaloupe. It should be heavy and have rind should slightly give near the belly button. Too soft and it is over ripe. [you can freeze and use in smoothies.] Under ripe and it is just hard and never develops that sweet-sunny flavor. Best way, grow your own. On the watermelon, the stem [should have part of one if you can find it] and be dried up. Means it ripened out in the field. Heavy – yes. Honey Dew- the same. Also the firmness at the belly button will let you know if it is too old. Soft is never good on a melon of this type. Growing moons and stars watermelon, hoping to get a few.
Wanted to let you know I shared this ( and linked back) to this post! It is awesome! Perfect for summer!
Thanks Felicia! I'll go check out =)
Slightly OT: Add Apples to the list of food to listen to. A light finger flick or tap will help determine where it is along the continuum between crisp and mushy.
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
Yes. It's a good test.
very good and skilled show
thank you for the wonderful explaination sharing with my children
Thanks Liz!
Great information! Love watermelons!
Thanks for the tips! As far as the bowl in the fridge. I hate when my watermelon chunks sit in the juices and get soggy so I took 2 large Rubbermaid bowls of the same size and drilled holes in the bottom of one of them. Then you set or "stack" that one in the other one. It leaves about an inch between them where the juices drain into leaving your chunks nice and crisp. It also gives you seed-free and pulp-free juice to use for other recipes!
Brilliant Robyn, thanks for sharing your tips!
I have used the colander method for years. No more mushy pieces in the bottom of the bowl.
never thought of that… thanks for sharing i am going to try this!
Did you also know that you can eat the rids? You can pickle them and they taste great. Just in case you didn't want to compost all that rind of an 18 lb melon. Less waste, more food!
Yes, I love pickled watermelon rinds! I mention them in my video. Thanks for the tip =)
Another good indicator is bee stings!
A produce manager told me years ago, when I was catering a dinner for 80 and needed guaranteed ripe watermelon, that the "striping" on the melon should be broken up and no longer defined – indicating that they're ripe. He was right, in 20 years I've never picked out a bad watermelon!!
Christi, what a neat tip to share with us. I will start looking for that! Thank you!
Great information. I like your writing style too. Easy to understand.
Thanks for the tips!
Thank you, I'm so glad to hear it!
I was told at the farmers market this morning to always look for "Bee Tracks." If you look at the picture above where it has the yellow field spot, you will see the brown scuff tracks. Those are made by bees. The bees are attracted to the sweetest melons.
Hey I just wanted to say I eat my weight in Watermelon (Don't ask) so have gotten pretty good about picking–you're right on. What I needed was your cutting method; Thanks. Happened across your site via DIL and immediately bookmarked. It rocks!
Hi Rita! Fantastic, glad the cutting technique helps you out! What is DIL? LOL I'm drawing a blank for that one!
Daughter in Law
Hi there,
I grew up on a watermelon farm and one top you might want to add is to look at the stem. This is a dead giveaway to how long the watermelon has been off the vine. If it's brown, your watermelon is going to be over ripe. However, the best tip would be to go to a farmer's market…way better watermelons than the grocery store :).
Great tips for picking watermelon and cantaloupe.
Does anyone know how to pick honeydew melon?
To answer your question about honeydew melons, this is an excerpt from my not-yet-published book:
Surefire buying method: Find a honeydew that has 1) sweet smell, 2) some yellowish tint with the green, and here's the best test, 3) has a mildly sticky feel. When honeydews are really ripe, the normally smooth, slick-feeling skin will get sticky. Unless the honeydew is really starting to feel mushy on the outside, it will be great. I usually scan the entire selection for the yellowish coloring and then pick out those to feel for the stickiness and then smell for a sweet smell.
Storage: Honeydews will continue to ripen after picked, as is true of all melons. DO NOT PUT IT IN THE FRIDGE UNTIL IT STARTS TO HAVE AN AROMA OR FEEL STICKY. Honeydews, like underripe watermelons, can stay at room temperature for a week or two, depending on its ripeness. If you put it in the fridge too early, it may not ripen well even when you take it out of the fridge and leave it on the counter for a few days.
NOTE: You can buy a honeydew that has no smell or sticky feel. Usually they will ripen in a week or so. However, some honeydews are picked so green that they will never ripen.
Bill, this is absolutely wonderful. When is your book going to be published?
A number of people want to know that. My main work now is working with couples who are in distress. The book hasn't been my top priority. However, I'm working on a series of books on healthy relationships. I may get the fruit buying book out as I'm publishing the others. As you can tell, I've put a lot of thought into this. I have a couple of titles for the book:
A Humorous (Okay, Hilarious) and Professional (Okay, Helpful) Look At How to Buy Fruit That Actually Tastes Great
You really never know what you got until it's too late
I thought your readers would appreciate knowing how to buy honeydew (and as I've written before on this blog cantelope and watermelon.) I think people get tired of buying something that tastes more like a cucumber!
LOL! I like the picking good fruit blind date one. Well, such is life, I suppose. Always so much to do and limited time available. Let us know about the progress =)
Thanks for the vote on the title, Joanne. The reasoning behind the first title is related to the humor I bring out about how things are named…including fruit. I think you would find that enjoyable and fascinating.
I will keep you posted on my progress.
Thanks for the info on how to pick out a honeydew melon. Now I should be able to pick out watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew melon. All the tips have been great.
"If you really want to make sure the watermelon is good, ask them to cut it open for you and let you try it. I've started doing this recently ever since a produce guy offered to let me taste."
Really? Where do you live? I don't know of ANY store that would honor your request! LOL
Really? I don't live anywhere special…just a medium town in Georgia. Every store in town will do it. Whole Foods, Publix, etc. The only reason I did this was because the produce person offered. Ordinarily though I just buy one with the tips and I get a good one. But in general, if I buy something in the produce section and it's bad, I take it back for a refund.
I just want to thank you for this past post of yours. I discovered it on Pinterest, saved the info to a memo on my phone, then referred to it the next time I shopped for a watermelon. I no longer need to refer to the memo, but I still follow your suggestsions when I shop. I am happy to say, we've had 4 good watermelons in a row, since I discovered your advice. THANK YOU!
Renna, that is wonderful! So glad to hear it! Glad I can help you pick great watermelons =)
You forgot a critically important step – wash that baby before cutting into it. Watermelon grows on the ground where it lays on dirt and is available for any nearby wildlife, or farm dog can pee on it. If you don't wash it first, and cut into it, any residue on the outside will be pulled into the melon. All produce should be throughly scrubbed in warm water with a vegetable brush. You don't need any soap, but a little vinigar in the water is my preference. If you have the store cut it open for you, make sure they scrub it too.
You sound like Howard Hughes without the money. You are probably better off not eating fresh fruits with that kind of attitude. Washing lightly is enough, and has been for thousands and thousands of years.
Washing is important less because of possible dog pee or even booger hands but because of potentially dangerous bacteria. If you look at the news a lot of cases of people getting salmonella or other types of food poisoning is from unwashed produce and not necessarily under cooked meat. Grocery stores sell a lot of things besides fruit and you don't know how stuff is transported. Light washing may have been good for thousands of years but people also died from preventable diseases for thousands of years. Not saying you need to bleach it or anything, but a nice rinse with a touch of soap or vinegar sounds like a good idea to me.
Also, my father-in-law (60 yr old southerner) got sick from unwashed watermelon once and now he pretty much insists on washing it as well.
It might change your opinion when I tell you that sometimes the people who pick the fruit pee in the fields. I'm a lot less concerned about the dog. Regardless, after you comment, wouldn't you feel a little guilty if someone followed your advice and ended up in the hospital or dead? People die every year because of this. Just let her wash her fruit with vinegar! Makes no difference to your life.
Yes workers pee on the produce…I was mortified to learn of workers peeing in the lettuce, they thought it was funny to see the pee come foaming out of iceberg lettuce.
Please wash your produce!
Yuck! I felt better not thinking about that. However, will be healthier scrubbing the heck out of my produce. I always wash but now that you say that maybe not enough:) Like others, I wasn't as concerned with animal pee. I was mostly concerned with pesticides, but now also with farm workers having fun at my expense!
Geeze when we were kids (living in Montana), we only had watermelon in the summer at the lake. My dad picked out the melon at put it in a fishing net and placed it in the lake to stay cold! I dont think it ever crossed his mind to wash it first! We saved the rind for grandma and she made watermelon rind pickels. How times have changed!
I totally agree – I've worked in grocery stores & have seen first hand just how nasty some of the employees handling the produce can be, and that's on top of whatever could have made a "deposit" on the fresh fruits & veggies when they were still on the ground, vine or in the tree. It's just a good practice to wash this stuff, I don't think it's being pretentious or anything, just a way to avoid germs. Think about all the booger-fingered kids in the store who have touched all that stuff as they walk past it too…..LOL!
what happen to drinking water from the water sprinklers at the park!? wash the fruit with a vegetable brush? really…..I pick the apples give it a wipe with my shirt and take a nice crisp bite! strawberries ……I've eaten the in the field right after I picked it! lets live a little…..this is why are youth is obese you're giving them too many steps! hahahaha
I couldn't agree with you more. People worry too much about stuff now and do not live. Everyone is more worried about what will happen if I do or dont do this… Really watch a kid for a day and take their way of living into perspective. As a kid did you ever consider what was going to happen when you rode your bike without a helmet, or what happened when you picked up that frog or bug.. NO Life needs to go back to the way things used to be. People would be much HAPPIER and there would be much less stress in the world… Live Life and enjoy it, you only get 1.
YES! There was a lot of folks getting sick last year from eating cantaloupe. Because cantaloupe has a rough surface, bacteria especially likes to hide in its pits. When you run a knife through the outer layer into the meat the bacteria goes with the knife. Wash cantaloupe carefully and thoroughly!
Thanks for the tips! I always cut my watermelon this way and it works so much better than the way I used to do it a long time ago. I have never been good at picking melons with the thumping method, what I do is very lightly run my fingernail over the skin if it comes off easily I have always gotten a perfect tasting melon! It doesn't work if you have fake nails on but just lightly scrape and if the skin comes right off that means tasty! I will definitely try some of the other tips in the future to see how it works for me!
I think all of your suggestions were wonderful except for one. My husband and I own a Farm Market in Michigan and we grow our own watermelon to sell there along with tons of other produce. We are actually prohibited by law from cutting up produce for customers to sample. It poses too much of a health risk without a proper licensed kitchen to wash and cut the produce in. So, while I think sampling produce is a great sales strategy, readers, please do not assume that a farmer is trying to hide something by not offering samples and I would be wary of sampling produce anywhere that a licensed kitchen is not in sight. Just a little insight from a girl in the produce biz.
Hi Allissa, I've never been to a watermelon farm, how neat. All the groceries around here sell cut watermelon and they cut it in the kitchen for me. That makes sense that a farm wouldn't do that…especially if it's illegal. That's pretty intense! Thanks for sharing your insight.
Great point !
My Grandma and Mom stressed NEVER never take a sample from a farmer selling fruit….Thier theory was that you never knew if he cut his toenails with the knife he used to cut your sample !
Good grief your momma and I must be related as I say the same thing! 😉
Not a fan of the watermelon thump advice. I raised watermelons in my younger years and a REALLY solid thump is a sign of an over-ripe melon. A deep but solid thump is a melon that can be delicious. A high pitched thump is a sign of an unripe melon.
Hey, thanks for sharing this. I'm a big fan of watermelons and now u made it easy to choose them and cut them. Thanks once again..:)
LOL! Watermelon Jenga….. LOVE it! Thanks for the tips on picking out a good watermelon, too!
I usually buy my melons from the grocery store (we have bilo, walmart, food lion and ingles most prevalent around here). I really don't think they would cut open the melon! Especially if I tasted it and didn't like it! There is no giving it back…not to my knowledge. Most places I've been to, I always thought it was you buy it then cut it up at home. What kind of places would let you sample a few different melons before you decided which one you wanted, if any?
Hi Brittany, I shop at Publix and Whole Foods, which are well known for good customer service, and they also sell cut watermelons, so this is possible at those kinds of stores. I am familiar with Walmart but have never shopped at a bilo, food lion, or ingles. I guess it depends what their policies are. Whole Foods for instance lets you return food you don't like or weren't satisfied with, so if I don't like something I just return it, and they also encourage you to taste things if you want to (or at least, the Whole Foods by my house does this haha).
I have worked in produce at two different commissaries (military grocery store). The smaller one I worked at, we used to cut up the melons for people all the time. The second one I worked at, our manager didn't care all that much about customer service so he didn't allow us to. My point being, I think it just depends on the specific store and who runs it.
I am a Military Wife and I am just wondering why the produce at the commissary sucks. At least at Bliss it does. I can not even buy bananas unless we plan on eating them that day or they go bad. Do you know why this is?
No kidding! Been to dozens of commissaries, growing up military and inlaws retired military, I've never seen any of them with good produce.
I know Safeway and Fred Meyers allow you to sample any food. If you ask a sales associate to taste a melon, they have to cut it. that goes for a candy bar, a loaf of bread….anything. They want happy customers.
I only have a Walmart and a Safeway in my little town. Both of these stores will let you return produce if it wasn't good. Just bring your receipt back and any unused portion of the product, and they will replace it. No questions asked. My Safeway also offers samples of the fruit, which I might talk to them about! I never took samples, but now I have good reason. I know they don't wash the fruit before they cut it open because I've watched them do it. It is a sad day when we have to be THIS careful with food!
oh, wow! you are my hero! my husband LOVES watermelon, and I get to not only buy it but cut it as well. so your post is a goldmine for me! thanks so much!!
You might mention how important it is to wash watermelons. They can lead to food-borne illness, but often don't get washed…icky!
My grandpa tought me to look for the little grey strips that have black dots in them. He said they were bee stings, and that was the sweetest because the bees could tell better than we could. It has worked pretty good for me.
all the tips are great and I do one more thing. I let the watermelon sit for 3 days at least and then cut.
Curious as to why you let it sit for 3 days
In the fridge?
Hi, I see that you have a "pin it" button, and then next to that you have a copyright notice that images cannot be duplicated, which seems a little contradictory. I was just wondering if it was ok to "pin" your images to Pinterest? I don't want to infringe on a copyright! Thanks.
Hi Jane, Ah yes, I can see that. The copyright notice is to try to deter people from copying and pasting my entire posts and claiming it as their own (it happens constantly). Pinning is definitely fine. I will try to work on my wording =)
Thank you!
I live in the South and we live watermelon! Unfortunately, I am allergic to it now But I can still enjoy the watermelon rind pickles!!!! They are so good!
What knives do you use/own?
I have quite a hodgepodge of knives. I started out with some cheaper ones (Wusthof stamped knives, Chicago cutlery) but eventually got some Shun knives which are my favorites. I also have some Japanese one I got from my stepdad but I don't know what it's called. If you're looking for a good knife, I would say just make sure it's hand forged, not stamped, and you can find some good reviews on Amazon.
Love my Wusthof's and at $500 for a 7-9 piece set they are a huge step up from most knives that I think of as cheaper.
A deep solid thump with a bit of vibration will give you a delicious watermelon. We grow them every year and haven't had a bad one yet, testing them this way. Also, the girl in the video would have an easier time, if she used a longer narrower knife.
Thanks for the advice! I will def try cutting mine like that next time.
In addition to your wonderful advice, I was told by a produce worker, who use to grow watermelons in Durango, Mexico, to look for bee stings on the watermelon. It will look like trails of dry tracks on the skin of the watermelon. Bees will pick out the sweetest ones and do most of the work for you! Thanks.
Thanks for sharing a great tip with us! Others have mentioned the bee stings and I have started to notice them now that I know they are there.
I'm not a big fan of watermelon, but you can also use this cutting technique with other melons like cantaloupe. Slice in half, scoop out the seeds, flip so the flat side is down, and slice off the rind. You're left with a little dome of fruit which can be sliced in half inch lines then one perpendicular cut across the middle.
Oh, and I totally agree about the washing thing. I'm less concerned about hand germs than I am about pesticides and animal droppings. I rinse everything before cutting. I even read somewhere that you shouldn't drink water at a restaurant with a slice of lemon in it that still has the rind because you don't know if the lemon was washed.
The warning about the lemons is more because they are never stored properly and bowls of lemon are often reused.
Hi Joanne,
Great post! I found you on Pinterest, and just wanted to say thanks for this! This is a much better way to cut a watermelon! I used to work at a produce stand in Dunnellon, FL, and we sold watermelon all through the summer. An easy way to remember what sound the watermelon should make when you thump it is to compare it to these sounds:
-Tap your forehead with your hand (high sound) —> underripe melon
-Tap your stomach with your hand (low, heavy sound) —> overripe melon
-Tap your chest with your hand (bouncy, solid sound) —> perfect melon
Erin!!!! That is ingenious! It is right on. I put in a number of posts about picking vaious melons on this site in case you want to check them out.
Thank you for the great tip!
Neat! Thanks Erin!
We cut our watermelon this way. However, we use an electric knife to do the job. It is so easy!
Hey, just found you through Pinterest! Love the tips. I'm definitely going to be using them the next time I pick out a watermelon. Thank you.
PS: I too love spatulas
An easier way is just to quarter it and score it. That cubes it effortlessly. I do this for a living – I work in the fresh made section at the grocer.
We love your advice! It's hard to find the perfect watermelon but your tips are very helpful. Thank you!
Absolutely wash the melon. Farmers use fecal matter to fertilize their crops. Cow and horse poop. I would want to wash the melon first. Recent cases in Toronto, Ontario of hep B from store bought veg and fruits should be enough to make you want to wash everything .You wouldn't put the shoes you wore to the melon patch in your fridge, so why would you put an unwashed melon in there? Or on your counter or cutting board?
I totally agree with 'jan'. I live in a large farming area in the Southeastern U.S. where there are many pig and turkey farms in our area for national brands of meat. Years ago, most farmers would incorporate some type of dry manure fertilizers into the land as they planted crops. Many of these farms are now required to have lagoons for their animal waste, and they began to fertilize crops by spraying manure from these lagoons over their fields. This includes not only melons, but other produce as well, including soybeans and cotton. I've wondered if many of the E coli outbreaks may have been a result of not only the way produce is handled by farmworkers and/or various storage/shipping methods, but also just because of the fertilizing methods of spraying the land and plants from these lagoons. Unless you grow it yourself, it would pay to wash produce purchased from any public market or grocery store just to be on the safe side!
Gracias por la fantástica información, respecto a la desinfección de frutas y verduras, mi consejo es el siguiente, preparar, un cubo con agua, vinagre y bicarbonato de sodio, frotar y dejar en remojo, después aclarar y secar, sirve para todo tipo de frutas y verduras.
Hi Joanne,
Awesome tips here! I would never have thought to cut a watermelon like that – normally we just slice it off and eat it..lol. But, I like this alternative and will have to look for that watermelon rind recipe, sounds delish!
Thanks for sharing your tip and for the video!
This was awesome and it looks super easy! Thank you!!
My father-in-law used to pick melons as a youngin. He says to look for a 'sticky butt'. If the stem end is a little sticky, it means the juices are trying to escape. Never has failed me!
Thanks for share!!!!
In addition to rapping on the watermelon, I also look at the stem end to see how wrenched it is. If it looks very stubby or ripped, then I presume it wasn't quite ready to be picked. I also look at the blossom end to see how much leaf or blossom is there. If there is still leaf or blossom attached, I also presume it wasn't quite ready to be picked.
A great treat is to cut the melon into bigger pieces and stick in a popsicle stick. My kids love to eat watermelon pops and they are much healthier!
My Dad & Mom taught me this when I was real young. People would think I was crazy until they tried it and actually got a great mellon. One other thing you may want to do, especially with cantalope, is smell the stem end of the mellon. If it is a "green plant" or almost no exhistant smell, then it is under ripe. If it has a medium to large sweet smell it is in a ripened stage. If it is smells sickly sweet, fermented, or the least hint of mold, or is soft in this area, it is over ripe.
will a watermelon continue to ripen after it is picked?
Hi Joanne
Thanks for the great info. I love watermelon.
I like your site also.
Joe Fales
I've always liked watermelon and cantaloupe. The last few years, I'm obsessed. I'm 70 years old and just kind of took a chance on which to buy. A new farm market just opened a couple of years ago about a mile from me, and I love it. I'm going to try these tips. Their produce is a little higher than the stores but so far have been so worth it. If I do happen to get something bad, they replace it. There is a farmers market on Saturday mornings in the summer where locals bring their goods and everything is so good. It's all grown in our little county in Indiana, they make money and we get excellent produce, flowers, some crafts, it's like the markets we had when I was a little girl. Everyone loves it but you have to get there early. People will fight you for a good tomato. Lol thanks so much for the tips.
I'm from Georgia and we eat watermelon all summer. We cut it in half, then cut it in half again, run the knife just above the rind and in one slice you have it removed..then just cube it up. Very fast and easy.
I would have thought someone would have said something by now about the comments about watermelon not ripening after being picked. I won't say my comments are definitive, but all fruits continue to ripen after being picked—with the apparent exception of berries that seem to only ripen some, if at all. You can slow the process by putting it in the fridge. Watermelon and other melons seem to ripen best out of fridge if they are a few days from being fully ripe.
I used to sell produce.
Unwaxed, regular dental floss works extremely well for the cubing process as well. Also, a great way to let kids help.
Read many posts but saw nothing on types of watermelon – I have found the "black diamond" to be the most uniform in shape, ripeness, solid (firmness of fruit) & sweetness
A couple more things that have worked for me… When I was getting married we wanted fruit kabobs at my reception and we asked the produce people how to find a good watermelon and they said if the stem is still on and is like an inch long, that means it fell off by itself which means it is a good watermelon, and also, if there is sugar stuff on the outside it is a good watermelon because that is the sugar trying to escape!
Don't forget to WASH your watermelon! God knows where it's been and you just dragged your knife through the dirty skin through to the flesh. Also, the skin was resting all over your cutting board, contaminating the clean surface where the flesh will end up. Melons are a huge cause of listeria, e coli, and salmonella outbreaks. You can eliminate that threat by simply washing the surface before letting it touch your cutting board or knife!
I just wanted to say a big, fat, "Thank You!" for your awesome watermelon-picking tips! I've never been able to pick out a good watermelon (occasionally I would stumble upon one by pure chance but that rarely happened)- yesterday however I went to the grocery store and picked out a watermelon using your tips, and lo and behold, when I sliced it today I discovered it was the SWEET, RIPE, DELICIOUS, ABSOLUTELY PERFECT WATERMELON OF MY DREAMS!!!!! I can now buy watermelons with confidence……never again will I be doomed to buying a crappy underripe watermelon. You are awesome! Thanks again for these tips – I will proudly be one of those weirdos knocking on fruit in the grocery store from now on!!!!!!
I agree with Jaime h. the best watermelon tip ever for years I have had bad luck
" now i'm free":) THANKS!!
Great tip! I will definitely do this soon!
Love it! We are in Texas and eat a LOT of watermelon in the summer, as they grow crazy in this heat. Thanks for the tips:).
I'm a super fan of watermelon. Every mother's day this is my request from my husband and kids, so I get four melons from each. I buy like one a week and recently ate so much watermelon that I've gain 4lbs from it. These tips are great! Thanks
You gained weight from watermelon.Do you have a medical condition that caused the weight gain?Water is a negative calorie food because it takes calories to digest which means you burn off more calories from the watermelon than you consume.Did you put sugar and/or salt on it?I am a bit perturbed because shouldnt gain weight from eating watermelon.I can eat a whole watermelon in a day.When I get one too ripe/soft I throw it in the fridge for a day then into the blender for some ice cold watermelon juice.It's official I am going to wally right now and pick me up a watermelon or two.
as a diabetic I can tell you watermelon is very bad for you because it is full of sugar.
Sugar content aside, it is a low-calorie food. A pound would mean getting about 3500 calories more PER DAY. I doubt the watermelon caused the weight gain. Maybe, the salt on it caused water retention.
Don't forget to look for the bee stings! All of those black bumps that make it look ugly. That is one sweet melon.
why do bee stings make it sweeter?
So happy I found this. I love watermelon, but not terrible ones!
Great Tips! I will definitely employ these this summer!
I agree with everything except the thumping. I've seen so many people thumping melons in the store and walking off with sorry melons it's frightening. I've was taught to go by weight. If that puppy makes you drop to the floor (comparative to it's size) then you've more than likely got a winner.
I've had people looking at me like I was crazy because I will work my way through a bin of watermelons until I find the one I want.
Can't wait to go to the store and use these tips. I am a watermelon freak!
My question is how do prevent getting am OVER ripe one?? This has happened to me too many times.
Thanks for sharing this! I think I've cracked the code with watermelons this year. Too bad my family had to suffer through some bad ones over the years! (I'm sharing this on my FB page!)
Is it just me or are seeded watermelons sweeter than seedless watermelons?
I think the same thing. My sister loves the seedless because she hates dealing with the seeds, so I tease her and call them "abominations"…lol
I think a real watermelon has seeds…lol
Watermelon seeds are supposed to help control blood pressure. I just eat them.
Hi! I wanted to thank you for your wonderful advice!
But I wanted to ask… How can you tell if they're slices? I most shops I go to here sell watermelon slices and hardly ever do they sell the whole thing. Is there anything in common with the watermelons you pick up when they're cut?
yep…i've been doing it all wrong. this was an eye opener for sure…thanks
I just wanted you to know that I followed your suggestions and picked a perfect watermelon at the store today! I just opened it, and had to have a sample (of course) and it is sweet right to the rind!
Thanks so much for the information!
So what type of sound should the watermelon make? A loud echo?
How can you tell if there are bee stings in the melon?
The melon will look like it has black spots on it. Usallly they will be in clumps. When the stinger comes out, juice flows and crystallizes creating the "black clumps"! Always the sweetest melons! Hope this helps!
Here is my tried and true method … a little weird but I swear it works.
use a pine needle, a piece of broom straw or even a tooth pick. Lay cross ways on melon, if it spins its ripe. The more it spins the riper it is. Bare in mind the pine straw works best the toothpick and broom straw will not spin as much because of weight but still moves.
I'm a smoothie drinker and I will be trying that slushy watermelon drink. Looking forward to it. You hit it on the spot about picking out watermelon. I was taught your method 3 decades ago. A lot of people at the store stare at me and try to follow what I am doing and they have no clue what I'm doing. So I give a lot of lessons at the store and love doing it.
Thanks for sharing and I enjoyed reading all the comments.
I just bought my 4th watermelon this season. Brought 2-back. Just bought another one. I am soooooooo tired of spending $ on bad watermelons. Decided to look up how to pick one out. I found your website. So-I am going to try your suggestions. I shall let you know what happens. Thankyou. . .
Bees would not sting watermelon, as it would kill them to do so. They are after nectar, from flowers, not juice. Not sure what causes the bumps, but it's not bees.
Thank you! I was reading about bee stings, thinking, "that's impossible!" They will only sting when they, or more importantly, the colony, feels threatened. It pulls out their abdomen to leave their stinger behind, thus killing them!
Well i am sure you right,I have also heard those brown scars are caused but the melon growing to fast the outside cannot keep up (a tare) .I read you can also feel the texture of the skin,i mature melon you can feel the slight ridges between light and dark stripes,and the pigtail end will be dried up.
I've always found that if you knock on the watermelon, and it sounds hollow,it's good.
I agree!! My daddy taught me this when I was a kid and it has been failproof. The more hollow it sounds, the sweeter it is. I think I knock on every melon in the bin, but never wind up with a bad one!! =)
I pick the wrong watermelon more often than not. Probably because I have a natural tendency to go for shiny things, which has always worked out well in the jewelry department, but not so well in the fresh produce department. Thank you for this great info. I guess all I really needed is a quick lesson.
HI .. yes the knocking is useful in BOTH aspects (sound and feel) .. the little black bumps are actually caused by insects but not bees, and yes they are attaracted to the sweetness, and im not sure what they are but they use a probiscus like a mosquito hence the dots of dried sap …. as for determining if a melon is almost too ripe, when a melon ripens the juice tends to gather , so if it is lying on a surface the liquid will pool to the lower half of the melon .. a gentle roll along the floor will tell you if it has a pool on the bottom as it won't roll easily (not like a firm just ripened on).
I have always found yummy melon.Besides what you have said i always look for brown scars,(i have read they are formed because the thing is growing to fast and it is kind of a tare,and i have heard it is where insects (bees) have went after it for its sweetness).And Yes you dont want a mushy feel to any part of it.And if you know how to become one with the melon (be the melon) that will certainly help.
I just cut up that watermelon like a boss! Thanks for the tutorial.
My best bet for getting a good watermelon is to choose the Dulcinea Pure Heart brand of seedless "personal size" watermelons. They are usually sweet all the way to the rind, are truly like eating only the heart of a melon, and are not too big for my family of two to deal with.
I like the personal size melons also–much less rind and they don't take up much room in the fridge once cut.
I also look for a green stem to indicate it was picked more recently.
All the tips n comments featured r about red, symmetrical watermelons but wat about yellow fleshed ones…? do I use the same tips..? Or how do I cut an irregular shaped ones in half w/o either side appearing too big/small?
I don't use a cutting board, but instead I use an oversized cafeteria style serving tray and it works great in catching juice or melon fragments and since the tray lip is one inch high there's no worry about juice "runoff".
is it just me, or was 2013 a sort of bad year for watermelon generally…?
Haha, I guess so, Caligirl, but I just thought that was my husband! 😉
Thanks for a few more tips!!
Thank you for the watermelon & cutting tips. Seems I always pick bad ones and never really learned how to cut them as well.
You make it look so simple
Thank you,
Bakersfield, CA
My produce manager once told me to look for what he referred to as bloodspots- on either end of the melon- or in a spot where the melon has some kind of scar- if it is a really sweet melon the juice will come to the surface and the air will cause the sugar to harden so it sort of looks like hardened blood- hence the name " bloodspots" this advice has never failed me- I've always gotten the sweetest melons!
I thought I was the only one who agonized over picking out a watermelon, and how utterly disappointing it is to get a bad one! Thank you for the tips!
Fantastic advice and great photography. Makes me want to go out and buy one.
Hi Joanne, I think I´m reading a bit too late this post, here in Chile watermelons are at the end of the season…
About the 3rd tip you wrote, according to my produce supplier, you must knock during the morning, this is because when the temperature goes up, the fruit heats a bit so every watermelon will sound similar. Works for me 😉
Thank you for your helpfull advices, will have them in mind for next summer!
Santiago, Chile
I go by the stem…or lack of there of…if the stem is still attached it means the melon was "picked"…if there is a clean smooth spot where the stem once was…that means the melon was ripe enough to pick therefore, ripe and sweet…
I loved the video and I loved the advice. I just brought home a mushy watermelon and it made me so unhappy. I will definitely pick out my next watermelon using your suggestions.
A farmer told me to look at the stem end–if it's an "innie" that means it's ripe. If the stem end is pointed out, it was picked too early. This applies to all melons. Once I learned that trick, I haven't picked a bad melon yet!
My parents always use the knocking method and I was always in awe and curious as to how they know by just knocking on it. Now I know! Haha
Thanks! Your tips worked great. I got a sweet watermelon :).
the thumping only indicates the amount of water in the melon and not how sweet it taste and therefore might sometimes produce a dud. ripe melon might not be sweet, but an unripe melon is definitely not going to be sweet.
PS: every tried sautéed rinds? not the green parts but the whitish part with mince garlic and soy sauce.
Thanks for putting it ALL in a nutshell. I've disappointed myself 3 of last 4 times just wild guessing. Now I've got specific guidelines to help, thanks to you.
Hi everyone.
I almost always purchase those small sized watermelons, because watermelon is very filling and there is only one other person in the house.
I rarely see a yellowish/cream on the watermelons' underside. Perhaps, I didn't look for it. Do small watermelons have a yellowish underside? The seeds of the small watermelons are smaller also.
I cut grapefruit this way. Might be a bit awkward with an oblong watermelon but i will give it a try.
Thanks so much for the tips! I love watermelon but that can quickly turn when I get a "terrible" one.
Thank you. Big help taking some of the guesswork out picking a good one. I always wondered about that ground spot.
Great info about picking a watermelon, however, nothing was said about the bee stingers. I think those being present are the best indicator for a sweet watermelon.

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One of the girls in the office has brought her home PC in for me to look at. Originally I the PC once logged in to Windows (7 Home Premium 64bit) had a script error come up from some installed software, now she has an issue with Windows not loading, so had the PC brought in so I can look at it.
PC goes through POST with no issues, and then sits there on the Windows 7 loading screen and does nothing (left it several hours). Next I tried to load safe mode, safe mode went through loading files and stops after loading "avgidsha.sys", great I thought perhaps and issue with AVG (she's running AVG2014), so loaded from a Linux Live CD and renamed the AVG folders and AVG drivers in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers and rebooted in safe mode. Safe mode then stopped on "classpnp.sys". I then booted the PC with a Windows Recovery disc and tried to run "sfc /scannow /offbootdir=d:\ /offwindir=d:\windows" which completed without error. I've also tried to enable boot logging/debug but no files are created, I don't think it's getting far enough in the boot process to generate these.
I've since tried, System Restore, Last Known Good Configuration and none of them allow me to boot in to Windows. Memtest86 completes without error (4 passes). I've run Western Digitals hard drive tools to check the HDD for errors and that completes without issue. I've reset the BIOS to defaults and disabled everything except USB and Windows boot still fails. I've changed the SATA controller to IDE compatibility and boot still fails.
I've recently tried to boot the PC using Herins BootCD running Mini XP, which also starts to load and then sits in the Windows XP loading screen.
Short of reloading Windows and hoping for the best I'm out of ideas on what to try next. I suspect I am looking at some sort of hardware failure but can't seem to pin point it?
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Annual Idaho State University art faculty exhibition runs through Jan. 28 at Davis Gallery
Posted January 13, 2011
The Idaho State University annual Art Faculty Exhibition will continue through Jan. 28 at the John B. Davis Gallery in the Fine Arts Building.
This event is free and open to the public.
It includes ISU faculty work by Rudy Kovacs, Scott Evans, Linda Leeuwrik, Anthony Martin, Amy Jo Popa, Doug Warnock and Angie Zielinski.
Adjunct faculty members showing work are Ryan Babcock, Lou Christofferson, Jim Jenkins, Lynne Parker and Lou Pirro.
The Davis Gallery hours are Monday – Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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HIGHWAYS: Lots of work needed for good-looking tomatoes this year
SPURGEON, Ind. - The line of tomato plants along the south side of Kenneth Grose's farmhouse climbs straight up rebar posts to a height of more than seven feet. The 78-year-old maneuvered the yellow vinyl-covered bench he designed himself closer to the lush green plants.
For the past 13 years, Grose has had problems with his balance and requires handholds or rolling contraptions to get around his nearly five-acre property.
"I got poisoned cutting cadmium-plated metal. It's kind of a chrome-plated metal. If you breathe enough fumes off of it, it'll destroy your nervous system and kill you. It's very deadly. I got into it accidentally and that's what left me in this condition."
"My feet and hands are numb," Grose said while he worked. "I can't balance myself. I'm pretty well crippled up. I'm normal when I'm sitting. Its just when I stand, I have no balance and I can't walk."
"I still work," he said as he trimmed the tomato plants that, unlike many this year, are healthy and bountiful. "I cut the leaves off. It gives more strength to the tomato. I'm cutting all this trash out of here so I can see my tomatoes," Grose continued. "If you can't see what you've got, you just might as well say you haven't got anything."
"Sometimes you make a mistake ... you cut the wrong one," he said. "You reach in there thinking you're getting a limb and you get something else."
But mistakes like that are nothing compared to the joy it brings him knowing his garden is still flourishing this late in the season.
"I watered my garden this year. Everybody else's gardens just died. Just completely died. I'm glad I did too, because I had one of the best gardens I've had in 38 years."
Grose knows it must all come to an end soon when the temperatures begin to drop.
"The night before a frost, I take them all off. I take them in the house and put them in boxes. They'll get ripe. I'll eat tomatoes until the first of the year."
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Elisa Media Center
Elisa Media Center is an Open Source, cross-platform multimedia application "connecting the internet to your all-in-one media player". Developed by Fluendo S.L. of Spain, Elisa is available for installation on the Linux operating system. An alpha version with limited functionality is also available for the Windows platform.
Update: Elisa Media Center has been renamed to Moovida. So if you see Elisa Media Center in your distros repo, know that that is outdated. Update to Moovida and enjoy the latest and greatest in a Free Software media center application.
Like most other multimedia applications, Elisa provides the following media playback and viewing functionalities:
- Watch online and local movies
- Listen to Internet radio stations and to your local music collection(s)
- View pictures with animated slideshows
- Automatic detection of peripheral devices like cameras and iPods
- Automatically find media on other computers in the local network
You may read the full list of features and functionalities on the projects home page.
Elisa Media Center is modular in design, and there are a number of plugins already available for it – YouTube, flickr, Dailymotion, Picasa and Shoutcast plugins. Being Open Source, developers can write their own Elisa plugin to extend its functionalities. Some Linux distributions have Elisa binaries which you can install using your distros package manager (search for "elisa"), and Sabayon Linux comes pre-installed with Elisa Media Center.
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APP OF THE DAY: Sky Siege 3D review (iPhone)
It's AR Week on Pocket-lint, and that means five days of the latest apps, features and news from the world of Augmented Reality. There are plenty of AR apps on offer, but we've picked some of the best ones around for you to get stuck into. Today's choice? Sky Siege 3D.
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There are plenty of AR gaming apps, but most of them aren't anywhere near as good as Sky Siege 3D. This FPS game lets you fly a helicoptor around your living room (not literally, you understand) or you can choose a 360-degree virtual environment. If you prefer, you can take to the skies outside to make things even more realistic.
Making full use of the iPhone's gyroscope, the game lets you take control of your helicoptor and shoot down the enemies using a variety of ammunition which can be selected using the on-screen icons. The graphics are excellent and the in-game sound and vibration also add to the whole gaming experience.
You really need to be standing up to get the full benefit of the excellent 360-degree action, so if you want a nice, quiet game to play while lounging on the sofa, then this probably isn't it.
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No I have not used OC Kernel? Will it help?
Definitely, extra speed, and OC kernels are usually undervolted as well, which should help battery life. (you'll need SetCPU, you can grab it here)
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Posted 27 January 2011 - 22:45
So I am on 2.3 right now and my camcorder is not working and there is significant lag. Should I go to 2.2 of AOSP or to LiquidSense 2.1 like Davo said and then upgrade the kernel to OC kernel?
Posted 27 January 2011 - 22:47
I also have a Sprint Hero and I use LiquidSense 2.1 stable rom. It's seriously what I'd recommend to anyone that still uses the Hero. It comes with the overclock kernel already built in so that you can get up to 768 MHz. My battery lasts a pretty long time too even if I leave the display on with full brightness, using Wifi, GPS, and tether. I'd suggest using LauncherPro instead of HTC Sense too and then just removing it with Titanium Backup so that it doesn't still run in the background. The dialer in LiquidSense also still is integrated with Sprint. Every other rom requires you to flash back to stock to use the dialer codes. I also use the Gingerbread keyboard (search for: gingerbread apk eclair on Google) and it snaps right up.
Don't get hung up on it not being Froyo. Alot of the non-stock roms are missing key features like camera, GPS, and have service issues from time to time.
Posted 27 January 2011 - 22:51
hey man, can you instruct me on how to do this exactly with my sprint hero? It has all the updates, so I read that I would have to flash back to a older version before I tried anything... has that changed?
Posted 27 January 2011 - 22:52
2.1 is the latest version for the hero, it was never upgraded beyond 2.1
If you have an official ROM, you'll simply have to root the phone, perform a wipe, then install your custom ROM.
Instructions on rooting are here:
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Posted 27 January 2011 - 23:12
Well, I read somewhere that not too long ago, Sprint released a update to the software that wouldn't allow rooting, and that if you had accepted this update, which I had, you would need to flash back to a older version of Sprints software before you could root.


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Why did my Girlfriend break up with me why is she doing this?..
My Girlfriend recently got out of a 2 years relationship with her ex.and she said she loved him I've known her for about 2 years and been going out... Show More
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sometimes women will jump to another guy right after a breakup. we all know this as the rebound.
not only does she feel a new sence of loneliness after being used to being with somebody, but she still has all these emotions running through her that she she wants/needs to attach to somebody. and that somebody just so happend to be you.
as far as her needing space that is also perfectly natural. she may have dome to a point to where she finally realized on the emotional level that you are not him. its not that you are a bad guy or worth any less, her emotional side just realized that you were not what she was actually looking for AT THAT TIME.
by the way this was written it sounds like you two left on good terms. once she gets over him she may come back one day and decide to continue something with you assuming you at least put a good impression on her. or a FB or a FWB who knows what benefits could surface.
but on that same note, there are a million fish in the sea brother. you might, but I don't wait for anybody.
What Girls Said 7
I believe she looking out for you. I mean by breaking up with you due to her feelings for her ex. I believe she was respecting you and your feelings. It seems that her feeligns for her ex are way more then she realized when you two started dating. In order to be in a relationship and feel the right feelings for someone you can not have an ex on your mind. So, she did the right, noble thing breaking up wiht you in order to sort her feelings out.
I do not think she did this to hurt you, and I"m sure she really does love you like she says she does.
Give her her space, let her work this out, and if she really did have feelings for you she will come back to her. Just be there for her as a friends.As hard as that may sound that really what she needs right now.Not a boyfriend. A FREIND
i think that everything she told you is true. she probably really has feelings for you. but, her feelings for her ex must have been very strong, and maybe she's just unsure about going into that kind of a relationship again, especially soon. keep telling her ur here for her, but make sure you don't get annoying. I'm sorry.
1. Maybe her "feelings" for you (that she loves you, etc.) may be her feelings for her ex directed to you.
2. It could be that she truly does love you, and she's been realizing it since she's known you for so long, but a long relationship like that DOES take a while to get over. If she loves you, and wants a break up, she'll come back to you.
3. I think ifyou love her, you should honestly talk to her. And tell her how you feel. No one will know for sure, except for her. Just talk to her. Tell her you're confused, and tell her you want the honest truth.
Hey I can understand that. I had exactly the same thing, got out of a 2-3 year relationship, started dating a guy, had to break up with him. But the reasons are always different. This time, I just didn't actually love the guy, so well obviously have to break up. But maybe she wasn't ready for a relationship. Maybe she has a lot of feelings for her ex (well she says she loved him, so I'm guessing so!) so I mean, I think give her time to heal. And say you'll be there for her as a friend. Because she needs friends the most at this time, not a bf. Because breaking off a really long relationship can be really confusing sometimes.
It sounds like me. I just recently got out of a two year relationship and almost immediantly went to another guy. I was uneasy about it, but we both loved each other. We're not officially dating since I don't want him to seem like the rebound and so no one thinks I
m a slut cause I'm not. I don't want him to have the rebound guy stamp on his forehead.
So perhaps she broke it up so she dosn't seem like a nasty person going from one guy to another, and so you don't get stamped as the rebound guy. Or she still loves the ex and trying to figure out her feelings untill getting back together with you.
Don't worry, she'll come back. She just needs to sort out her feelings and needs to listen to her heart for a while. Going from one guy to another is rough on the emotions. She'll either realize that she really does love you, or decide she is not ready for another guy yet.
Be a good friend at the moment, let her know she always has someone to go to if she needs someone.
This is an easy way to let you down and let her try to get bak with her ex - if she wanted to get over her ex as she says and let those feelings go that she has for him she would STAY with you to keep herself occupied and find the things she adores in you to make a future with you. Sounds harsh but I think you should move on - if she comes back whole heartedly then give it a go but I think she is playing your field and ur just a sucker for love :)
What Guys Said 9
If I had to guess it's because you didn't have sex. I mean come on, you've been going out for a month already! Pull the frakkin' trigger already. She just got out of a long term relationship and needs some action to help get over her ex. Since you weren't providing that for her she's going to move on to some other guys for a while.
Im sorry dude but you are the rebound and 90% of rebounds don't last. She loves that you are not him and that's it. Have you guys had sex yet if so then maybe it is real if not in all likely hood she did it to make the old boyfriend jealous. Sorry man get away from that relationship its not good for you at all.
Yep, except the whole sex part. Even if they had sex, he's rebound as she's not thinking clearly.
Basically, think of her as a drunk chick for the next 1-2 months or however long it takes her to get over her ex.
I just went thru the same thing...Met her a month ago...saw her ALMOST everyday for 2 weeks. Her ex of 2 years had kicked her out of the house about 9 months ago. She said she still had feelings for him, but didn't want him back. Anyway, She kissed me the first nite we out. But over the two weeks, whenever the kissing would start to get heavy, she'd say we have to stop, "because it will lead to something bad."? I couldn't figure out what was going on. I spent the nite at her place twice, the first time on the sofa, the second time in her bed...she even made references to sex, saying she was attracted to me...but she said she knew herself, and if we had sex, it'd all be over? I knew she was still getting over her broken heart, so I told her I was patient, she was worth, and that I could wait until I knew she was ready. One nite, she said..."don't take this the wrong way, but do you even want to get married and have kids?" I explained I don't think about it much, but if it happens, it happens. Then, the night before christmas eve, she took me to her parents house for dinner...wouldn't that mean she was really into me? I thought so. Anyway, after dinner we went to a bar with several members of her family to sing Karaoke. Afterwards, she said she was hungry, so her and I went to get a bite...Now I don't know exactly how the conversation went next, but it somehow led to me asking about whether or not her ex was still texting her for booty calls (the nite I met her she had shown me a text msg from him stating exactly that "booty call?") The look on her face made me shudder...hesitantly I asked "You're not still sleeping with him,...are you?...Please tell me you're not still f***ing him...I mean PLEASE tell me you haven't f***ed him since we started seeing each other?!?!?!?! She couldn't answer the question. I was dumbfounded/confused/hurt/shocked/angry/...etc. I stood to leave...she grabbed my hand and pulled me back into the booth...I said "What? What do you want? What are you doing? Why am I even here with you? What the f*** am I doing here? Don't you know...can't you tell...that I am falling for you...hard? I didn't want to tell you because it is still too soon, and I didn't want to freak you out...but now it doesn't matter...Leah I'm falling in love with you." She started to cry. I grabbed her and just held her tight in my arms, saying "Oh sweetheart, please don't...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to make you cry." Back at her house, and I slept one more evening carressing her. In the morning,..she took me home...I spoke to the friend who introduced us...he blew a fuse...he started yelling about her being a slut and that I should not speak to her at all...and if she calls I should tell her that I am thru...all day I just stewed in disbelief...that eve, I got drunk and we started a text argument...haven't heard from her since--GIRLS...IS SHE THRU? OR CAN I GET HER BACK? Though I can't believe what she did...I still Love Her
It's only been a month man. Get over it. I've gone out with 2 seperate girls I dated over 5 years. One of which is probably going to be leaving me soon. So yeah your problem isn't really so severe.
Heres one thing you gotta know, a lot of girls are tricksters and manipulators. For one thing they GET A NEW Boyfriend to forget the old one. Not leave their new one to forget the old one use your head man. Usually in a situation like this, the guy (you) is being used to strike up jealousy or interest from the EX (which as you said she's still got feelings for.)
If you really wanna wow a girl who digs jealousy & conflict like that, you simply need to beat up her ex boyfriend showing strong passion for her. (alot of women get hot for that.)
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Jordan Hill might return from 'season-ending' surgery
Apr 11, 2013, 9:17 PM EDT
Jordan Hill underwent what was deemed season-ending surgery in January, but if the Lakers advance deep enough in the playoffs, Hill might return this year. Dave McMenamin of ESPN:
Hill will begin running with 70 percent of his body weight, according to the team. He will gradually increase the weight on the treadmill, barring any setbacks, and be cleared for full weight-bearing running and jumping exercises once he reaches 100 percent.
The team estimates it would take another 3-4 weeks of on-court basketball drills before Hill will be able to resume playing in games.
Hill, who averaged 6.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in 15.8 minutes per game, was having his best season when he injured his hip. He's especially valuable to the Lakers, who lack a quality backup center behind Dwight Howard, as illustrated by the team's numbers when Howard was on the bench:
- Before Hill's injury: +4.4 points per 100 possessions
- After Hill's injury: –4.9 points per 100 possessions
The Lakers will probably need to rely heavily on Howard to advance far enough that Hill can return, but if that somehow happens, they can safely give Howard a little more rest.
- lakerluver - Apr 11, 2013 at 10:06 PM
Good, that means he will be ready for the 2nd round of the playoffs….Yeah, I said 2nd round.
- norvturnersneck - Apr 11, 2013 at 10:44 PM
Too bad they won't make the 2nd round.
- zacksdad - Apr 12, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Yep, I like the Lakers. But for them just to make the playoffs they need to probably win Sunday. And if they win Sunday, they might knock the Spurs to the second seed. Then they would probably get clobbered by the Thunder.
But I will still hope for them to make the playoffs and then beat who ever they need to.
- 00maltliquor - Apr 12, 2013 at 12:00 AM
HELL yeah! That's what's up!!!
- saint1997 - Apr 12, 2013 at 12:10 AM
That stat is a little warped by Dwights improved play through the season but I see the point
- savvybynature - Apr 12, 2013 at 12:44 AM
"if the Lakers advance deep enough in the playoffs, Hill might return this year."
So basically you are saying that Hill's injury was indeed season ending. Bummer. He was playing pretty well.
- badintent - Apr 12, 2013 at 2:51 AM
He will start running with only 70% of his body weight ? Huh ? they're gonna castrate him? Is he running in a pool ? If he does come back, he'll be the only Laker playing defense. Like his game, wish we had him back in Knick Nation.
- paulhargis53 - Apr 12, 2013 at 8:21 AM
lakerslurper is hoping like hell they can somehow make it past the 2nd round. Otherwise, he is off this site forever.
I expect others to shame him daily if he doesn't keep his word. Or, he can quit being a chickens***, and meet me when I go to L.A. so we can discuss our differences in person.
He's too much of a coward to do the latter though.
- 00maltliquor - Apr 12, 2013 at 7:24 PM
It's going down to the wire paulhar…kobeLUVER24!
As we currently sit, BOS is 40-38 LAL is 42-37
It's been fun.
-sidenote…I don't think LL even lives in CA, let alone LA
- omniusprime - Apr 12, 2013 at 8:58 AM
It would be great if the Lakers can get deep enough into the playoffs to get Jordan Hill back this season. If the Lakers are lucky they'll get the ancient Spurs in the first round. If the Lakers could get the worthless celtics in the first round they'd sweep the series in 4 games since the ancient incompetent celtics are the worst team in the playoffs.
Get Well Soon Jordan Hill!!!
- mazblast - Apr 12, 2013 at 9:31 AM
Why are you fixated on the Celtics? Neither the Lakers nor the Celtics are going to get anywhere near meeting in "The Finals". I doubt that either will make it out of the first round–unless David Stern wills it so.
- paulhargis53 - Apr 12, 2013 at 10:56 AM
That's a good dog omnius, you know not to mouth off to me anymore.
- stephenolszewski - Apr 12, 2013 at 5:17 PM
If the Lakers get OKC first round Hill won't even have a chance to comeback
- jimsjam33 - Apr 14, 2013 at 11:02 AM
No playoffs for Lakers this year .
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