Find a matte rind: Shiny means the melon is underripe 2. Look for webbing : Scaly brown dots or scars on the exterior of the melon are a sign of flavor – it's from bees pollinating the blossom ...

Flip the melon around and check out the blossom end, which is opposite from the stem end, and looks like an "outie" belly ...

The Crown Melon is the latest luxury food fad, and comes with a $250 price tag. ... Over the span of the 100 days in which the melon grows, the blossoms are hand-pollinated, ...

2 teaspoons orange blossom water. 1. Purée melon in food processor and add simple syrup and lemon juice to taste (using more, or less, “based on ripeness of melon,” recommends Sarafpour). 2.

Izu Yasaimura, a Japanese-style hot pot restaurant, has launched a special cherry blossom season event, offering a limited-time sakura mousse dessert until the end of April.

Smell: Take a whiff of the blossom end. A juicy cantaloupe should smell sweet and have a faintly musky scent. No scent indicates it’s unripe, while a fermented smell means it’s overripe.

Here's how to find a perfectly ripe honeydew melon. Know your melons: Honeydew 101. Before you pick a winner, you've got to know your way around a melon. These two things are true for any type of ...

Picking a melon can feel like a giant leap of faith if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Let's be honest, you can't pick the perfect watermelon, cantaloupe, or honeydew just by looking ...

in your choice of either Cherry Blossom or Cucumber Melon scents from Walmart. Click on the pink “Get a Free Sample” button on the lower left to access the form to fill out. You should receive ...

On a ripe melon, you should feel a slight give, like pressing into a room-temperature stick of butter. Not soft, not mushy, just a gentle yield. If it's rock hard, it's underripe.