James Silverton said...

> Wayne wrote on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:32:22 GMT:
>
>>> Andy wrote on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:31:38 -0500:
>>>
>>>> Who shops using grocery delivery?
>>>
>>>> I saw a grocery delivery truck pull into my neighbor's
>>>> driveway a couple weeks ago.
>>>
>>>> I'm good at on-line shopping my ACME supermarket for ideas.
>>>> Also have a few other local market "coupon" pages out of
>>>> curiosity.
>>>
>>>> I've never bought food over www but that IS an interesting
>>>> option.
>>>
>>>> I don't think I want an ACME anybody employee picking out my
>>>> steak.
>>>
>>>> You?
>>>
>>> It's hard to imagine being so busy that I would have someone
>>> else select meat or vegetable produce for me. A particular
>>> example is bananas where I select 4 or 5 with colors ranging
>>> from completely green to nearly complete yellow to allow
>>> ripening. I'd never buy melons, pears or kiwis without
>>> prodding them.
>>>
>> So *you're* the one whose been prodding those melons! :-)
>
> LOL, but what's your advice on melon selection? Mine is not completely
> infallible but the melon should give slightly if pushed at the stem end.
> I've seen people shaking them and listening to the sound made when
> tapping with knuckles but those don't give *me* any useful information.


James,

I have heard of the "thumping" method but don't know the science behind
that..

I seem to recall smelling the rear end of the melon for fragrance was a way
to judge melons. Or was that pineapples?

Best,

Andy