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electric mullet · **Joined:** Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:47 pm **Posts:** 156

Behold, Carrot Man!

AL1 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:45 pm **Posts:** 11

Mike G wrote:

Cherry Jell-O made in a plaster mold from an art supply store.

creepy.

AL1 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:45 pm **Posts:** 11

electric mullet wrote:

Behold, Carrot Man!

creepy x2, but whimsically so!

G Wiv · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:05 am

Melon Truck (3000 block of W Lawrence))

Melons were from Kankakee

mhill95149 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:55 pm

More of a deep brown than black but I don't dig carbon...

Kennyz · **Joined:** Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:19 am **Posts:** 3888

G Wiv wrote:

Melon Truck (3000 block of W Lawrence))

Melons were from Kankakee

On his blog, Vital Information links to a very helpful article about how to choose a watermelon. As the article notes, a creamy yellow spot on the underside indicates that it has not been ripened on the vine. Unfortunately, the truck's melons appear to be guilty of sitting on the ground, in the sun to ripen.

eatchicago · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:14 pm

Kennyz wrote:

On his blog, Vital Information links to a very helpful article about how to choose a watermelon. As the article notes, a creamy yellow spot on the underside indicates that it has not been ripened on the vine. Unfortunately, the truck's melons appear to be guilty of sitting on the ground, in the sun to ripen.

I don't really understand this. Is this saying that if it has a yellow spot, then it was improperly ripened? Do vine-ripened watermelons hang from vines without sitting on the ground?

My understanding, from listening to a recent NPR food podcast, that the yellow spot means that it HAS been ripened on the vine, because it was sitting outside with one side in the dirt. Like this:

http://www.desertrootsfarm.com/pictures/watermelon.jpg

If it doesn't have a spot at all then it wasn't sitting out in the field and was probably picked early and ripened through gasses, like tomatoes.

stevez · **Joined:** Mon May 24, 2004 9:19 am **Posts:** 8413

eatchicago wrote:

My understanding, from listening to a recent NPR food podcast, that the yellow spot means that it HAS been ripened on the vine, because it was sitting outside with one side in the dirt.

That has been my understanding as well.

G Wiv · **Posted:** Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:18 pm

stevez wrote:

That has been my understanding as well.

Right, I thought a yellow spot from ripening on the ground was a positive.

gleam · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:43 am

Kennyz wrote:

G Wiv wrote:

Melon Truck (3000 block of W Lawrence))

Melons were from Kankakee

On his blog, Vital Information links to a very helpful article about how to choose a watermelon. As the article notes, a creamy yellow spot on the underside indicates that it has not been ripened on the vine. Unfortunately, the truck's melons appear to be guilty of sitting on the ground, in the sun to ripen.

Chicago Tribune, via Vital Information wrote:

How do you know a watermelon ripened on the vine? Easy: Turn the melon over and check for a creamy yellow spot. That's a sign that the watermelon sat on the ground and in the sun to ripen.

Kenny, did you misread?

Kennyz · **Joined:** Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:19 am **Posts:** 3888

gleam wrote:

Kennyz wrote:

G Wiv wrote:

Melon Truck (3000 block of W Lawrence))

Melons were from Kankakee

On his blog, Vital Information links to a very helpful article about how to choose a watermelon. As the article notes, a creamy yellow spot on the underside indicates that it has not been ripened on the vine. Unfortunately, the truck's melons appear to be guilty of sitting on the ground, in the sun to ripen.

Chicago Tribune, via Vital Information wrote:

How do you know a watermelon ripened on the vine? Easy: Turn the melon over and check for a creamy yellow spot. That's a sign that the watermelon sat on the ground and in the sun to ripen.

Kenny, did you misread?

misread? no. misunderstand? appears so.
apologies to the Truck/melon proprietor, and thanks to LTHers for educating me.

Vital Information · **Joined:** Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:42 pm **Posts:** 2970

I'm not picking on Kenny, but just for the record, note that the article I excerptedtalked about looking for the yellow spot:

Quote:

Grower Chris Sutton, owner of Sutton Fruit and Vegetable in Kaufman County, Texas, says that your best bet is to buy local and in season. According to the National Watermelon Promotion Board, you should look for "a firm, symmetrical watermelon that is free of bruises, cuts or dents. When you see a nice-looking watermelon, pick it up and feel its heft; then pick up a few others of similar size to compare. At 92 percent water, a good melon should feel heavy for its size. Seeded varieties tend to be sweeter, Sutton said, "because the seed cavities cause it to be riper." How do you know a watermelon ripened on the vine? Easy: Turn the melon over and check for a creamy yellow spot. That's a sign that the watermelon sat on the ground and in the sun to ripen.[emphasis added]

eatchicago · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:22 am

I think the confusion is pretty easy to spot in that bolded sentence. The first part references "on the vine", the second part references "on the ground". It doesn't say that growing on the vine is congruous to laying on the ground in the sun, or if they're opposites. I can see how someone would get confused.

Best,
Michael

Vital Information · **Joined:** Wed Feb 11, 2004 12:42 pm **Posts:** 2970

OK, but as a person whose backyard is over ridden with ivy, who sez vines cannot be on the ground? :wink:

Kennyz · **Joined:** Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:19 am **Posts:** 3888

Vital Information wrote:

I'm not picking on Kenny, but just for the record, note that the article I excerptedtalked about looking for the yellow spot:

And look for the yellow spot I did. Unfotunately, as eatchicago pointed out, it was not clear to me from the article that the yellow spot was a positive. I think it shows what an ignorant city boy I really am when it comes to understanding how things grow. I will try to assuage my guilt by finding that truck and buying a melon.

LAZ · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:45 am

G Wiv wrote:

Melon Truck (3000 block of W Lawrence))

Melons were from Kankakee

Did you buy one? How did it taste?

The yellow spot -- the yellower the better -- is one indication of vine-ripened fruit, although some small varieties won't have it because they're raised on trellises.

Other indications of good, ripe melons are the stripes -- the more spread out toward each other, the riper. Also, the rind should be hard, rough to the touch and dull; if you can pierce it easily with your thumbnail or it's smooth and shiny, it’s not ripe. Also, look at the stem end. If there's a piece of stem attached, it should be dry and brown, not green.

Mike G · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:03 am

Monday after the Illinois State Fair, I-55 toward St. Louis.

Da Beef · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:51 am

a Jamaican lunch in Hyde Park...beef patty and a ting from Uncle Joe's jerk Shack.

G Wiv · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:43 pm

LAZ wrote:

G Wiv wrote:

Melon Truck (3000 block of W Lawrence))

Melons were from Kankakee

Did you buy one? How did it taste?

Subtly sweet, earthy. A very nice watermelon.

sazerac · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:18 pm

Attempts to get funding 102
drying Malbec

Malbec and Orange-Passion fruit juice

Mhays · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:15 pm

Had to be done.

Da Beef · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:31 pm

eatchicago · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:08 pm

One of the main reasons I love the summer:

(from Stover's Farms)

Best,
Michael

mhill95149 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:52 pm

GAF · **Posted:** Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:51 pm

Waiting for Ceviche: Fish in the Galapagos

riddlemay · **Posted:** Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:57 am

Mhays: Props on your mad photoshopping skillz!

mhill: That is the single best photograph of tomatoes ever taken.

GAF: I love the emotions on those fish's faces. They show the full range of feelings any of us might have if we were about to be ceviche.

mhill95149 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:13 pm

G Wiv · **Posted:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:50 pm

mhill95149 wrote:

Mind sending me a full size image, I'd like to print out and frame.

mhill95149 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:20 pm

check your PM.....

Bill/SFNM · **Posted:** Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:06 pm

Mother-load of Chanterelles

Bill/SFNM

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