I love seeing these videos with her in it!! I like her puns, jokes and the way she conveys the information. She seems like a genuine person! Always a must watch! Can’t wait to see her in more videos like this!!
I bought a seed mix that included “banana melon.” I planted some and I have two banana melons developing on the vine. I watched this in hopes of finding out what’s in store for me, but alas, banana melon wasn’t included so I’m still clueless what I will be getting with these melons.
OMG! I used to love cantaloupe. My dad used to buy them in the summer and would throw the flesh in a blender with ice and sugar or just scoop it out with a spoon. It was a family activity eating cantaloupe together. I haven’t had it since he passed away. May he rest in peace ❤
It’s impossible not to love her, and not get as excited as she does about every discovery of flavor with each bite. Definitely going to try and get hold of a couple of these to try out some of the recipes. So informative! Thanks!
Filipino cantaloupes, locally just known as "melon" are sweet and very orange like the zerbinati. It tastes almost the same as a very ripe and sweet honeydew, which is why it is common to find them in juice form. I was hoping you'd show that here with a maybe a different name, but it seems like I've yet to find that variety here in the US.
Similar to Indonesia. We familiar with melon (cantaloupe), semangka (watermelon, red and yellow), timun suri (cucumis Melo L var Reticulatus Naudin) and blewah (cucumis Melo L var Cantalupensis L)
USA here, I grow up in a rural area that grows watermelons and cantaloupes as its main deal. When I saw that zerbinati I was like "that's a canteloupe" and then she said the price I just got unreasonably upset...
I never noticed the difference between the regular and italian cantaloupe! Good to know. I tried a Hami Melon once cus it was on sale and they were great - my family loved how subtle and crunchy it was. Would definitely buy it again if I saw it
Here in the UK Cantaloupes are not that common, Yellow Honeydew is the most common one you will see & you're also more likely to find a Watermelon before you find a cantaloupe
oh i didn't mean you can't find them at all just that they are less common... cantaloupes are not considered the "default melon" or "gateway melon" here in the UK as she states cantaloupes are in the US or wherever she is from, if a shop here has 10 cantaloupes for sale you can bet there are 50 yellow honeydews on sale right next to them & maybe 20 watermelons, so whilst they are widely available it's not equal because not as many people buy them & some smaller shops like tesco express and even corner shops only sell Yellow honeydew & MAYBE watermelons if they have a big enough fruit section, so they are less common in general :D
On videos like this, along with the country of origin, it would be cool to see what season the fruit/veggie should be planted. Gardeners would much appreciate that :) Keep making these videos! I love getting ideas of what to plant next in the garden.
They probably consider that their audience doesn't just come from one country. The seasons are different from country to country and growing conditions even more so. And a gardener should make effort to look up growing conditions for a specific melon in their region rather than base it on this type of video. But also, the video is about melons, so summer, dear, melons don't grow outside in the winter.
I'm so glad you reviewed the Crenshaw melon. I think yours was slightly on the green side but I recommend next time try it with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice on it. Delicious. You are excellent at describing the various flavor notes. You were born to rate melons.
That was informative, thanks! Funny enough, in Germany I don't remember ever having seen what you introduced as "honeydew melon" (although it looked and sounded absolutely delicious!) whereas what you called "canary melon" is called "Honigmelone" - honey melon in German. Confusing! :)
Watermelon thankfully brings back good memories. I love hearing the older folks from the Great Depression/WW2 era tell stories about when they were kids, they would pool their money together with friends and buy a melon from the produce stand. They would then tie a rope to a tree, near a creek and tie the other end to the melon, and let it float in the creek to cool it down. They would relax under the shade of the tree and await the treasure of the sweet melon. What a combo!
The Christmas melon is known as piel de sapo in the UK. You can usually get them in bigger supermarkets, they tend to be on the pricier side, probably because they arent as popular as a honeydew (the name we give canary melon) or watermelon. Lidl had them for 95p this week!
Nice. You have the best presenter's personality, very congenial. Anywho- I've only had about 6 of those melons and I bought a Canary one summer in Desert Palm which was probably the best melon I ever ate. It was Soo juicy and sweet. It was like natures candy. Coachella grows a lot of melons but not a lot of different kinds. There is even a wash, Tahquitz, in Palm Springs, where someone/sometime had eaten a cantelope and thrown the seeds on the ground and the wash gets just enough water for it to grow really tiny, inedible ones. It's just weird as you're in a brutally hot, dry desert and here in this little tuft of area= melons, lol. It gets a lot of shade there from the mountain otherwise it would be too hot to grow without tons of water.
I've had a yellow watermelon from a local farm that grows heirloom varieties, and I found it was sweeter, almost more like a canary melon, which is another favourite of mine. Unfortunately I haven't had any luck trying to grow them myself. I can grow squash and cucumbers no problem, I made so many pickles this year with my baskets of extra cucumbers, but no luck with a watermelon.
You will have to start the seeds inside or " greenhouse" the vine. Melon 🍉 needs a lot of heat. Try the sugar baby variety under some sort of hoop house or greenhouse plastic.
Here in Vietnam we have a variety called " Dưa Gang " Its like a big long melon with a yellow-greenish color when its ripe.U know it ripens once u see a few cracks on the rind.The flesh is bland ,soft almost creamy but the smell to me is heaven. Because its so bland we eat it with sugar/condensed milk and crushed ice 🤤🤤🤤
I was always taught to thump or gently whack a watermelon to test its ripeness. A hollow sound meant it was not too ripe, but if it sounded flat, then it was overripe.
15:28 As one korean, I have to say something. You must eat the korean melon with seeds! The seed has everything that melon has like softness, sweetness, and more.
I love how watermelons were originally yellow, carrots were originally purple, etc. It's hilarious. I just discovered yellow watermelons for the first time about 2 weeks ago. I thought it was a regular one that had gone bad ;~; They also taste a little nasty.
i love eating most of a watermelon rind, even when completely plain and unprepared and unpickled. i don’t go all the way to the skin, but i eat pretty much all the way to the medium-dark green parts. honestly the white/light green parts are my favorite parts of a watermelon.
This is why epicurious is one of my favorite channels. Very informative. by the way, english is not my native language. i heard the word subtle several times in this video, i searched it up but i still cant understand the meaning. anyone mind helping me understand the context behind it? im so bothered that i cant get it 😁
We grew banana lope when I was a kid a long yellow melon that looked like a banana and tasted like a mild lope , I have never found them in stores , you could find the seeds in Burpe seed Co.
have u tried melon manis terengganu? it's sweet (orange part) and crunchy on the exterior (greenish part). very nice. i only eat that melon variety so it should be good.
