The Pressure of Picking Produce

A trip to the grocery store can include a wide range of experiences. When picking up milk and bread there isn't much to it, same goes for most non-perishable items. However, when making your way to the produce section, do you begin to feel the pressure? The beads of sweat start dripping down as you hope to pick a winner and not a dud.

The vegetables are not as hard to manage because you can pretty easily tell the good from the bad, but the fruit picking is another story. There is nothing worse than bringing home a watermelon from the store in hopes of a delicious and refreshing summer treat only to find upon cutting it open that the watermelon is mealy and flavorless. Oh my - it is an awful feeling.

Unfortunately, the watermelon isn't the only one to cause such pain. The same goes for apples - Braeburn especially, oranges, mangos, and a plethora of others. No wonder people spend so much time smelling and touching their fruit items in the hopes of preventing such a catastrophe. However, the taste of bad fruit cannot always be avoided.

If I only knew of some full proof methods to test out the fruit while in the store. But alas, I am just as mystified as the next person. I've seen people knock on watermelon to hear for a hollow sound, or something like that, but who really knows until you take the knife to that delectable piece of fruit skin.

I wish I had better advice to offer, I wish I could make the pressure go away, but all I can really do is wish you the best of luck on your next trip to the produce section.