I don't
know about other countries, but in China when you buy a watermelon, the first
step is knocking on the watermelon to pick up a good one, for me even
though I have no ideal the difference sound between the good one and the bad
one, but still I would knock before I buy one or at least ask the People who sell the melon help me
to knock.
I just read a news about an Italian supermarket asked
their customs stop knocking the watermelon any more because it won't respond
you. After read news people in China get confused, and don't understand it all,
they comment "It is so disrespectful to the watermelon","A good
watermelon deserve being knocked""How do the watermelon who is not being knock
feel about himself? ""how
do other watermelon feel about him".
Is it a common sense to pick up a good watermelon by knock a watermelon or a backward habit that should be stopped for you. I would like to know is there any other way to tell what is a good watermelon,after all the summer is coming.<o:p></o:p>
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Haha - nice topic. I also thump them, but don't know what a good one sounds like. I read this, which seems to be a little more useful:
"Watermelons have an underside, or belly, which is in contact with the ground throughout its growth, called a 'field spot'. This spot on a ripe watermelon will be yellowish (sometimes referred to as "buttery"), and not white, which indicates an unripe melon."
Source: http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/how-tell-if-watermelon-ripe.html
