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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 84 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why the hate on Honeydew? Honeydew is awesome!

I'll admit, sometimes you get a completely tasteless one. But get one at the sweet spot of ripeness...my god...it's ambrosia.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You can get a bad version of almost any food. It doesn't mean anything. It's really common to get a tasteless orange, but that doesn't stop me from buying or liking oranges.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

It made me stop buying oranges I'll tell ya that much

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

I hear this argument about honeydew all the time, that it can be flavorless.

Well that's the same with most fruit, it's called "ripeness" and not every fruit ripens at the same rates, so you tend to get some less sweet than others.

I think people just hate the "investment" of cutting open a whole melon and it not being good, so instead of learning how to tell how ripe it is, they just swear off the fruit.

Fine, more for me.

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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 57 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 weeks ago

I came looking for the bojack reference

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I love honeydew. I didn't know it was unpopular.

[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In Europe it's super popular, often paired with Serrano ham. That said, I find the taste so incredibly vile and disgusting, I believe it may be something like that herb that tastes like soap to many people.

[–] blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This is like calling a lemon that yellow sour fruit. Eat more cilantro, people.

[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wasn't sure what it was called in English, thanks for jogging my memory.

[–] blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The comment was meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek. Stay fresh like Koriander. ✌️

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Mint's the fresh way to go.

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[–] Iunnrais@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ve never had a honeydew that wasn’t delicious. Granted that I’ve been out of the states a few years now… is this like the red delicious apple where it used to be good, but farmers have bred the deliciousness out of them to look better aesthetically?

[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

They have to be ripe. It's like people who don't like avocado's, I assume they ate a few bad one's because avocado's are super finicky.

[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 23 points 2 weeks ago
[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Hey, this isn't a Star Trek meme man. Stay in your lane. XD

But seriously, love honeydew, and knowledge. I would screw it up for everyone

[–] Buffy@libretechni.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I was a honeydew hater until I actually had a good one. I guess it's hard to get at the perfect ripeness or something because the majority I've tasted had a bad texture or were tasteless.

[–] meep_launcher@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I mean you can tell if it's ripe or not by pressing against the part where the stem used to be- if there's a little give, you should be good.

I feel like people who hate Honeydew are like people who hate bananas but only have eaten fully green bananas. Like yea, if you don't let it ripen it's gonna suck.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It also matters where you live, to a point. Living far away from producers means you get fruit that was picked very green, with no ripening on the plant. Even after shelf ripening, the flavor profile will be milder compared to a plant ripened fruit.

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean you can tell if it's ripe or not by pressing against the part where the stem used to be- if there's a little give, you should be good.

I tried this but my dick popped all the way inside I think I pressed too hard

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[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Meanwhile I only like bananas before they're completely ripe. When they're completely ripe, they taste sickly sweet to me, almost rotten. The texture and more tart taste, just before it's completely ripe is perfect imo.

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[–] BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A red delicious would have the same effect.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

If I could fight one apple it’d be that one.

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[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This kind of underlines what a needy sociopathic narcissist the god of the bible is.

I MADE THE GAME AND YOU ALL MUST PAYcough I mean play. You all must play my game.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Almost everything in the bible underlines this.

I read multiple bibles as a young kid not for religious reasons but because i was bored.

I did not fully comprehend that jaweh was the god from our church or that i was supposed to read them as facts. In some parts i was sure he was just the main villain.

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Honeydew is good you freaks!

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Only time most people have had honeydew is in a supermarket fruit bowl and it's dry and unpleasant. It is great fresh

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is the first time in my long life I realized that some people might not like the godly nectar that is honeydew melon.

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[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 8 points 2 weeks ago

lol even evil snek is like yuck. XD

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A good honeydew is rare, but when you get one it's magical

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 2 weeks ago

Not if you know how to tell if one is ripe.

Apparently most restaurants don't know how to tell if one is ripe, though.

[–] gezero@lemmy.bowyerhub.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think anyone would sin for an apple. Mango on the other hand....

[–] Ibuthyr@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Get that slimy, fibry abomination away from me. Grapes, especially the blue ones 🍇 is where it's at.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Who þe heck doesn't like honeydew? It's þe best melon. Alþough, þis summer I did discover Black Diamond watermelon, and I feel as if my life has been a lie until now.

[–] Atropos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I like a ripe honeydew, you're not alone!

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Unripe almost any fruit is usually unpleasant!

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)
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[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Remember everyone, if Eve hadn't eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge, none of us would be here.

The snake is the hero of the story.

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago (21 children)

we cannot say how things would have played out otherwise, only that they played out this way, and this world suuuuccckkksss. XD

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[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Honey dew is delicious when it's vine ripened and slightly warmed in the sun.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Btw, how did the story of the paradise garden came to be? Historically?

[–] hark@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Lots of the time when people bash a fruit it's because they haven't had a good one. I will say that most honeydews I've had were plain, but a good honeydew tastes great!

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

At least it's not cantaloupe. Fuckin gross musky bitch-melon, that is.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Honey, do this. But we can't elope.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Or a butternut squash. Those things aren't buttery, nutty, and with how fibrous they are, squashy. It's the "Greenland" of fruits.

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[–] brianary@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Honeydew is unpopular because when you buy cheap honeydew, they can include too much of the rind without you being able to tell until you eat it.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

All day everyday I just assumed it was Durian and they died from extreme projectile vomiting.

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