The mobile fruit hawker with a loud P.A. system passed-by again selling watermelons and these local melons. I am intrigued by its taste and I have no idea if they are sweet or not. But I am guessing that they are like Cantaloupes which are at a premium price which is why I am not buying those because they are imported and are commanding a high price and who knows if the farmers that reared or farmed those cantaloupes with extra chemicals like I even saw that some or maybe most farmers of imported sweet potato which look like the imported sweet potato that I am seeing which are imported from Japan as they say are being farmed using harmful chemicals where the farmers themselves grow for their own consumption without those chemicals, it is sad but that is what I saw in one YouTube channel, "China Observer", and its scary.
Anyway, I assume that these Melons aren't farmed using harmful chemicals otherwise they will not be cheap although I guess that they could have been more cheaper if not from the ravages of inflation. I also wanted to have some watermelon but it seems that the said fruits can be farmed as often as farmers likes because they are available again in the market which makes me happy because I can enjoy them again after waiting for some time and in many instances within a year.
I am quite paranoid now in eating fruits because of the chemicals that are being used especially for popular store-bought fruits like the usual grapes of all types, apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, blueberries, etc. particularly those with thin skin as mentioned while the thicker-skinned ones like watermelons and melons should be comparatively safe. Even ripe mangoes seems to be not safe because the use calcium carbide stone fumes create arsenic and definitely harms whoever would eat such fruits that are ripened using Calcium carbide.
That is why we have to be aware of what we should eat because there are danger everywhere and it is reflected on the cases of cancer being prevalent nowadays which I personally attribute to the foods that we consume in our modern times even if we seemingly eat good foods like fruits for that matter and because of that we always have to be proactive in many things that we do in our lives so that we can be more safer and maybe even live longer.
Take a melon and smell it before you buy it. If it smells sweet it's ripe.
Thanks for the tip, I like Melons because they are delicious regardless unlike Watermelons which is sometimes you get lucky to get the sweet ones. I just order them via Facebook chat when the vendor posts his merchandise so I do not get the chance to really pick what I want. 😀
I've seen some watermelons that can stretch. Fyi, those are not good. They're gmo.
It's time to eat up!! Yet, you're right, try to be cautious on what you're getting!
I thank God that I can afford now these things because fruits here are just expensive although there are the ones like these which are not that expensive and yet out of the budget of many people.
Right now I am also having some local ripe Mangoes, they are truly delicious in many ways like a dessert and a palate cleanser when I am having my meals because I can finish eating my rice servings and add calories in my diet which I am truly lacking with all the time.
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Fruit is Fantastic for you.
Specially Melons 🥓
Ha ha Yes but I can't have much of it lest I will overdose in Potassium. I also need a better grill, my father just refuses to make Barbecues, maybe I can move him to do some if I would have at least an electric griller for my barbecue needs. I like a broiled Mudfish with vinegar with fish sauce and hot chili pepper dip with rice, truly a tasty combination more than me having some barbecued meat. 😋👌