Fruits

Kid’s Choice Watermelon Variety

June 29, 2011
By Melanie Mendelson
Kid’s Choice Watermelon Variety

On my recent grocery shopping trip, I saw a variety of watermelon labeled “Kid’s Choice”.  My kids like all the watermelons, as long as they are seedless and sweet, but I figured – why not try Kid’s Choice Watermelon and see if it’s any better than regular watermelons. Kid’s Choice Watermelon is medium size,...

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Small Seedless Personal Mini Watermelon

June 9, 2011
By Melanie Mendelson
Small Seedless Personal Mini Watermelon

My favorite kind of watermelon is the small seedless mini watermelon – also called “personal watermelon”.  What I like about the personal watermelon is its small size. If I feel like having some watermelon, I never feel like getting one of those huge watermelons – unless I’m planning to have a big party.  With...

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How To Cut A Mango For Mango Salsa

June 5, 2011
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Cut A Mango For Mango Salsa

Are you a big fan of mango salsa?  Do you like the taste of mango salsa, but don’t know how to cut up mango for mango salsa? To cut mango for mango salsa, you first need to peel a mango and cut a mango into big slices.  Once you have the big slices, you...

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How To Peel And Cut A Mango

May 31, 2011
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Peel And Cut A Mango

Do you avoid mangoes because you don’t know how to eat them?  Have you tried cutting a mango but ended up with a big mess? Don’t worry. You will know exactly how to eat a mango once you read this article.  Mangoes are so tasty, and you’ll really enjoy eating them! Mango is a...

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How To Tell When A Mango Is Ripe

May 26, 2011
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Tell When A Mango Is Ripe

Mango is a delicious tropical fruit.  Mangoes are very sweet and juicy, it’s a super yummy fruit.  However, mangoes are only sweet and juicy when they are ripe.  If you ever tried a mango that was not sweet and not juicy, you have eaten an unripe mango!  Mangoes that are not ripe taste like...

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How To Cut A Watermelon Into Chunks

May 14, 2011
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Cut A Watermelon Into Chunks

When you buy a watermelon, you need to cut it into chunks.  Cutting a huge watermelon into bite-size pieces seems like a daunting task.  However, it is really easy to cut a watermelon into chunks if you follow my strategy of cutting watermelon.  Once you understand the strategy, slicing watermelon will be a breeze! ...

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Blood Tangerines

March 2, 2011
By Melanie Mendelson
Blood Tangerines

I got some tangerines that looked like any other tangerines on the outside. Nice, small, bright and so perfectly orange – here’s a picture of the tangerine in my hand: When I peeled it, the inside looked kind of shocking – totally not what I expected.  It was purplish-red! Turned out it was a...

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How To Eat A Cactus Pear Fruit

October 15, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Eat A Cactus Pear Fruit

I was at the fruit section of the grocery store, and something caught my eye.  There was a huge sign that said “Tuna”, and under the sign was a box with a weird fruit that I never tried before.  Tuna what?  I went to look closer, and the unusual fruits had the stickers that...

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How To Cut A Melon

September 22, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
How To Cut A Melon

Cut a melon as soon as you get it from the store.  Melons don’t ripen once picked, so don’t wait to cut it.  If you are too lazy to cut a melon, it will deteriorate with time.  At the end, you’ll end up cutting it anyway, but the melon won’t taste as good as it would if...

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What Is A Juan Canary Melon?

August 29, 2010
By Melanie Mendelson
What Is A Juan Canary Melon?

Once I saw a very strange melon at the store.  It looked like a watermelon, but it was very long.  The label said “Juan Canary Melon”.  I just had to try it, so I bought it. Here’s the picture of Juan Canary Melon: Here’s a closeup of the sticker that was on this Juan...

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