I always see people that look like they know what they're doing when picking out cantaloupes. People pinching, squishing, tapping, listening, smelling- I think they're just a bunch of phonies. Some fruit is pretty easy to tell whether or not it's ripe. Anything that changes color when it's ripe is pretty obvious- but what about things like cantaloupe?
Cantaloupe. That's a real money melon. This one has some really interesting tips. Apparently cantaloupes don't ripen any further after being picked- so buying a shitty one with hopes of it ripening on your kitchen table is not a good plan.
One way to identify a ripe cantaloupe is by smelling it. There are a few fruits that when they are ripe- their odor permeates the skin or rind of the fruit. If it doesn't smell delicious it probably won't taste very good either. Another way to check is by pressing on the end opposite of the stem. This should give a little. You don't want the whole thing to be soft because it'll probably just be mushy on the inside- past ripe.
You might look stupid smelling a melon in the grocery store- but a good cantaloupe is a good thing.
Fun fact: Cantaloupes are originally from Cantalupo- a village near Rome.
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