Storing Watermelon

By Noneyoubussiness (Guest Post)

I just eat all of it at one time. LOL

By vivian anderson. (Guest Post)

In the olden days, 50 years ago, a friend told of growing watermelons, keeping a few under the bed, a cool place, and bringing one out for dessert at Xmas time and birthdays. They were always fine. Whether the newer species and small ones would keep so well, I do not know. I sometimes think that we are encouraged to discard perfectly good food to encourage our purchasing new stuff, in order to sell more.

By

jackman

I will be trying a new method this year.
A man 92 years old told me to sink it in a pond.
I will try only one to see how it does.

By chml (Guest Post)

Hi,

What I do is get a 2 gallon (jumbo) zip bag and cut the watermelon in chunks with out the rind and if I need another one use that too. Freeze or refregerate. Takes up less space than a bowl usually.

By Lynda (Guest Post)

We always cut in half width-wise and turn one of the halves upside down on a large solid dinner plate, eating the other half that DAY.

I have NEVER used paper towels, and believe they would only serve to soak up any juice? I'd use more than ONE if that were my purpose. LOL

If not ready to eat it, few believe this, but I actually
kept a whole, uncut, watermelon for six months in the pantry floor with absolutely NO problem. It was a large dark green one and was simply DELICIOUS when we finally cut it....VERY ......CAREFULLY, fearing the WORST, but, much to our surprise, IT WAS FINE!

After cutting, they usually don't last more than a week in the fridge. God's original Garden of Eden
must have SURELY included watermelon because they are my favorite fruit! : )