• riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    I didn’t know watermelon could do this. Who… Who buys watermelon and forgets it??? How does watermelon last longer than 4 days… At best?

    It’s watermelon! You buy it because you want to eat it now.

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      4 months ago

      Literally anything placed in fridge will do this if left uncovered. Fridges, freezers, air conditioners, etc., they all remove moisture.

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          4 months ago

          I put my steel in the fridge and it’s completely dried out now

          Granted, it wasn’t very wet when it went in

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            4 months ago

            If I fill a steel thermos with water and put it in the fridge, the water still doesn’t dry out even after months. I don’t know what that proves but I bet scientists will figure it out. I’ll be awaiting my Nobel Prize.

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        4 months ago

        Modern fridges have compartments with seals that keep the moisture a lot longer, designed particularly with vegetables and fruit in mind.

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          4 months ago

          Yeah but like I said earlier, your food will taste like the fridge itself if you don’t cover it, crisper drawer or otherwise.

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            4 months ago

            Oh, tell me about it. Someone in my household has a habit of regularly creating watermelon that tastes like onion.

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      4 months ago

      I didn’t know watermelon could do this.

      If done in a controlled environment, it’s apparently very tasty! I recently stumbled upon a tutorial somebody made recently about how to make watermelon jerky with a dehydrator. Apparently the flavor gets significantly sweeter. He was making it for hiking/survival purposes, so removing all the water weight lets you pack a lot of lightweight nutrients, too.

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      4 months ago

      The fridge has nothing else in it. I’m guessing it’s staged or the person literally forgot they had a fridge.