August is just around the corner, which means watermelons are approaching our tables, they, the damned ones, are already beckoning to us, wanting even the early ones to buy.
But, as we know, the risk of buying an early watermelon is the high probability of running into a berry stuffed with nitrates (for rapid ripening).
However, you can buy a normal early watermelon. It turns out to be some kind of lottery, you go for a watermelon with the thought: "maybe I'll get lucky."
But let's put this "maybe" aside and even now let's buy high-quality, sweet, tasty, juicy representatives of the melon family.
Below we will tell you how to quickly check a watermelon for nitrates.
No special devices are needed. Take a glass and fill it with warm water.
Place a piece of watermelon there – the pulp, without the rind. Wait a bit.
If the water has not changed or has only become slightly pink, you have a good watermelon in front of you, without nitrates.
But if the water turns brown or dark red, do not eat that watermelon. For your own health.
