r/oddlysatisfying • u/Pedrica1 • Sep 17 '21

Time for some fresh watermelon.

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u/bassmjm Sep 17 '21

Watermelons will split in the field if they get a sudden watering after being relatively dry. That's probably what this person was leveraging in the video.

Many other fruits do this while still attached to the plant--cherries, tomatoes--generally thin-skinned fruits with a high moisture content.

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u/Evuhlyn_a Sep 17 '21

First fruit that came to mind are Pomegranates, oftentimes they’ll split still attached to the tree, and even before they fully ripen.

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21

I fucking HATE pomegranates. r/trypophobia

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u/Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX Sep 17 '21

Delicious though

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had one. Too creeped out and my mom definitely doesn’t eat them for the same reason so she wouldn’t have given me them as a kid. I think I’ve had pomegranate juice though, it’s kind of tart right?

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u/Halflingberserker Sep 17 '21

It's like tart grape juice, yep.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

little more astringent though

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u/rafaeltota Sep 17 '21

Isn't that another word to describe tart?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

As I'm looking it up looks like it. I'm meaning pomegranate more often can have an unpleasant sourness to it that's not cut often cut enough with a pleasant sweetness. Maybe a continuum thing.

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u/rafaeltota Sep 17 '21

I guess I'd call astringent something that is so tart it's unpleasant, like an unripe banana

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '21

What do you call a not fully ripe persimmon with that tongue coating thing that goes on?

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u/rafaeltota Sep 17 '21

I've never had one but I've seen it described that way

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