Source: Qayyou.com
This is probably one of the most overlooked features of Chinese.
There is a question on Zhihu: "What is the mainstream in China, and it is an outlier in the world?" ”
The answer with the highest praise, in addition to drinking hot water and anti-drug, is to eat watermelon.
Watermelon is rare in foreign countries (except southeast Asia and the Middle East) and is basically equivalent to domestic durian.
There are even Chinese to dry watermelons on ins.
This is not because watermelon is scarce abroad.
"In France, supermarkets have watermelons all year round, and late watermelons that go to Fridays and Saturdays in the summer are gone." But usually the restaurant or home guests will not choose watermelon unless the barbecue is particularly hot on that day. ”
"When I was studying in Belarus, people there ate watermelons, (and then a melon was about 30 lu yuan 50-80 yuan), and the locals didn't buy much."
"I vaguely remember when I was studying in england, tesco had a three-pound set menu, a sandwich + a bottle to drink (I usually choose happy water) + small snacks, and occasionally a small snack had a small bag of watermelon crumbs." 」
A large part of the reason is due to the price.
"Watermelon in Swiss supermarket, 35rmb 1/8 scoop (kneeling)."
"German watermelon is so expensive, bought 28 things, actually 10 euros are melon money, a watermelon is enough to buy four pounds of ribs."
"New Zealand watermelon expensive I was shocked to drop my jaw, winter more exaggerated 5.99 /kg, the last time I bought a large watermelon + a box of cherries, it cost 120 knives.
If you are expensive, you will not forget it.
If you've been to supermarkets in Europe, you'll also find the watermelons here scary.
The consequence of moving home with bare hands is soft tissue damage.
If you want to buy a cut, sorry, the price is directly doubled (the smaller the cut, the more expensive).
And that's not even the worst thing.
Most people know that watermelons in Japan are particularly expensive.
But few people know that even a box of watermelon peels here sells for 5 yuan.
In addition to the fact that some of the watermelons abroad are very expensive, the more important thing is that they are actually not delicious.
If you want to buy delicious watermelon, you have to rely on luck like opening a blind box.
What you buy is either anemia watermelon.
It is not clear whether the winter melon has derailed or the watermelon has split its legs.
Or it's an overly forceful "fake" watermelon.
The only thing to hope for is the Middle Eastern supermarket.
"I've bought small watermelons at Tesco and Sainbury before, a little 2.5 pounds, and every time I eat them, I'm not addicted... I also bought watermelon in the Indian supermarket downstairs at Crescent, the big 6 pounds / one, the boss said it was too expensive and no one bought it, so it was not purchased later.
Today went to the fruit stall of the Pakistani brother in downtown Marland, found that there are cut watermelons for sale, 1 pound /1 kg, I bought half a watermelon only 3 pounds, eat the thief is addicted, especially sweet! ”
"Dutch supermarkets sometimes cost 2.99 euros for the small one, and every time I buy watermelon, I go to the Turkish store to buy it, and buy the 5 euros that is 5 kg big."
If you really can't buy delicious melons, you can try to eat them differently.
Sprinkle salt like the Japanese.
Japanese watermelons are not sweet,
Sprinkling salt can make the faint sweetness stimulated and more delicious.
Dip soy sauce like a Chaoshan person.
If none of the above methods work, you can also use racial talent.
Finally, I wish you all the good melons you bought this summer.