sprinklefingers

carving a watermelon - in pictures.

i’m sure you’ve seen it before - or perhaps you haven’t - but this is the technique my father used to carve a watermelon. i’ve since seen alton brown utilize the same method but instead of using a kitchen knife he resorts to an electric carving knife. which is fine (and fun) but an actual knife works very well, too.

of course you can carve a melon and leave the rind on, but removing the rind means we have a container of ready-to-eat cubed melon in the fridge. another plus?  the melon doesn’t require a container giant enough to house both the fruit AND the rind.

happy summer!