How Do You Carve A Watermelon Fruit Basket?
A carved watermelon filled with healthy fresh fruit is a wonderful addition to any buffet table or outdoor picnic. Place the watermelon on the counter top. Choose the flattest side of the melon for the base. If there is no flat side, take a thin slice off of the rind so that the melon won’t roll. Eyeball the center-top of the melon, and make a mark on the rind. Make another mark one inch to the left of the center mark, and another mark one inch to the right of the center mark. This will give you a 2″ handle for your melon basket. Caution-don’t actually use the handle to pick up the melon! It’s only decorative. Beginning at the right tip of the melon, and about half-way up the side of the melon, begin making a cut towards the center of the melon, using a sawing motion. Stop where the mark for the handle is. You will have to eye-ball this; approximate location is fine. Do the same thing for the left side of the melon, stopping at approximately where the mark on that side of the melon is.
