Watermelon Basket

 

  This lab looked a little complicated at first but it turned out to be quite simple. To create the watermelon basket, we used a small watermelon and a food decorator. With the food decorator, we created these small v-cuts along the watermelon to create the shape of the basket. We found that the food decorator was actually really easy to use and cut through the tough outer layer of the watermelon very well.

  When we finished with the outline, we went back over the lines with a pairing knife just to make sure that the watermelon would split properly. The first time we tried breaking the side chunk off, it stuck to the melon so we had to redo some of the v-cuts. This is what the inside of the melon looked like when we split it up:

  I think it looks pretty great. After we removed both side chunks, we scooped out the melon with a spoon and started melon balling it. I've never used a melon baller before but I realized that the trick is to push down with the whole tool first and then scoop. This creates the perfect and delicious melon sphere.