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Bookmark and share the address of Everything About Entertaining on your social bookmarking website Bookmark and share the address of Everything About Entertaining on your social bookmarking website. The best knife to use when cutting a watermelon is a heavy-duty serrated knife because the teeth of the knife will dig into the outer skin and cut through it easily and well.
The knife will resemble one that you may have in your house to slice bread with but more heavy-duty, a thicker blade, than that. Before learning how to cut a watermelon, we first need to learn how to pick out a good watermelon. Getting a watermelon that is sweet, ripe and ready to eat is what the goal is. However, you can buy watermelon almost year-round in the grocery stores in the United States, which comes from southern states or countries.
There are some tricks to being able to tell if watermelon is ripe before buying one. The best methods that I use when picking out a good watermelon are:. If you thump your watermelon and it has a light sound then it is most likely dry, whereas if you thump it and it sounds like a door knock then it is most likely a good melon. If you press on the outer skin and it is soft then leave that melon right in the store because it is probably on its way to going bad.
You want the outer skin or rind to be hard with no signs of blemishes. Look for a dark and healthy-looking color to the watermelon. If it is pale in color, the inside will most likely also be pale in color instead of bright red. Even though I have cut watermelon my whole life, I have recently learned a few new tricks that have helped me learn the best way to cut watermelon, let me share them with you one at a time, step by step.
We like to peel it first if we are cutting watermelon into cubes and peeling it is the first step. I love watermelon triangles because they are just the right size to hold when you are at a party or at a picnic. You can walk around with a triangle in one hand and you will want to go back for several pieces along the course of the event. They also look attractive because of their shape. Cutting watermelon into sticks or batons is one of the fancier shapes to make.
It makes your watermelon go far if you have a big crowd because you can get a lot of pieces from one watermelon. Of course, follow the same instructions for washing, and be sure to use a good cutting board and a serrated knife to cut the watermelon. Amazingly the hard, white, and green rind that we all throw away after we eat the sweet red and juicy fruit, can be added to some yummy foods and it also has some good health benefits too.
Here are a few ideas for things to do with watermelon rinds:. Watermelon seeds have important vitamins and minerals and health benefits such as:. You can roast the watermelon seeds by spreading the seeds out on a baking sheet, season them with olive oil, and salt and bake them for 15 minutes at degrees. If you stir them halfway through roasting they will crisp up better. You can also add some cayenne pepper for a spicy version of the seeds. If sprouting the seeds removes the black shell, which reveals a seed with a creamy colored seed.
You soak them so that they will start to sprout, then dry them in the oven. There are several varieties of watermelon that are notable. The size of this watermelon ranges from pounds, which fits into the refrigerator easily refrigerators used to be called iceboxes. They are small enough for one person or small family, and you might know them as a sugar baby watermelon with dark green skin and is very sweet. The variety weighs anywhere from pounds, on average, even though there was a pound watermelon in the Guinness book of world records.
Because of the size and the name, these are usually the type that you see at a picnic because they feed a large group of people. They are oval in shape and are bright green. Just because it says that the watermelon is seedless, the black seeds may have been taken out but there still may be some small and paper-thin white seeds in the fruit.
Heidi I know what you mean, we had a holiday in the middle of our summer last year in the usa we spent Christmas in las Vegas and then we headed to Bryce canyon where we had snow and the same at Grand canyon the kids loved the snow. If we had been at home we would have had over deg and in the swimming pool. What a great idea!! We just had a summer luau for about 30 people and I totally should have cut the watermelon like this Pinning so I remember for next time.
The trick is remembering it for next time! I always get these great ideas, and then I forget about them! What a great tips. There a just one problem. Watermelon can be so messy to eat. But by your advice it so easy to eat. Thanks for your idea. Your email address will not be published. Facebook Instagram Pinterest YouTube. About Heidi Hi! Comments I live in Australia and we are in the middle of winter cant wait till summer as watermelon is one of my favour fruits and the kids love it tool.
So strange to think of winter in August!
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