Ingredients
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Directions
Watermelon Basket Fruit Salad, Since these are basic instructions, the number of servings will depend on the size of your fruit It can serve a big crowd
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Steps
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Take a Sharp Knife and Slice a Small Thin Piece Off the Bottom of Your Melon. |
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This Will Allow the Finished Basket to Sit Flat on a Plate or Table Without Rolling. |
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Next, Take the Tip of Your Knife (you Can Also Use Your Pumpkin Decorating Tool Out If You Have One) or Garnishing Tool and Score the Watermelon in Half, Horizontally. |
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Then Mark a Strip of About 1 1/2- 2" Wide That Will Form the Handle of Your Basket. |
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If You Have Trouble Seeing the Score Lines, You Might Want to Try Using a Marker. |
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Next, Take Your Garnishing Tool and Start Cutting Around the Melon on the Lines. |
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the Garnishing Tool Naturally Makes V Shaped Cuts, Which Makes Doing a Basket Like This a Breeze. |
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If You Do not Have a Garnishing Tool, Use a Small Knife and Make the V Cuts One Side at a Time. |
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You Could Also Forget the V and Make Straight Cuts. |
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to Make Separating the Melon Easier, and the Finished Product Neater, Turn Your Garnishing Tool Over, and Go Over the Cuts in the Opposite Direction. |
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Carefully Separate the Cut Sides from the Body of the Watermelon. |
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If You Used a Marking Pen and There Are Any Residual Marks Left, a Handy Way to Get Rid of Them Is to Use a New Emory Board and Gently Sand Them Off. |
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Take a Melon Baller and Hollow Out the Inside of the Watermelom. |
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After Removing All the Edible Parts, Take a Large Spoon and Gently Scrape Out the Sides of Your"basket". |
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Be Care not to Scrape Too Thinly on the Handle, as You Want It to Have Some Stability, Even Though You Will Never Try to Carry It This Way. |
