cutting watermelon

Just came across this one today and thought I would share:




And I thought I remembered other fun stuff about cutting watermelons, so I did some searching and ...





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I'm always impressed by people with great hand skills like that guy cutting the watermelon so fast.

Coming from someone who uses sharp knives all day, every day... This is nothing short of wildly impressive. The fact that he still has all of the fingers on his left hand is incredible. That knife is sharp enough to cut a week into 9 days. He could probably do it blindfolded; The muscle memory here is like nothing I've seen in quite some time.

Do you know how they get the water in the watermelons? They plant them in the spring. Lol

Because I love watermelon,  and am craving it NOW, thought I would share MY secret to cutting watermelon, quickly, into CUBES for easy, grab and go snacks, dessert,  or for fruit salad. !

FIRST, get (steal?) a cafeteria type tray, or baking sheet/jelly roll pan - something with a lip; this contains the juice so it does not make a mess; besides,  it's too delicious to waste!

Make sure you wash the outside/rind well, you don't want 'yuk' in your juice or on spilled chunks.  Then find a giant mixing bowl  and a sharp knife.

Okay, here we go...

Step 1: cut into quarters, set three aside.

Step 2: take one quarter,  set on it's rind, slice from top (what would have been the middle), ever half inch or so to the rind, as if cutting into wedges.

Step 3: now do the same, from tip to tip lengthwise, again to,  but not through the rind.

Step 4:  make the same size slices, but with your knife parallel to the rind, again every 1/2 - 1inch.

Step 5:  run knife,  slightly angled at the junction of white/red flesh,  on each side.

Step 6:  usually most of the cubes stay in place; pick up rind, and dump into bowl.  Pour juice and loose cubes into bowl, or keep juice separate for drinking.

Repeat with each wedge, then put into container(s) and store in fridge.

When I do this, the 2 cup ziploc screw top container is my 'go to' as it is the perfect portion size.  

*note: watermelon DOES stain plastic containers.

Okay, six steps may make this sound complicated,  but it really isn't.  This is WAY easier than cutting into slices, then removing the rind and cubing, and retains much more juice in each cube.