Watermelon Season!

By Bethany Wilkes | June 16, 2014 |

There are numerous ways to cut a watermelon. But after buying an enormous amount of watermelon the past few years (it has become a new obsession) I have found a way to slice pieces effectively and efficiently. So I wanted to pass on this new wisdom.

First, a few tips on picking a watermelon. You want to find one that looks fairly symmetrical with one yellow spot. When you pick the watermelon up, it should feel heavy. If you knock on it, it should make a hollow sound. Depending on when you are going to eat the watermelon, look to see if there are some brown markings on the outside. If there are brown scratch like marks, that means the sugar is set and it is ready to eat. If you want to wait for a few days, try to find one without scratches.

Now, to cut the watermelon.

1. Cut the watermelon in half.

2. Depending on how much of the watermelon you want to cut, you can cut one half and saran wrap the other. Stick the saran wrapped half in the refrigerator.

3. Cut the half into thirds. You can see the lines on the watermelon where it is best to cut.
4. If you want to cut slices, take the third and cut it in half, then cut into slices pieces with rind.
5. If you want to cut it into small pieces without the rind, take each third and cut separately. Cut along the rind as you see in the picture below.

6. Turn it to the side, cut at the bottom of the fruit on each side.

7. Then cut along the third as show below.

8. Cut the opposite direction.

9. Then slice through the middle of the cuts to make smaller pieces.10. The pieces should fall out easily.11. If there are any stuck to the rind in the middle, just cut at the bottom of the fruit and they should come off easily.