LOVE this (Fruit salad in carvedd watermelon)

[Lucinda]

[grasswire]

1. I have done fruit salad in carved watermelon for many years...

....but not THAT fancy!

I have seen some awesome carved melons this year on the Internets.

[pinto]

2. Looks great. Don't have the knife skills for this, but what a nice job.

Fruit salad in a watermelon "bowl" - summer picnic item. I'm going to try a simpler version, i.e. cut the melon in half, scoop, cube, add other fruits and plate.

A plus - the bowl simply goes in the trash or compost...

[TreasonousBastard]

3. You could pickle the bowl...

and I hear some people even wrap it in bacon.

[pinto]

11. I was talking with folks about 'wrapping in bacon' ideas today. Bacon wrapped dates...

Broiled. Sounds great to me.

[grasswire]

5. it's easy to make a watermelon basket

like a simple basket with a handle.

I have used a citrus zester to decorate the outside. Not as fancy as what is shown, though.

[Lucinda]

10. Sounds good to me!

Waaaaaay back in the olden days I used to get sorbet packed into fruit halves at the fair. Great way to eat a treat and not add paper to the trash cans.

[grasswire]

4. some more pretty melon carvings

[Lucinda]

9. Very cool!

Has me craving watermelon sorbet too!

[JDPriestly]

6. Is that a photo or a painting? Anyway, it's beautiful.

[tru]

7. the OP one?

Now that you've mentioned it, I think it's a painting myself.

[JDPriestly]

12. The background looks more like a painting.

[Lucinda]

8. Facebook source said it was real.

They have been tracking food art. I don't have an original link though!

[TreasonousBastard]

13. Goggle up "watermelon carving" and it's amazing what you'll find...

And thousands more.

Instructions and videos, too. And there seem to be bigtime carving competitions.

I used to make simple watermelon baskets, but now I'm gonna try to find some time to do at least one of these masterpieces.