Balling Melons on the 4th

Just in case you’re wondering what I was doing on the 4th of July, let me tell you that for most of the afternoon, I was balling melons--cantaloupes, honeydews, and watermelons. I’ve balled melons before and therefore knew that the activity would exhaust me.

Therefore, just in case you’re wondering why it took me most of the afternoon to ball my melons, let me tell you that it was because I needed to take a rest every once in a while. In fact, that is what I am doing right now.

At this writing, all my melons have been balled with my nifty melon-balling tool. The balls are all chilling in glass containers in the ‘fridge.

Just in case you think I should be all finished, let me tell you that I still have to carve out the watermelon halves so they will become the decorative bowls to hold the melon balls.

And, after that, I am going to lay down and have a really good rest!

Just in case you want to make melon balls for the 4th, or any summertime picnic for that matter, let me tell you that I wish I had consulting this nifty recipe before I started balling my melons. Otherwise, I would have cut open my melons with a decorative edge as in the photos on the recipe site I found on the EHow website in an article called, “How to Make Watermelon Balls.”

If you scroll down, you’ll also see photographs and links to: How to make a fruit salad bowl out of a watermelon; how to carve a watermelon boat; how to carve a watermelon bowl; and most importantly, how to find a sweet watermelon.

OK, enough of my yakking. Time to get back to carving out those watermelon decorative bowls.

What were you doing on the 4th? Or, if you’re in Canada, on the 1st? Dominion Day?