How To Cut A Melon

Cut a melon as soon as you get it from the store.  Melons don’t ripen once picked, so don’t wait to cut it.  If you are too lazy to cut a melon, it will deteriorate with time.  At the end, you’ll end up cutting it anyway, but the melon won’t taste as good as it would if you cut the melon right away!  If you don’t cut a melon right away, you just lose :)

Once you cut the melon into chunks, you can refrigerate the melon chunks in the air-tight containers.  It is difficult to find space in the refrigerator for the whole melon, but it’s easy to find space for the melon chunks! Melon chunks take up less refrigerator space then the whole melon, and get eaten really fast!

Here’s how to cut a melon the easy way:

Step 1

how to cut a melon - whole melon

Start with the whole melon

Step 2

how to cut a melon - melon cut into halves

Cut the melon into halves

Step 3

how to cut a melon - scooping out melon seeds with a spoon

Scoop out the melon seeds with a spoon, and discard the seeds

Step 4

how to cut a melon - melon half

Here's the picture of the melon half without the seeds

Step 5

how to cut a melon - melon slices

Slice the melon half into long slices as shown on this picture. I usually get 5 or 6 slices out of each melon half.

Step 6

how to cut a melon - cutting melon skin

Cut off the melon skin from each slice and discard the skin

Step 7

how to cut a melon - melon slice

Here's a picture of melon slice without the skin

Step 8

how to cut a melon - melon slice cut into chunks

Cut each melon slice into chunks

Congratulations!  Now you know how to cut a melon!  See how easy it is?  Enjoy eating your melon chunks – yummy and sweet!

how to cut a melon - melon chunks in a bowl

Here's a picture of melon chunks in a bowl, ready to eat!

One Response to How To Cut A Melon

  1. blackbookkitchendiaries on September 22, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    i am not a fan of removing the skin or just cutting melons… might just give it a shot next time:)

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