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Subject: Re: watermelon filled with liquor???
From: jessikate
Posted: Fri Apr 2. 2004, 20:07 UTC
Followup to: "Re: watermelon filled with liquor???"  by Zleeplezz  (Fri Apr 2. 2004, 01:01 UTC)
Watermellons are about %80 water, so in order to properly saturate the fruit 
of the watermellon with liqour try this: 

Drill or carve a hole in your mellon, making sure that the mellon is resting 
on a flat side (bottom) and you drill the hole on the "top".  Making sure that 
the watermellon is sitting flat, means not rolling all over the place so the 
liquids spill out.  

When you drill the hole, make it large enough to be able to pour easily into 
and save the rind that you remove after you have "drilled" so you may "recap" 
Your watermellon.

Since watermellons contain so much fluid, you may want to drain a bit of it 
out before filling with liqour.  Do this by tipping the watermellon untill the 
hole is on the bottom and capure the juice in a glass.  If no juice comes out, 
take a long kitchen device of some sort and insert it in the hole, stirring 
around to loosen up some of the liquids.  This step is entirely optional.

Fill the mellon with the liqour of your choice, I like rum, others like vodka 
and still others prefer everclear.  Recap the mellon and let it rest for at 
least six hours.  This resting period lets the fruit become impregnated with 
the alcohol and lets the alcohol obtain a watermellon flavor.

After six hours, uncap the melon and pour out of the hole.  I have a friend 
that has a spigot off of a resturant lemonaid container.  He puts the mellon 
on end and slices the top off of it, drains some of the liquid and adds the 
liqour.  He puts the top back on and stes it in a special stand he has built 
so it stays upright.  When he deem is "cooked" he just screws the spigot into 
the bottom and people can pour their own, like a water cooler!

This is always a fun thing to do, but exersize caution, it will get you messed 
up!!  I find the fruit to be the best.

Good luck


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