How to Cut a Watermelon

A watermelon can appear daunting to cut up. Have no fear.

1. Wash the outside rind with regular soap or a vegetable wash. Everything that the knife touches on the outside of the melon will contact the flesh.

2. Trim the end off of both sides.

3. Stand the watermelon up on one side and cut in half (along a dark green stripe to get seeds on the outside of wedges.)

4. Set half down and slice in to wedges.

5. Cut the watermelon away from the rind. (This photo shows the dangerous way to do this. Instead please cut the rind away on a flat surface, not in your hand!)

6. If desired, cut wedges into chunks.