Turn A Watermelon Into A Drinking Vessel

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Thu, July 23, 2015 at 5:05 PM UTC

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Turn A Watermelon Into A Drinking Vessel

As if the Internet needed one more clever way to refashion a watermelon: We've turned the sweet summer melon into a keg, one massive Jell-O shot, shot glasses, and now a JUG (can't stop, won't stop). This idea came to me from the Italian food site Agrodolce, which posted an amazing video of a DIY watermelon jug earlier this week. The one problem? They didn't add alcohol to the fresh juice like true summer boozehounds (read: us). So we took the matter into our own hands and made it exactly how we like it: Spiked. Here's how to turn watermelon into a game-CHANGER.

1. CUT A HOLE IN THE TOP OF YOUR WATERMELON

You want the hole to be large enough for an immersion blender or hand mixer to fit inside. Then use a knife to jimmy off the top piece and discard.

2. BLEND WATERMELON

This is the most incredible hack: Stick your hand blender inside the hole and blend on medium-high. The fruit is soft enough and has enough water content to easily liquefy in under two minutes.

3. MAKE A POUR SPOUT

This is the trickiest part, but it's still not that tricky. You want a funnel that will fit tightly in the watermelon hole and span the length of it because the watermelon juice will want to get everywhere (it's sneaky like that). I used the top of a plastic cup, curling it around the sides of the hole and sticking the sharp plastic sides into the rind. A little juice will probably still go rogue, but not enough to care about.