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Watermelon Baby Carriage

1 medium watermelon
5 toothpicks
4 orange slices
4 lime slices
2 cups seedless red grapes, divided
1 medium cantaloupe, cut into balls or
2 cups seedless green grapes
2 cups halved fresh strawberries
Poppy seed salad dressing

With a sharp knife, cut a thin slice from bottom of melon it sits
flat. Lightly score a horizontal line halfway up sides and around the
melon, leaving 5 in. from one end unmarked on each side for baby

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Watermelon Baby Carriage cont.

carriage hood. For hood, make another line around top of
watermelon, connecting both sides of the horizontal line. Using the
rounded edge of a biscuit cutter as a guide, mark a scalloped edge
along all straight lines. With a long sharp knife, cut into melon
along the scalloped lines, making sure to cut all the way through the
melon rind. Gently pull off rind. Remove fruit from melon and removed
section; cut fruit into balls or cubes and set aside. For the
U-shaped handle, cut out a 5-in. square from the removed section of
rind. Cut out the center and one end, leaving a 1-in.-wide handle.
Break one toothpick in half. Attach handle to watermelon with
toothpick halves. For wheels, position orange slices at base of
watermelon and attach with toothpicks. To each orange slice with a
lime slice and a red grape. In a large bowl, combine the

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Watermelon Baby Carriage

cantaloupe, green grapes, strawberries, remaining red grapes and
reserved watermelon. Spoon into baby carriage. Serve with poppy seed
salad dressing.

Yield: 20-24 servings.