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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 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

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Watermelon Baby Carriage cont.

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

Yield: 20-24 servings.