Melon Brains

by scoochmaroo

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Intro: Melon Brains

Even vegetarian zombies crave these brains!

STEP 1: Supplies

  • 1 small seedless watermelon
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Paring knife
  • Large knife

STEP 2: Skin Your Melon


  • Slice off bottom of watermelon so it won't roll around.
  • Peel green skin off of the watermelon.
  • Score brainy folds in white flesh.

STEP 3: Carve Brain Channels


With a sharp paring knife, carve channels out of melon to resemble cortical folds

STEP 4: Devour


Yum!

131 Comments

Simply Living 12 years ago

Brilliant... and Healthy! I love it so much that I have linked you over at http://simplylivinggreen.blogspot.com/

dlindstrom 12 years ago

This is so awesome and easy; I did this one this morning in about 15 mins. Not as detailed but will work great for our spooky food potluck today. The veggie peeler worked great after making the first nick with a paring knife. I scored the slice around the top to make for a clean cut to expose the brain matter.

michamtl 12 years ago

Served in a cooler, just like on Grey's Anatomy ...

bryenton 13 years ago

This was such a fun idea for our pot luck scary snacks at work! Thanks!

chixi96 13 years ago

wow......awsome for haloween huh

c_takahashi 14 years ago

It has been done, as accurately as my psychology textbook would have it be done.

tyghe 14 years ago

My variant was a lobotomized watermelon jack o' lantern, with vodka for brains. To keep it upright I cobbled together a stand with duct tape, a small box and orange decorative beer cases. After the vodka was properly infused (with lots of help from internal lacerations—straightforward infusing can take up to a week!), we all ate from the bottom up. Poor soused jack o' lantern didn't know what hit him. 

It was a total hit. Thanks for the inspiration!

aglaranna 15 years ago

Here are pictures of mine!!

whitehawk 15 years ago

I did it! It took a lot less time than I'd expected - about 40 minutes. Also, a vege peeler worked fine - I'd expected to have to peel it with a knife. here's a pic of my achievement :) ...

scoochmaroo 15 years ago

Congratulations! What was the ocassion?

whitehawk 15 years ago

Halloween ... we don't really celebrate it in Australia, but a friend was having a halloween party for the kids, so of course this Instructable leapt to mind! Many thanks!

lemondedis 7 years ago

this is too fun! thanks for sharing ;)

lynmiller 8 years ago

EEEEEEEW! That is so cool!

jghoulia 11 years ago

We recently attempted this at my work. Here's a video highlighting the tips and troubles we came across..overall, a successful fun project!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86vsE6dFGis

knexboy586 11 years ago

tonifgt weare zombie so we eat melon brai8ns ! 5*

depotdevoid 11 years ago

Thanks Scoochmaroo, here's a picture of my brain!
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