My Mother'S Famous Watermelon Salad
["green flesh 1 large honeydew melon", "1 watermelon (15 to 20 lb.)", "1 large Persian melon or 2 to 3 cantaloupe (ripe)"]
["The day before the picnic, look at the melons; an even, balanced, level-sitting, ripe watermelon that fits ice chest or fridge; same for honeydew or Persian.", "Place unchilled, washed, dried melons on drain-board; assemble utensils, clear bottom fridge shelf.", "Place an oblong platter, French bread basket on top of watermelon; draw, dot with felt tip, a shallow cap around the top of watermelon.", "With paring knife, cut along this cap line with knife parallel to board.", "With 8-inch knife, remove cap with lever action, gently.", "Cut off red melon into pieces bowl bite-sized. With scoop cut out large melon balls; put in 3 gallon bowl.", "Smooth out inside of shell; cut up odd-sized pieces and juice into \"pieces bowl\".", "Peel honeydews, Persians, tops to a \"bowl\"; repeat same process for melon balls and discard seeds.", "Rinse, wipe off outside of shell and make a saw-toothed edge on watermelon shell; decorate, fill shell with a mix of all the kinds of melon balls, until shells are full.", "Pour juice from the \"pieces bowl\" and \"empties\" into the watermelon.", "Fill red shell until it is 1/2 full; wipe off, cover and chill.", "Fill other shell with leftover melon balls and juice. Cover; chill.", "The same for \"pieces bowl\".", "Transport in ice chest, covered, on crushed ice.", "Save Persian shell for breakfast."]
["green flesh", "watermelon", "cantaloupe"]