Robin and Sara throw their years of food experience out the window as they plunge into the exotic world of watermelon carving.
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00:00 This is not the creepiest thing you've ever seen.
00:01 Oh my god, what in the hell is going on?
00:04 (upbeat music)
00:07 Welcome back to Homemade vs. the Internet.
00:12 It's summer.
00:13 It's almost Memorial Day.
00:15 That's summer.
00:16 That was strong.
00:18 I think we got it.
00:19 I like your headband, Robin.
00:20 Yeah, well, it's not gonna last very long.
00:22 Actually, yeah, that's about it.
00:24 All right.
00:24 And there we go.
00:25 Fencing.
00:26 Ah, so what are we gonna do today, Sarah?
00:28 We're gonna watch a Trending Recipe video
00:30 and try and recreate what we saw.
00:32 Awesome.
00:32 (beep)
00:33 Oh my god.
00:34 It's a watermelon jack-o'-lantern.
00:37 It's like watermelon carving.
00:38 Watermelon carving.
00:39 Well, congratulations.
00:42 Oh my gosh, everything.
00:43 We've got a shark, a penguin, a cactus.
00:46 These all look so complicated.
00:48 Like the smiling face is the one
00:50 that really just spoke to me.
00:52 I may need to take that thing out of the trash.
00:54 I may have to decorate mine with it.
00:56 That's maybe the only good looking thing that I get.
00:58 What are you gonna do, Sarah?
00:59 I don't know, what are you gonna do?
01:00 I have no idea.
01:02 I may just go straight jack-o'-lantern.
01:03 I honestly don't know.
01:05 I think that's what I'm gonna do.
01:06 I like the ones where they had the like,
01:09 this part carved out and then like re-stuffed with things.
01:13 Oh, I did like that.
01:14 I liked all of them.
01:15 Like the little piggy was cute.
01:18 Oh, I need to get my ears back.
01:19 I'll figure it out.
01:23 I'm done.
01:24 All right, what do you got?
01:26 I have no idea.
01:27 How's it going?
01:32 I don't, it's not going at all.
01:35 I'll just do a face too.
01:36 No, don't do a face, that's boring.
01:39 That's what you're doing.
01:40 I don't know what I'm doing.
01:41 I am gonna take this off so I can stand it up.
01:44 That much?
01:49 Oh my God.
01:50 (sighs)
01:53 Okay.
01:54 I don't even, see I'm thinking of like,
01:56 trying to do like a stencil,
01:57 but I don't know how to draw anything.
01:59 I mean, you've stumped the band.
02:02 You have truly stumped the band here.
02:04 I think I'm gonna like, give it a face
02:07 and I'm gonna cut the top off
02:09 and try and like ball up some of the melons
02:12 and like put them on top
02:13 so it looks like a funny little head thing.
02:16 Okay.
02:19 Maybe I'll do the cactus, that one looked the easiest.
02:21 I feel like we just need to like, start it.
02:23 Do it, yeah.
02:24 Yeah.
02:25 Let's do it in the cactus.
02:26 Okay.
02:27 (beep)
02:29 I mean, I can't even draw a cactus.
02:33 It's like this thing.
02:34 Right now I am trying to cut out some eyeballs
02:41 with a paring knife.
02:43 What a kickoff to summer, huh Sarah?
02:45 Yeah, look it.
02:46 That's cute.
02:47 That is cute.
02:48 Yeah, are you done?
02:50 I'm done.
02:51 It's a pirate, thank you guys.
02:53 Oh, I'm going straight for the gold right here.
02:58 I'm gonna take all the meat out, flesh.
03:03 Hey Sarah.
03:04 Hey.
03:05 Do you eat a lot of watermelon in the summer?
03:06 So much watermelon.
03:07 Yeah, what do you like to make?
03:08 The best thing to do with it
03:09 is to make fresh watermelon juice.
03:11 You just blend it up with some lime juice
03:13 and some salt and some sugar and like maybe some alcohol.
03:16 I make a ginger watermelon limeade.
03:20 A little ginger simple syrup, lime juice.
03:23 Probably pretty similar to yours, just without the booze.
03:27 This is not the creepiest thing you've ever seen.
03:29 Oh my God, what in the hell is going on?
03:31 Good Lord.
03:34 That smile, the grin is so creepy.
03:38 Okay, and then there's like liquid coming, like pooling.
03:41 So when I tilt it,
03:42 it's gonna like start drilling out of the mouth.
03:45 That's pretty good.
03:49 You might just win on that alone.
03:51 Okay, so like I don't know what this is,
03:54 but I just feel like this isn't enough.
03:57 So I think I'm gonna like trim the top a little
04:01 and then try and give it like a Bart Simpson kind of look.
04:05 Pretty good.
04:13 I mean, it's kind of in the name,
04:14 but it's too watery for me.
04:16 I like a denser fruit, like a peach.
04:19 Foreshadowing.
04:20 Sarah, what's the weirdest recipe you've seen
04:24 involving watermelon?
04:26 I don't like grilled watermelon.
04:27 Yeah, that's a trend that I don't understand at all.
04:30 It looks cool, like with the sear marks.
04:31 It's like, oh wow, that looks really cool,
04:33 but I don't think it tastes that good.
04:35 It breaks down the texture too much
04:37 and it gets very mushy.
04:39 And I mean, watermelon is,
04:41 you don't have to overthink watermelon.
04:43 That was beautiful, Robin.
04:45 I mean, you can over carve it.
04:48 I mean.
04:49 You don't have to overthink watermelon
04:51 as he makes a cactus out of a watermelon.
04:54 You know what's good on the grill?
04:55 Peaches.
04:56 Oh my God.
04:57 They are really delicious on the grill.
04:59 Oranges are actually good on the grill,
05:01 to be honest with you.
05:02 Like an orange, oh my God.
05:04 There's my cactus.
05:05 Burp.
05:09 I need some toothpicks for little pricklies.
05:12 I'm gonna put watermelon in here,
05:14 but I want like there to be a little danger involved
05:16 with like getting the watermelon out.
05:18 Don't you think food needs more challenges involved?
05:21 Totally.
05:22 To get it?
05:23 Yours is better.
05:24 I knew you were gonna win.
05:25 Yeah, that's good.
05:27 I don't know what character is emerging,
05:29 but he's definitely got a mind of his own.
05:31 So you're turning this,
05:32 this is a serving dish, Robin, so.
05:34 Yeah, that's what we're going for here.
05:37 This is a friend.
05:38 Wow, that's sad.
05:46 Yours is so.
05:47 Cute.
05:48 It is kind of cute.
05:49 Thanks.
05:50 I could have stopped like really at any moment,
05:52 but I just haven't.
05:53 I hope it falls.
05:54 Thanks, Robin.
05:55 No problem.
05:57 I hate mine.
05:58 Mine is just, the concept feels very confused.
06:01 Like I don't really know what's happening.
06:03 Well, mine just feels incomplete.
06:04 Like if you were on a Mexican buffet or something like that
06:07 and had like tacos and more tequila soaked things.
06:10 Yeah, if you had like a summer like taco party,
06:12 that would be adorable.
06:14 That would be fine.
06:15 (upbeat music)
06:18 This is not gonna work.
06:22 Or maybe it will.
06:25 Nah, it's not.
06:26 I'm gonna just get it out of here.
06:28 All right, we're done.
06:34 That's the international signal for give up.
06:36 I'm back.
06:42 You look like a fable.
06:43 Betsy!
06:43 Oh wow, it's Betsy again.
06:45 (upbeat music)
06:47 You're matching the whole aesthetic
06:50 of this episode right now.
06:51 That's so nice.
06:52 You look so cute.
06:53 Wow, this is so lovely.
06:54 Thanks.
06:55 My Idaho I and Lua?
06:57 Yeah, pretty much.
06:59 Since Memorial Day is right around the corner.
07:01 Yeah, it's like a couple of days.
07:02 Oh, just getting ready.
07:03 Y'all are so, just a couple of days.
07:05 Just go along with it by the time this airs.
07:07 It's gonna be this weekend.
07:09 That's so exciting.
07:10 I know.
07:11 Watermelon art.
07:12 Basically.
07:13 I can rotate them?
07:14 Well, I was an art history major
07:15 and you're not allowed to touch art.
07:17 So I was trying to be respectful, you know.
07:19 When you were in art history,
07:21 did you do a lot of watermelon art?
07:23 Yes, I just am trying to figure out what lens
07:24 to, you know, appreciate these through.
07:27 Should I take the feminist approach?
07:29 Strong, solo, woman, independent?
07:33 Or the woman who feels like her brains are falling out
07:37 because that's what being a woman in the 21st century is.
07:40 Juggling everything is hard.
07:43 How does it make me feel?
07:44 So this one is getting a lot deeper than I thought it would.
07:48 It really is.
07:49 Yeah, this is a lot for a Friday morning
07:50 before Memorial Day.
07:52 Yeah, oh my God.
07:53 I've got vacation on the mind.
07:54 This one's just staring right into the depths of my soul
07:59 and it's like, are you happy with your life?
08:01 So I don't know.
08:02 That's a little alarming.
08:04 I am happy with my life.
08:05 I'm very happy with my life.
08:06 Love my job at Southern Living.
08:08 That sounds sarcastic, but it really wasn't sarcastic.
08:09 This is gonna be the entire episode, by the way.
08:12 You're stealing the show.
08:13 I think the cactus required more work
08:16 because you've got the absence of the watermelon,
08:19 whereas this watermelon is all about the presence
08:23 of the watermelon.
08:24 But I think I'm gonna have to go with cactus.
08:26 Really?
08:28 I think so.
08:30 Wow.
08:31 Was that not a fan favorite already?
08:32 No, but thank you.
08:34 (upbeat music)
08:37 I did it, Sarah.
08:38 Congrats.
08:39 Wow.
08:40 He's so crafty.
08:41 This is the second time Betsy has robbed me on my episode.
08:44 Okay, well, let me just say one thing though,
08:47 because while the cactus might win on artistry,
08:50 I would rather see the smiley face at a party.
08:53 Well, it's too late for that, Betsy.
08:55 You've already spoken.
08:57 So I'll be seeing y'all never again.
08:59 That was probably the most informed decision.
09:03 Yeah, you were definitely the right person
09:04 to call for this episode.
09:05 Yes, for sure.
09:06 Well, I'm gonna go back to my desk,
09:07 continue plugging along.
09:09 You can take either one of them with you.
09:10 Yeah.
09:11 You can put it in a cooler.
09:11 You go to your Memorial Day picnic this weekend.
09:14 Have fun.
09:15 Just ice it down.
09:16 With all that negative space.
09:18 I just can't lift that one.
09:20 Fair enough.
09:21 Thanks, guys.
09:22 Bye.
09:23 Bye.
09:24 Be safe out on the water.
09:25 Thanks.
09:26 Wear your life jacket.
09:27 Well.
09:28 Well, that's the biggest upset in the history of the show.
09:31 I think mine is adorable.
09:33 Oh, I do.
09:34 I hated mine.
09:35 God, she's my favorite person in the building.
09:38 I really am apologizing for winning that episode.
09:41 At no point in that until she pointed at that
09:43 was did I think it was headed in that direction.
09:45 Well, that's it for our summer spectacular
09:48 Memorial Day weekend.
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09:59 How awesome is that?
10:00 That's pretty amazing.
10:01 Yeah.
10:02 Because sometimes you're busy
10:03 and you don't know when a new episode's coming.
10:04 Exactly.
10:05 Or you're asleep.
10:05 What a feature.
10:06 All right, see you next time.
10:07 - Lunch time.
10:08 - Bye bye.
10:09 - Bye.
10:10 - Now I'm gonna eat my delicious creation.