Post #315229 by DJ HawaiianShirt on Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:33 AM

I'm not sure if this is "tiki" per se, but we can certainly make it so.

I plan to make a drunken watermelon this weekend, and I want to use a good tasting rum, but not one so complex that it gets lost in the melon.

For anyone who doesn't know, a drunken watermelon is one that has a whole cut into it and is coaxed to absorb a bottle of liquor poured into its interior.

I was wondering if anyone has any tips for making these things, because the last time I tried, I failed horribly. I used a funnel and the liquid I used never absorbed. This time I will try to jam the liquor bottle upside down into the melon and use its own pressure to force the liquid in there. But I've also heard that one should try to drain the melon a bit first. Does anyone have any tips?

Also, what kind of rum should I use? I'm feeling that any rum darker than a very light gold is gonna be too much.