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HOW TO: Melon Basket

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Handwoven ribbed baskets, are also know as the melon basket, buttoks basket, fanny basket, peanut baskt, gizzard basket, bow basket, egg basket and many other regional names. This is the basket with the familior "Ojo de Dios" or God's Eye wrapped pattern on each end of the basket where the handle meets the rim. Wherever you travel in N. America, you'll more than likely see thse ribbed buttoks egg baskets.

Although now found world-wide, hand woven ribbed baskets originated in Europe and were very common in Great Britain. Since many settler in N. America came from the British Isles, ribbed baskets traveled across the Atlantic appearing logically in the Eastern colonies.

Native American vines were used to replace the commonly used willows of England. As creative basket weaving artisans everywhere do, the early settlers experimented with whatever grew in abundance in their area. The ribbed baskets that we think of as traditional styled egg baskets are usually made of split hardwoods, but this style also works well in honeysuckle and other native vines.

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  • Nettles or other fresh or dried herb
  • Sweetener (honey, sugar)
  • Food coloring (optional)
  • Lemon, vanilla, peppermint or other extract for flavoring
  • Water
  • Toothpicks
  • Ice-tray
  • Plastic wrap

    This is a good way to administer herbal medicines to little one's or people who have an aversion to taking bitter herbal teas and tinctures. My 3yr old knows these frozen treats as "Special Popscicles" ;-)

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