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When making watermelon rind pickles…?

April 26, 2017Cooking DRINK food pickles recipes rind watermelon

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When making watermelon rind pickles…?

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I’ve made Watermelon Rind Preserves (Ball Blue Book recipe) before and a little bit of flesh left is OK, just leave as little as possible. This turned out wonderful! Here’s is a recipe my friend passed along for pickles. WATERMELON SWEET PICKLE 8 lb. watermelon rind Salt 4 lb. sugar 1 qt. vinegar 1/2 c. pickling spice Use thick watermelon rind. Pare; remove any red portion. Cut in 1 inch cubes. Using 1/2 cup salt to 1 quart water, make solution. Add enough to cover melon rind; let stand overnight. Drain; cover with boiling water; boil until rinds are tender but not soft. Combine sugar, vinegar and pickling spice; boil 5 minutes. Drain rind. Add to sugar mixture, boil until rind is transparent; let stand overnight. Bring to boiling point; pack in 8 hot sterilized pint jars, filling to top; fasten covers at once.