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Watermellon pickles.

Old 08-05-2010, 09:26 PM
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I would really appreceiate a receipe for watermellon pickles. Lost my garndma's receipe.
Thanks in Advance. :) :-D
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Old 08-18-2010, 12:24 PM
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I made them for years. I will look tonight for the receipe.
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Old 08-19-2010, 10:27 AM
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I found the recipe last night. I hope you like them as much as my family does. They are RATHER sweet, but I like them that way.

WATERMELON PICKLES

Rind of 1 (20 lb.) watermelon
1 gal. cold water
2 tbsp. sale
2 C vinegar
7 C sugar
1 tbsp. whole cloves
2 or 3 sticks cinnamon

Choose a melon with thick, firm rind. Trim off outer green skin and pink flesh, leaving a very thin line of pink. Stamp out rind with small cookie cutter or cut into neat squares.

Soak overnight in brine made of 1 gal. cold water and 2 tbsp. sale. In morning, rinse in cold water and let stand in ice water for 1 hour.

Drain; cover with boiling water and simmer until tender.

Prepare syrup of vinegar, sugar and spices tied loosely in clean, thin white cloth. Add drained rind to boiling syrup. Cook gently until rind is clear and transparent. Remove spices. Put rind and syrup into a crock and let stand 24 hours or longer.

Pack rind in hot pint jars and pour syrup, which has been brought to a boil, over the rind. Adjust lids at once. Process in boiling water bath (212 deg. F.) 5 minutes. Remove jars from canner and complete seals unless closures are the self-sealing type. Makes 6 pints.
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Old 08-20-2010, 06:03 PM
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Thank you so much. Is the sale salt? Thanks again for the receipe. I know we will love them. :D :-D
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Old 08-20-2010, 06:13 PM
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Thinking sale is a course salt... like kosher salt..
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Old 08-22-2010, 11:03 AM
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Reading your recipe request brought back a happy memory of my mother, who died in 1975, making watermelon rind pickles. She raised 11 children on what her garden produced, so nothing went to waste.
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Yes, sale means salt. I just use regular table salt.
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