Watermelon Rind Pickles

Name: Watermelon Rind Pickles
Yield: Yield: 2 pints
Ingredients: 1 cinnamon stick; 1 cup water; 1 cup (5 percent acidity) distilled white vinegar; 3 cups water; ¼ cup pickling salt; 1 tsp. ground clove; 1 cup organic or non-GMO granulated sugar; Watermelon rind, peeled

Preparation info

Yield:
2 pints

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Can It & Ferment It

By Stephanie Thurow

Published 2017

About

This recipe comes from the vault of my husband’s great-grandma Alice. It is a two-day recipe.

Ingredients

Watermelon rind, peeled
1 cinnamon stick

Preserve
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Wash the skin of the watermelon, dry it off, and cut into quarters. Scrape away the pink juicy fruit, cleaning the pink flesh from the rind as well as possible. A spoon is a great tool to scrape with. Use a potato peeler to peel away the green tough outer layer of the watermelon. Once you have a prepped pale-colored rind, cut the watermelon rind into 1-inch strips and then again into 1-inch squ