Wonderful Watermelon Pickles

Name: Wonderful Watermelon Pickles
Yield: Makes 8 pints
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Rind of one large watermelon; ¾ cup pickling salt or heaping ¼ cup kosher salt; ¾ cup pickling salt or heaping ¼ cup kosher salt; 1 gallon water; 6 cups granulated sugar; 4 cups white vinegar; 2 cups packed brown sugar; 2 lemons, sliced thin; 1 tablespoon whole cloves; 1 tablespoon whole allspice; 4 sticks cinnamon, broken more or less in half; ¼ teaspoon mustard seeds

Preparation info

Makes
8
pints

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Smoke & Spice

By Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison

Published 2014

About

Hard to find at a local grocery outside the South, these morsels will make you a believer if you try them once. Just save the rind from the next watermelon you eat and take a little time over the following three days to complete a series of simple steps.

Ingredients

The First Day

Rind of one large watermelon
¾ cup pickling salt or heaping ¼ cup kosher salt

Americas
United States
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

The First Day

1. This is the toughest part of the process. Cut the watermelon rind into manageable chunks. Scrape all the remaining red watermelon meat from the inside of the rind. Then pare off the hard green skin of the outer rind with a small knife. It’s not difficult, but it takes a while. Cube the rind into bite-size pieces. You should have about 16 cu