Pickled Vegetables and Rinds

These are an assortment of vegetables (such as cucumbers, melon rinds, and ginger) cooked in a spicy sugar syrup and packed in bottles and jars. The sweet, thick syrup can be used right out of the bottle or can in sauces such as Sweet-and-Sour Sauce. The vegetables can be served cold as sweet, crunchy appetizer nibbles. They are also used in Squirrel Fish and could be added to Sweet-and-Sour Pork.