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Originally Posted by donjonnie
wait a second pickled watermelon rinds? you can do that ? i didnt know you could pickle watermelonrinds, but i love the idea.
well technicly i did know you could pickle anything, one could pickle a cat but i think i will rather use melon. would you mind putting up a recipe?
I'll do my best, I winged it and did it by taste:
Cider vinegar
water
cinnamon stick
quick roast in a hot pan b4 adding:
...coriander seeds
...Black Peppercorn
...Fennel seeds
one star of anise
Sugar
Kosher salt
mustard seeds
cloves (whole)
I bring the vinegar (80%?) & water (20%?) & all spices, sugar & salt to a boil and then back off the heat while the sugar and salt dissolves, its mostly sugar and just added salt/sugar til I liked the flavor (I like it sweet). Once I got it to the flavor I liked, I brought it back up to a boil and poured it in a bowl that had all my peeled watermelon and let it cool off at room temp and then threw them in a cryovac bag (the pressure infuses the pickling liquid into the rinds) with some of the pickling liquid and sealed them up. Since you dont have this, you can just throw everything in a mason jar and put them in the fridge. Its a quick pickle so I don't have to sterilize and pressure seal the lids because I'll eat them quick. They'll last a couple of weeks in the fridge like this. If you want to do long term storage in your pantry, you'll have to get a bunch of pickling equip which you can find easily on the net.
Here's a recipe from Paula Deen:
http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/vie...termelon_rind/
She boiled her rinds in salt water and let them set up over night. I didnt do this and they taste fine to me, they have a nice crunch, but perhaps I should have done the same.
I pickled the red onions using red wine vinegar, sugar, salt, water and mustard seeds and threw the sliced onions into the boiling pickling liquid once I got it to the taste I liked. Then I let it simmer til the onions started to soften & then put them in a jar in the fridge.
Be careful when you taste the pickling liquid, the hot vinegar will make you choke/cough so I blow on it and try to get it to cool a bit before I taste it, kind of hold my breath as I put the spoon in my mouth as well. You'll see what I mean when you try it.