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Watermelon rind pickle🍉🥒

posted 2 months ago by Stratego (30510)
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Never even heard of it until I recently saw it mentioned in a episode of The Love Boat. Found a simple recipe and made some myself. Very good use for leftovers.👍

[–] fourlemons (1747) 2 months ago

There used to be a verrry fancy restaurant in my hometown that would serve a relish tray before dinner and it included watermelon rind pickles. I remember them being good and unique.

[–] Stratego (30510) 2 months ago

Apparently it's a Southern thing. I like Southern cuisine, it's interesting.

[–] fourlemons (1747) 2 months ago

Yes it probably is a Southern thing. I think I've seen them on the menu at other restaurants but that's the only restaurant where I actually ate one.

[–] strntz (12254) 2 months ago

Tired of crappy seedless melons here in the Northeast U.S., I started researching growing my own (zone 5). Not a lot of watermelons can finish in the relatively short season, but I discovered an interesting melon long believed to be extinct (there are like a thousand known variants still around).

It's called the Bradford, and it supposedly makes superior brandy, molasses, and rind pickles.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77422) 2 months ago

Watermelons are very persnickety fruits prone to rot and pest attack if the gardener is not careful. I lived in zone 6 most of my life and had only middling results. Pumpkins were much easier.

I’m living in zone 5 now and have pretty much given up on both in my gardens☹️

[–] strntz (12254) 2 months ago

I've grown several varieties successfully in the last few years (the Ledmon is a real sweet melon), but make sure the garden gets a LOT of sun - in the Northeast there are usually a lot of trees that block the sun at parts of the day.