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Uniquely good you will not only enjoy making these but eating them too!

Since I put my rinds in the compost I have a use for them, but for those who just hate waste and big old rinds taking up room in your garbage can there is always a much better way to get rid of them! And you can enjoy them until the last pickle is gone! These are easy to make too!


Ingredients:

8 cups prepared watermelon rind
1/2 cup pickling salt (coarse)
8 cups cold water
3 cups white granulated sugar
2 cups white vinegar
5-6 cinnamon sticks
20 whole cloves
Prepare The Rind

Remove dark green peel from watermelon.
Cut rind into rectangular pieces approximately 1"x2" until you have 8 cups of rind strips.
Layer rind and salt in a stainless steel bowl or pickling crock.
Soak 12 hours.
Drain and rinse twice in cold water, then place rind and 8 cups cold water into a stainless steel saucepan and boil until fork tender (10 minutes). Drain again.

Prepare The Solution

Combine sugar, vinegar and broken cinnamon sticks and cloves in a saucepan and bring to a boil, reduce heat but keep at a slow boil for one hour.

...And Can

Immerse glass mason jars in boiling water for 10 minutes.
If using self-sealing lids boil as well for 5 minutes.
Into hot (now sterilized) jars distribute rind strips and add pickling solution to within 1" of jar top.
Wipe jar rim before securing lids.