Watermelon Pickles
Recipe Number: 969
Contributor: charm
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Serves:
10 cups
Calories Per Serving: -
Preparation Time: -
Difficulty: Easy
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| Ingredients: |
1 large watermelon with thick, firm rind
2 T salt
water
2 c cider vinegar
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7 c sugar
1 T whole cloves
2-3 sticks whole cinnamon
whole cloves |
| Cooking
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Remove all the pink flesh and peel off the hard green skin.
Cut the rind in 1 or 1 1/2" squares (the pieces will shrink, so don't make them too small).
Dissolve the salt in 1 gallon of cold water, soak the rind in this solution overnight, or 8-10 hours.
Rinse with cold water and soak the rind in ice cold water for 1 hour.
Drain rind, place in a large pan, and cover with boiling water; simmer just until tender enough to be pierced easily with a toothpick. Drain thoroughly.
Prepare a syrup by combining the vinegar, sugar and a cheesecloth bag containing the 1 T cloves and the cinnamon sticks.
Heat until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture boils.
Add the rind and cook gently until the rind is clear and transparent.
Remove the spice bag and let the rind stand in the syrup for 24 hours.
Insert a whole clove in the center of each piece of pickle and pack them in small hot sterilized jars.
Heat the syrup to boiling, pour it over the pickles in the jars, and seal.
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