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Grandmother Stone's Watermelon Pickles
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Directions
1
Blanch two quarts of watermelon rind in boiling water for about seven minutes until tender but not soft.
2
Remove the watermelon rind from the boiling water.
3
To a separate pot, add one cup of vinegar and 3 1/2 cups of sugar.
4
Stir the vinegar and sugar together and simmer until the sugar dissolves.
5
Add cinnamon sticks and cloves to the vinegar and sugar mixture.
6
Pour the blanched watermelon rind into a bigger bowl.
7
Cover the rind with the sugar, vinegar, cinnamon, and clove mixture.
8
Refrigerate the mixture overnight (Day one is complete).
9
On Day two, drain the watermelon rind, reserving the liquid.
10
Bring the reserved liquid to a boil.
11
Pour the boiled liquid back over the watermelon rind.
12
After it's cooled, put a lid back on it and refrigerate it (Day two is complete).
13
On Day three, drain the liquid off of the watermelon pickles.
14
In the same bowl with the watermelon, add the orange and lemon sections.
15
Heat the pickle brine to a boil.
16
Once the brine comes to a boil, pour it back over the mixture of watermelon, lemon, and orange.
17
Put a lid on it and let it sit for another twenty-four hours.
18
After that, you can put them in a container.
Ingredients
3 quarts trimmed melon rind
7 cups sugar
2 cups vinegar
0.5 tsp cinnamon oil
0.5 tsp clove oil
1 unpeeled lemon sliced and quartered
1 unpeeled orange sliced and quartered
Equipment
cutting board
pot
bigger bowl
fridge
sterile jars
Tips
These pickles last for months.
They go great with ham.
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