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This is it, kids.
This is the day I start my watermelon pickles. Num num num. This afternoon we are going to a barbecue, I hope the weather will have cleared up by then!
So, I told![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mrpet that we would be bringing watermelon to the barbecue, because I have been wanting to try watermelon rind pickles. Shortly I am going to go to the store for supplies (fresh mint!). Then I will cut up the watermelon and remove the rind. We will bring the watermelon itself to the bbq in pieces (with toothpicks!). But before that happens, I will chop up the rind, simmer it to make it tender, and put it in the pickle press with delicious spices.
All of the recipes I've found for watermelon rind pickles are quick-pickles, not live ones, so I will be free-forming it. I'm going to go for kind of a bread-and-butter thing. And I've never had watermelon pickles before, so my expectations are open. We'll see how it turns out...
This is the day I start my watermelon pickles. Num num num. This afternoon we are going to a barbecue, I hope the weather will have cleared up by then!
So, I told
mrpet that we would be bringing watermelon to the barbecue, because I have been wanting to try watermelon rind pickles. Shortly I am going to go to the store for supplies (fresh mint!). Then I will cut up the watermelon and remove the rind. We will bring the watermelon itself to the bbq in pieces (with toothpicks!). But before that happens, I will chop up the rind, simmer it to make it tender, and put it in the pickle press with delicious spices.All of the recipes I've found for watermelon rind pickles are quick-pickles, not live ones, so I will be free-forming it. I'm going to go for kind of a bread-and-butter thing. And I've never had watermelon pickles before, so my expectations are open. We'll see how it turns out...