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Watermelon rinds and citrus peels are perfectly edible and tasty once candied, so don't waste them. If you're into booze, dump the citrus peels into vodka, wait a month, then mix the vodka half-and-half with syrup. (I know that this is technically not a food eating trick, but still - waste not, want not.)
You can also bake an entire lemon, peel, pith and all and it comes out sweet and tender. Wrap it tightly in foil so none of the juice escapes then bake until the whole thing is soft. It cooks well on the side of a BBQ too. Goes well with ice-cream.
Fuck, that sounds too amazing to not try. Thanks for the idea! I'll try it the next Sunday, as I'm planning pork knuckles for lunch. (I'd try it today but I'm preparing Zebu hump so it doesn't combo that well.)
Watermelon rind preserves and pickles are a staple in my family. One of my cousins grows them, so we all learned about making the most of them.
And they're easy. Preserves in particular are just sugar, a few slices of lemon, and heat. That's it, if you want the simplest version.
And they're so yummy on a nice biscuit
Watermelon pickles: next on my "to do" list! (I'm imagining that they taste like cucumber pickles, but with a different texture.)
The preserve also looks like a great thing to try.
Alton brown Brown Has a recipe that's similar to the way we do our pickled rinds.
The difference is in the spices. We do ours with black peppercorns, whole clove, and a cinnamon stick.
Honestly, you can pretty much use any spices you want, and it'll be good. I've had them with coriander, caraway, hot peppers, all kinds of stuff.
The texture is crisp, at least for the first while; they do soften up towards the end of their life if you forget about them. The flavor of the rind itself is very mild, even milder than a cucumber.
Also, Alton calls for 1 inch cubes. That's a good size overall, but if you want it smaller for making into a relish after they've sat a few days, starting with half or quarter inch cubes gets more of the flavor to the interior of the rind, if that's something you'd want.
I've also seen them sliced into spears, similar to cuke pickle spears. Works really well with barbecue (pit smoked kind), roasted fowl, and stuff like livermush sandwiches, though that last one is mostly a me thing lol
The relish is as good as chowchow on most anything you'd use that on. You just mince up the cubes, and there should be enough juice in them to make a nice relish without anything added. If not, a tablespoon out of the brine in the jar will get you there. I've been known to mince up a little onion, usually a Vidalia or other sweet onion, and mix that in too, but not every time.
this makes so much sense. I mean you can do it with water to but it won't be able to stew as long.
I think that you answered the wrong comment, but... who cares?
Stew eating trick: with a bowl and enough bread, spoon is fluff.
mine shows me responding to the rind in alcohol one? oh oh scratch that. I did not mean stew as in the meal. I meant stew as in the process. like let that stew. so I meant in alcohol you can leave the rind in for I think forever but if you do it with water its only good to flavor it for the day.
Ah, now I got what you meant! My bad.
I guess that you could use the rinds to flavour some water, too. There are a few problems though - as you said it would be short-lived, and the taste would be subtler (essential oils dissolve better in alcohol), and you'd probably need to heat the water up (so it isn't a simple "dump it there and forget about it").
It may not work as well as I think. with citrus and melon usually it is the fruit. I was thinking of that and after you mentioned the rind with alcohol I was think I should just always drop them in my water pitcher for the day.