Pickled Watermelon Rinds

Ingredients:

• Salt
• ¼~½ cup sugar
• ½ Serrano pepper
• A couple stalks green onion
• 1 ½ cups vinegar
• A couple cloves of garlic

I had pickled watermelon rinds at a restaurant one time and I really wanted to attempt it myself. Instead of throwing away the watermelon rinds from the melon salad I decided to pickle them.

1) Carefully peel the green skin off of the watermelon rind. I used a vegetable peeler. Be very careful.

2) In a bowl of cold water add salt, enough to make the water taste like the ocean.

3) Allow watermelon rind to brine for at least a few hours if not overnight. Drain the water.

4) Once brined add rind to a mixture of about equal parts vinegar and water with sugar add. If desired, you could boil the rinds in the water and vinegar but I like the crunch of the rinds.

5) Add sliced Serrano peppers, sliced green onions, and garlic to vinegar. Allow to sit for a couple of hours to pickle.