I know summer is winding up, but you should really go get yourself one last watermelon, if only for the rind.
I did not grow up eating watermelon rind pickles, but a yellowed newspaper clipping lodged among my great-aunt Marnie’s recipes spurred me to give them a try.
Watermelon rind pickles are the ultimate in thrifty — made from the part of the melon that is usually discarded anyway.
This summer, we’ve been giving our watermelon rinds to the chickens for a cool and refreshing treat on super hot days, so they really weren’t going to waste, but I decided to set aside some rind for pickling purposes too and I’m so glad that I did….
