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Watermelon Rind Pickles

September 8, 2015 Leave a Comment

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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…. 

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Filed Under: Accompaniments, Summer, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: canning, Marnie, pickles, watermelon

Watermelon and feta salad

July 19, 2014 Leave a Comment

watermelon and feta salad from https://test.pleasepassthepeas.com

I bought a watermelon not long ago with plans to slice and serve it at my son’s first birthday party. Then, in the hustle of last-minute party preparations, I completely forgot about it.

We made a little dent in it over the next couple of days, but we were still left with the better part of a watermelon taking up valuable refrigerator real estate.

This didn’t sit well with Paul, who called it the worst food purchase ever.

So I made a watermelon salad and served it to him for dinner. … 

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Filed Under: Salad, Summer, Vegetarian Tagged With: feta, watermelon

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