What can you make out of Watermelon Rinds?

What can you make out of Watermelon Rinds?

5 Smart Uses for Your Watermelon Rind

1. Pickle it. Plan to make this a few days before you use it, so the rind has plenty of time to develop a tangy pickled flavor.
2. Make it into a chutney.
3. Use it in an Indian curry.
4. Make it into a cool gazpacho.
5. Candy it.

Is alum the same as pickling lime?

In traditional pickling recipes, alum is mixed with water. Another ingredient traditionally used to preserve the firmness of the produce is lime, but food safety experts say lime, too, can be discarded from the recipe.

Why are my homemade pickles not crunchy?

Any of the following may cause soft pickles: failure to remove the blossom end of the cucumber, cucumbers are exposed above the brine, vinegar or brine is too weak, or pickles were precooked at too high temperature (overcooked).

How much Pickle Crisp do you put in a quart?

Add Pickle Crisp® granules (rounded 1/4 tsp per quart and rounded 1/8 tsp per pint).

How do you pickle crisp granules from a ball?

Ball Pickle Crisp Granules 5.5 oz (Pack of 1)

1. The granules dissolve completely in the pickle brine solution.
2. Canners won’t have to soak vegetables overnight in pickling lime or repeatedly rinse the vegetables to remove the lime before eating.

Does Pickle Crisp expire?

If it’s like salt and technically doesn’t go bad, I will disregard the date. It is clumpy though, like it has picked up some moisture. I would have to break it up and be careful measuring as not all of it is in those cute little ‘beads’ any more.

How do you keep pickled peppers crispy?

There are several ways, however, to help you keep your pickled peppers firm and tasty.

1. Choose peppers that are healthy and crisp to begin with.
2. Create brine from 1 gallon boiling water and 1/2 cup kosher salt.
3. Add kosher or sea salt to the mixture instead of iodized salt.

How do you pickle lime?

Food-grade lime may be used as a limewater solution for soaking fresh cucumbers 12 to 24 hours before pickling them. Excess lime absorbed by the cucumbers must be removed to make safe pickles. To remove excess lime, drain the lime-water solution, rinse, and then resoak the cucumbers in fresh water for 1 hour.

What is a substitute for pickling lime?

Just buy food grade calcium hydroxide. When sold as pickling lime it’s not at all hard to find online. During the fall you might be able it in local stores sold along with other seasonal canning-related goods.

Why were pickled limes banned?

Doctors tended to disapprove of the limes, too; in 1869 a Boston physician wrote that pickled limes were among the “unnatural and abominable” substances consumed by children with nutritional deficiencies.” Parents, however, seemed generally content for children to indulge themselves in the pickled-lime habit.

Can you soak lime pickles in plastic?

Plastic is fine to use. You just want to make sure you don’t use any metal that can react. If you use metal is has to be stainless.