red water melon pickles
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Growing up, my family never had these. When my partner told me about them, I thought I would surprise him by making him "watermelon pickles" however, he informed me that they never made the kind using the rind of the watermelon, and that this is what he actually meant!
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Ingredients For red water melon pickles
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1 lgwatermelon
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celery, cut into 1/4 x 4 in sticks
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carrots, cut into 1/4 x 4 in sticks
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dill, fresh for each quart jar
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3-4 slicegarlic cloves per each quart jar
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2-3dried red chili peppers per quart jar
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1 tspsalt per quart jar
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1/8 tspalum per quart jar
- BRINE
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8 cwater
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1 ccider vinegar
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3/4 csugar
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2 tsppickling spice tied in bad
How To Make red water melon pickles
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1PLACE DILL IN JAR FIRST, AND PUT MELON IN LOOSELY. PEEL AND CUT WATERMELON INTO LARGE BITE SIZE PIECES. PLACE IN QUART JARS WITH THE ABOVE INGREDIENTS, EXCEPT FOR THE BRINE. PLEASE SEE NEXT STEP.
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2BOIL TOGETHER THE BRINE INGREDIENTS THEN POUR OVER THE WATERMELON IN THE JARS, LEAVING 1/2 INCH HEAD SPACE, OR YOUR JARS MAY NOT SEAL IN THE WATER BATH. BRINE RECIPE ABOVE IS ENOUGH TO FILL 4 QUARTS.
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3PROCESS IN HOT WATER BATH FOR APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES. THE TIME WILL VARY ACCORDING TO THE ALTITUDE OF YOUR LOCATION. A CLUE TO WHEN PROCESSING IS DONE, IS THAT THE CELERY WILL TURN PALE.
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4***IMPORTANT NOTE**** YOU SHOULD NEVER USE HOUSEHOLD WATER FOR PICKLING IF YOU USE A WATER SOFTENER!!! THE WATER SOFTENER SALT WILL MAKE YOUR PICKLES MUSHY, EVEN WITH THE USE OF THE ALUM.
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