Spring Chicken's watermelon rind recipe?

WestTexan

Spring chicken had some tasty grilled watermelon rind at the TX Eggfest. Other than the rind and the wrapped bacon, are there any other special ingredients?
Thanks! :silly:

loco_engr

Somehow I think rum might have been involoved but I could be wrong :laugh:

BENTE

here you go:::


Appetizer, Bacon Wrapped, Watermelon Rinds, YB


Ingredients
1 jar (16 oz) pickled watermelon rind
1 lb bacon



Procedure:
1 Wrap a pickled watermelon rind with bacon and secure with a toothpick.
2 Cook at 350 on a fish/veggie grid on a raised grill until the bacon is done. You have to watch them closely and rotate them often, because with the high sugar content they burn easily.


Servings: 1

Recipe Type
Appetizer

Recipe Source
Author: Larry Ward, YB

Source: BGE Eggtoberfest '05, YB

Spring Chicken

That's it. Thanks Bente.

And YES to loco_engr's suggestion that there was rum involved. Rum was intook by the cook. It's the secret ingredient.

Spring "The Secret Is In" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

Hoss

Do you use watermelon rind pickles or preserves? :huh:

BENTE

no they pickle watermelon rinds and put them in jars.. they are more of a sweet flavor compared to pickles (cuecumbers)... kind of weird but really good

Hoss

Thanks.I have had watermelon rind preserves (homemade by an old aunt) before but never have tried the pickles.

Gunnar

Pssst...what about the Tony's?

Richard Fl

In case you have soame spare time for the Chicken Ranch Ladies, You might wish to make your own watermelon rinds.

Pickled, Watermelon

Cherries add a little extra color to these watermelon pickles.


INGREDIENTS:
2 lbs watermelon rind
1/4 cup pickling salt
4 cups water
2 cups sugar
1 cup white vinegar
1 Tbs broken stick cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp whole cloves
1/2 lemon, thinly sliced
5 maraschino cherries, halved,optional




Procedure:
1 Trim the dark green and pink parts from watermelon rind. Cut rind in 1-inch cubes and measure 7 cups. Soak watermelon rind overnight in a mixture of the pickling salt and water. If it takes more to cover, use the same proportion salt to water.
2 Next day, in a 6 to 8-quart kettle or Dutch oven, combine sugar, vinegar, cinnamon, whole cloves, and 1 cup water. Simmer mixture 10 minutes, then strain. Add drained watermelon rind, lemon slices, and maraschino cherries, if using. Simmer the mixture until watermelon rind is translucent. Fill hot half-pint jars with watermelon rind and syrup mixture, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Adjust lids. Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes.


Yield: 2 1/2 pints.

Recipe Type
Condiment

Recipe Source
Author: Diana Rattray

Source: Guide to Southern U.S. Cuisine.

loco_engr

http://www.oldsouth.com/

Spring Hen

Thanks, Gunnar. It needs Tony's.

Does that tell you who was actually cooking the watermelon rinds????

Yes, after you wrap the pickled watermelon rinds in bacon and secure with a tootpick you apply a LOT of Tony Chachere's Creole seasoning before putting on the grill.

We got ours at www.oldsouth.com.

Glad you liked them

Gunnar

Not me, I was watching and sampling....the biggest kick was watching the expressions on those sampling without a clue what’s inside of the bacon. I could have been a Carne betting them to guess the mystery ingredient and would have won every bet. (Except for you veterans)

Hoss

That'll work!!! Thanks!