On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:12:49 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> On Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 4:56:37 PM UTC-4, Nancy2 wrote:
>> > Cindy, my mom and grandma canned watermelon (rind) pickles (colored
>> > bright green) and red cinnamon apple rings, and always brought them
>> > out at Christmas. I don't even know if Imhave ever seen canned watermelon
>> > rind pickles in my supermarket.
>> >
>> > N.
>>
>> I googled for pickled watermelon rind, and then clicked on Images. There
>> were a few (very few) commercial brands, including Reese's. No telling
>> how old some of those images might be.
>>
>> Given the paucity of brands (most of which I'd never heard of), I can well
>> imagine that few grocery stores stock it.
>
>Most likely watermelon rind pickles are crappy stuff. Just made by poor
>people trying to get everything out of a food product. Not anything
>wrong with it but most people wouldn't actually buy it.

I toss melon rinds outdoors for the critters, especially in hot dry
weather, they all appreciate the liquid... birds are usually first at
the oasis.