{"id":17606,"date":"2019-04-10T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T22:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=17606"},"modified":"2020-04-16T10:13:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T17:13:03","slug":"watermelon-pickles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/watermelon-pickles\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon Pickles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 C watermelon pieces \u2013 prepared as shown below<\/li>\n<li>1 cup apple cider vinegar<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup white wine vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1 cup water<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup lime juice<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup maple syrup<\/li>\n<li>1 cinnamon stick<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 ounces candied or crystalized ginger chunks (1\/4 cup)<\/li>\n<li>2 TBL coarse sea salt<\/li>\n<li>2 whole Thai chili peppers \u2013 uncut<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL allspice berries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Step by Step<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut your watermelon into 1 inch slices to eat.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy eating your watermelon, but leave more than the usual amount of red left near the rind. You will want about \u00bc inch of the red.<\/li>\n<li>Use a knife to cut off the outer green peel.<\/li>\n<li>Cut the rind into 1 inch pieces \u2013 they will be almost square.<\/li>\n<li>Bring the apple cider vinegar, water, ginger and spices to a boil over medium-high heat in a medium saucepan (2-quart).<\/li>\n<li>Add the sugar and salt, and stir until dissolved.<\/li>\n<li>Add the watermelon pieces<\/li>\n<li>Add more vinegar if needed to cover the pieces., then return the liquid to a full boil.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from heat and cover. Let steep for 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Move the pickles to a large canning jar, using a canning funnel and\/or ladle.<\/li>\n<li>Pour as much of the remaining hot liquid as will fit in the jar..<\/li>\n<li>Cover the jar and leave on the kitchen counter for 90-120 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Refrigerate overnight (better two nights) and let meld.<\/li>\n<li>These MUST stay refrigerated. Eat within two months.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients 8 C watermelon pieces \u2013 prepared as shown below 1 cup apple cider vinegar \u00bd cup white wine vinegar 1 cup water \u00bd cup lime juice \u00bd cup maple syrup 1 cinnamon stick 3\/4 cup sugar 2 ounces candied or crystalized ginger chunks (1\/4 cup) 2 TBL coarse sea salt 2 whole Thai chili &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/watermelon-pickles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Watermelon Pickles&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,136,210],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-appetizers","category-snack","category-beatitudes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17607,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606\/revisions\/17607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}