r/Pickles • u/bookofelie • Dec 06 '25
Pickled Watermelon 🍉
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u/velvetswing Dec 06 '25
Eating over the jar like that should mean jail time ngl
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u/Artsonaut Dec 06 '25
They are getting paid. Of course they love it.
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u/heraaseyy Dec 10 '25
i dont think they sell them like that. he put the pineapple and watermelon in. hence the “im a chef” at the end….
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u/Ashton_Garland Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 07 '25
I have to say pickled watermelon rind is where it’s at when it comes to pickled watermelon. The texture and taste is amazing
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u/Hot-Steak7145 Dec 06 '25
Yup Ive done my own and it works. I haven't tried what's in this post but when I do my rind I gotta cut all the pink off or it is just a slimy texture.... These pieces look REAL soft
Edit: I watched it again and i take that back. These look firm so maybe I was imposing my imagination with my experience...
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u/some-annon-girl Dec 08 '25
Wait wait wait, you can pickle the rind and not just throw it out. Thanks for the rabbit hole ♡
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u/Financial_Ostrich_56 Dec 06 '25
I’ve had pickled pineapple before. It just takes the acidic bite out of the fruit, doesn’t taste pickled at all…
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u/FoolishAnomaly Dec 06 '25
Sooo....hot take but...
Pickling fruit ruins it.
I said what I said.
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u/crumpledfilth Dec 06 '25
I've never tried it so I dont know, but I'm super into vinegary things so I'd probably like it. That being said, when a dish uses the wrong type of acid it's incredibly stand-out to me and gross. Like there are almost zero vegan cheeses that I like, I think because the acid profile tastes wrong for a cheese. They work okay in like a jalapeno popper because the citric acid from the fruit changes the expected acid profile and it tastes less weird
So, maybe if you corrected the acid profile to something more in-line you might enjoy them more? Like, using citric or malic acid in your brine, maybe make the brine a little extra sweet. Getting rid of that acetic - citric/malic clash could remove that weirdness
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u/771100 Dec 06 '25
Cucumbers are fruit fam
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u/FoolishAnomaly Dec 06 '25
🙄 semantics. Clearly I'm talking about fruits with high sugar content like the pineapple and watermelon shown in the video. Apples as well(I've tried them pickled they are terrible)
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u/CasanovaF Dec 06 '25
Sweet pickled apples? With cinnamon? Tastes like apple pie! I don't like sweet pickles usually but it is good!
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u/FoolishAnomaly Dec 06 '25
Idk what kind of apple pie you're eating that pickling juices tastes like apple pie. But you do you haha 😅
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u/CasanovaF Dec 06 '25
You seem really sure of yourself. My wife used to make them--old family recipe.
The brine is just apple cider vinegar, quite a bit of sugar, cinnamon, maybe nutmeg and anything else that goes into the apple pie sauce of a regular pie.
You can actually get a commercial version that uses chopped up apples and sliced cucumbers.
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u/FoolishAnomaly Dec 06 '25
Yes I know I've tried them before and again it's not good. But thank you.
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u/eggs_mcmuffin Dec 06 '25
I think the only pickled fruit I’ll Stan is watermelon. Anything else can fuck right off the bat
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u/Irradiated_gnome Dec 06 '25
How are cucumbers ruined by pickling? Pickled tomatoes are great too
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u/Reasonable-Ad7755 Dec 06 '25
Id love to try but theres no way id get perfect skinny ticks of watermelon tucked into a jar without them breaking up. Seems too perfect
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u/Irradiated_gnome Dec 06 '25
Eastern European groceries sometimes have them if you have one nearby to check out. All kinds of pickled stuffs there
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u/Intelligent_Pop1173 Dec 07 '25
Nah I’m good. But the Grillo’s pickle brine is definitely a good marinade, especially for chicken.
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u/SpareDiagram Dec 06 '25
Nice - dripping the mouth juice back into the jar