On: Eating Fruit Skins

[bobbiechen]

I do like to save watermelon rinds and cook them into soup.

Anyone have a use for banana peels?

[asdfqwertzxcv → bobbiechen]

I like turning the rind into pickles. Very good!

For banana skins, you can turn them into a vegan bacon. Many recipes online that are all pretty much the same result. I like them too.

[SamBam → bobbiechen]

I tried following an authentic Southern pickled watermelon rind recipe, and they were so sickly sweet I couldn't stomach them.

I should try again sometime with a regular cucumber pickle recipe, just replacing cucumbers with watermelon rinds, but I don't think my family wants to humor me again.

[omnimus → SamBam]

Pickled savoury watermelon is something i discovered not that long ago and it really surprised me. It's amazing. I otherwise don't care much about watermelon but pickled it gets so much flavor. I know many people who can't handle it because it "doesn't taste how it looks".

[SamBam → omnimus]

Can you point to a recipe you liked, or rough instructions? How was it savory?

[herbst → bobbiechen]

If you don't know your bananas are free from pesticide and fungicides make sure to dispose them in the trash. It's not even recommended to compost banana because it's so full of toxins.

[VyseofArcadia → bobbiechen]

Yes, British TV chef Nigella Lawson cooks with them. https://youtu.be/kOF0Id92XRY?is=YOb6iPmPaMBeHLkJ

[EvanAnderson → bobbiechen]

Thanks for sending me down that rabbit hole. Neat.

We throw away a butt-ton of watermelon rind in the summer. I never thought to see if they could be used for something.

[el_benhameen → bobbiechen]

Now that is actually novel! To me, at least. You cook them into a regular soup as an additive? Or you make watermelon rind soup? How’s it taste?

[bobbiechen → el_benhameen]

It's a variant of a Chinese wintermelon soup like https://thewoksoflife.com/winter-melon-soup-pork-ribs/ ! It's a great sponge for the soup flavors.

[werdnapk → bobbiechen]

Banana peel oleo saccharum... you can add it to drinks and cocktails for a punch of banana.

[downrightmike → bobbiechen]

Throw them in with the banana in the blender