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I do like to save watermelon rinds and cook them into soup. Anyone have a use for banana peels?

EvanAnderson 5d ago
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 5d ago
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 5d ago
  It's a variant of a Chinese wintermelon soup like https://thewoksoflife.com/winter-melon-soup-pork-ribs/ https://thewoksoflife.com/winter-melon-soup-pork-ribs/ ! It's a great sponge for the soup flavors.
werdnapk 5d ago
Banana peel oleo saccharum... you can add it to drinks and cocktails for a punch of banana.
VyseofArcadia 5d ago
Yes, British TV chef Nigella Lawson cooks with them. https://youtu.be/kOF0Id92XRY?is=YOb6iPmPaMBeHLkJ https://youtu.be/kOF0Id92XRY?is=YOb6iPmPaMBeHLkJ
downrightmike 5d ago
Throw them in with the banana in the blender
asdfqwertzxcv 4d ago
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 4d ago
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 4d ago
  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".
herbst 4d ago
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.

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 5d ago

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 5d ago
It's a variant of a Chinese wintermelon soup like https://thewoksoflife.com/winter-melon-soup-pork-ribs/ https://thewoksoflife.com/winter-melon-soup-pork-ribs/ ! It's a great sponge for the soup flavors.

werdnapk 5d ago

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

VyseofArcadia 5d ago

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

downrightmike 5d ago

Throw them in with the banana in the blender

asdfqwertzxcv 4d ago

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 4d ago

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 4d ago
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".

herbst 4d ago

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.