I am finishing the canning of the watermelon rinds I finally got around to pickling today. The first batch is sealing as I type -- every so often I hear a happy, resounding 'Tonk!,' as another lid sucks in. The second batch is still getting its' nice boiling bath -- and then I'm done. All together it's I think 10 pints. Personally I love the (expensive) sweet pickled watermelon rinds from the store (not that I ever bought them very often), so I'm hoping these turn out like that. I followed a recipe (which of course I had to tinker with) out of my Ball book, and the syrup tasted much the same, so we'll see. Never made pickled rinds before, so it's an experiment. Eh, I'm always up to trying new things. Let's just hope they don't go by way of 'The Relish' though (because somehow I dont' think I'll be able to disguise these in spaghetti sauce, heh)......

Aha! Timer's beeping at me -- they're done!