We would like to thank Teresa of Garibaldi Oregon for submitting the question, how do you consume watermelon rind? Our website is dedicated in it's entirely to answering this very question, as we have dozens upon dozens of watermelon rind based recipes to choose from. There are virtually an unlimited ways you can eat watermelon rind, aside from eating it fresh. You can make salads with it, milkshakes, tacos, dip, preserves, candy, pickles, and many other things. Pickling watermelon rind is probably the most commonly used recipe for watermelon rind. By pickling the rind it will last many months if properly stored, and it even retains most of it's nutritional elements throughout the canning process. So if you still aren't sure what to do with your watermelon rind, then just browse around our website some more, and you will quickly get some ideas.