Citron Melon

Ingredients

• a pound of sugar for every pound of citron
• the juice of two large lemons

Method

1. 1

   Pare off the hard green rind, cut the melon into squares or slices, soak in cold water with salt for one hour, then wash.

2. 2

   Make a weak syrup of sugar and water, boil the citron for ten minutes, discard the syrup, make a new syrup with the weighed sugar, boil until clear and tender, add lemon juice and thin rind, boil for fifteen minutes, then jar and let cool.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 131. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Citron Melon. Pare off the hard green rind, and cut the melon in quarters and take out the seed, then cut it into squares or slices half an inch in thickness and weigh it. Allow a pound of sugar to every pound of citron, put the melon in a pan of cold water with a handful of salt for one hour, then wash it in clean fresh water, make a ^eak syrup of sugar (not what was weighed) and water, put the citron in it and boil ten minutes, then take out the citron, throw this syrup out, and make another with the sugar you weighed and a little cold water ; put the citron in it, and boil until clear and tender, skimming it well, add to it the juioe of two large lemons

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