For Preserving Water-melon Peel, Spanspek Peel, or Green Figs with Dry Sugar
From Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper, 1902
Ensure figs are thinly pared and melon peel pricked before soaking.
Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
For Preserving Water-melon Peel, Spanspek Peel, or Green Figs with dry Sugar. — Lay the same in very weak lime-water (about a dessertspoonful to 5 or 6 quarts of water
Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.