Melon Rind Sweet Pickles

Ingredients

• the rind of one watermelon
• an even tablespoon of alum
• one and one-half pint vinegar
• three pounds of granulated sugar
• one tablespoonful of whole cloves
• stick cinnamon
• whole mace tied in a bag

Method

1. 1

   Pare and cut in pieces the rind of one watermelon.

2. 2

   Parboil in enough water to cover, to which an even tablespoon of alum has been added.

3. 3

   Make a syrup of vinegar and sugar, add spices in a bag.

4. 4

   Drain the melon from alum water and cook in the syrup until tender and of a rich golden color.

5. 5

   Keep in glass fruit jars.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The New century cook book (1899), page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Melon Rind Sweet Pickles. Pare and cut in pieces the rind of one watermelon. Par- boil in enough water to cover, to which an even tablespoon of alum has been added. Make a syrup of one and one-half pint vinegar and three pounds of granulated sugar, to which add one tablespoonful each of whole cloves, stick cinnamon and whole mace tied in a bag

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