Preserve (Water Melon Peel)

Ingredients

• water melon
• two spoonfuls of lime
• the same weight in sugar
• a few cups of water
• Four or six cloves

Method

1. 1

   Cut the peel into pieces, soak in lime water overnight, wash, and boil until soft.

2. 2

   Layer the peel and sugar in a saucepan with cinnamon and water, simmer until the sugar melts, then preserve gently.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's "where is it?" of recipes (1891) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 58. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PRESERVE {WATER MELON PEEL). Cut the water melon peel in pieces ; cut ofif the outer green peel and all the soft inside, cutting away all the red part ; then cut into square pieces or shapes, prick well with a fork ; lay the pieces in an earthen basin in lime water — two spoonfuls of lime to four quarts of water. Put a plate on the top to keep it under water ; leave all night ; wash well in cold water next morning; put in some cold water ; let it boil till you can put a stick into it ; now drain. Having previously weighed the peel, take the same weight in sugar ; set it on the fire in a saucepan, a layer of peel and a layer of sugar, a few sticks of cinnamon, two or three cups of water ; close the lid of the stewpan ; let it simmer till the sugar is melted, then preserve gently (take the lid off if there is a good quantity of syrup). If the water melon was an " American Ice Cream," it will preserve in two or three hours, urd be beautifully crisp and soft, almost melting in your -:^outh. Four or six cloves

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