Stuffed Melon

Ingredients

• one ounce of garlic
• two ounces of mustard-seed
• the seeds of the melon
• two quarts of best-vinegar
• one ounce of Jamaica peppers
• one ounce of whole allspice
• one ounce of bruised ginger
• a tea-spoonful of salt

Method

1. 1

   Pick out all the seeds from the melon.

2. 2

   Shred finely the garlic and mix it with mustard-seed and the melon seeds.

3. 3

   Stuff this mixture back into the melon, place the top on, and bind it down.

4. 4

   Boil the vinegar with Jamaica peppers, allspice, ginger, and salt.

5. 5

   When boiling, pour it over the melon.

6. 6

   Repeat this process for three successive days, then tie down with bladder to exclude air.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 893. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one oimce of garlic ; mix it with two ounces of mustard-seed, and the seeds of the melon. Now, put this back as a stufiing, place the top on, and bind it down. Boil, in two quarts of best -vinegar, one ounce of Jamaica peppers, one ounce of whole allspice, one ounce of bruised ginger, and a tea-spooi\ful of sal

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