Water Melon Rind Pickle (Delicious)

Ingredients

• Use thick rind
• Make strong salt solution
• for 3 days
• Make strong alum solution
• soak in clear water 3 days
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vinegar
• flavored with cinnamon, spice and cloves

Method

1. 1

   Soak rind in strong salt solution for 3 days.

2. 2

   Soak in strong alum solution for 3 days.

3. 3

   Rinse well and soak in clear water for 3 days, changing water each day.

4. 4

   Boil in clear water until tender.

5. 5

   Make syrup of 2 cups sugar and 1 cup vinegar, flavored with cinnamon, spice and cloves.

6. 6

   Boil in this until the syrup is thick.

7. 7

   Seal while hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Anson County cook book (1928) by First Baptist Church (Wadesboro, N.C.), page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WATER MELON RIND PICKLE (DELICIOUS) Use thick rind, removing outside and colored meat. Cut into any desired shape. Make strong salt solution, sufficient to cover rind well. Soak rind in this, well weighted down, for 3 days. Make strong alum solution, soak rind in this as above for 3 days. Rinse well and soak in clear water 3 days, changing water each day. Boil in clear water, rapidly and continuously, until tender. Make syrup of the proportion , of 2 cups sugar and 1 cup vinegar, flavored with cinnamon, spice and cloves

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