Watermelon Pickle

Ingredients

• Prepare the rind by paring the outside and using only the firm part of the melon, cut in shapes
• 1 quart of vinegar
• take ^ the amount of sugar
• Add slices of 1 lemon
• and spices to taste, cinnamon, ginger, mace

Method

1. 1

   Let it lie overnight in weak alum water.

2. 2

   Soak in clear water one day.

3. 3

   Pour hot over the fruit and let stand overnight.

4. 4

   Pour off and boil, and do this three mornings, the last time putting the fruit in the syrup, and cook till it can be pierced with a fork.

5. 5

   Put in jars and seal.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Blue grass cook book (1904) by Minnie C. Fox, page 78. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WATERMELON PICKLE Prepare the rind by paring the outside and using only the firm part of the melon, cut in shapes, and let it lie over night in weak alum water. Soak in clear water one day. To 5 pounds fruit take ^ the amount of sugar, 1 quart of vinegar, and boil. Add slices of 1 lemon and spices to taste, cinnamon, ginger, mace

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