Watermelon Pickles (Alternate)

Ingredients

• Peel rind of watermelon
• cover with cold vinegar
• Make thin syrup of sugar and vinegar
• Repeat this process for seven or eight days

Method

1. 1

   Peel rind of watermelon, leaving trace of pink on inner edge.

2. 2

   Steam until tender.

3. 3

   Place in stone jar and cover with cold vinegar.

4. 4

   Let stand twenty-four hours.

5. 5

   Make thin syrup of sugar and vinegar.

6. 6

   After twenty-four hours, drain watermelon.

7. 7

   Pour hot syrup over rind.

8. 8

   Let stand overnight.

9. 9

   Drain.

10. 10

    Make a new syrup, adding a few drops of oil of cloves and oil of cinnamon.

11. 11

    Repeat this process for seven or eight days until the syrup is thick and the pickles thoroughly preserved.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Delta Gamma cook book (1922), page 108. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Peel rind of watennelon, leaving trace of pink on inner edge. Steam until tender. Place in stone jar and cover with cold vinegar. Let stand twenty-four hours. Make thin syrup of sugar and vinegar. After twenty-four hours, drain watermelon. Pour hot syrup over rind. Let stand over night. Drain (it is better to throw away this first residue as the good has been absorbed by the rind) . Make a new syrup, adding a few drops of oil of cloves and oil of cinnamon. Repeat this process for seven or eight days

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