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Watermelon-rind Preserve

Name: Watermelon-rind Preserve
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: Pare off the outside green rind.; lay it into cold water for four hours.; Put 1 lb. of sugar to 1 lb. of fruit.; Add the juice and rind of four lemons.; some sliced white race-ginger.

From Harper's cook book encyclopædia, 1902

Serves 3

Carefully remove the seeds from the slices of lemon, lest a bitter taste be imparted to the preserve.

Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

Method

Nutrition per serving

623Calories

2 gProtein

163 gCarbs

1 gFat

Full nutrition (33 nutrients)

Calories623 kcal

Protein1.5 g

Carbohydrates163 g

Fiber3.9 g

Sugars154 g

Total Fat1 g

Saturated Fat0.1 g

Monounsaturated Fat0 g

Polyunsaturated Fat0.1 g

Cholesterol0 mg

Sodium5.8 mg

Potassium210 mg

Calcium39 mg

Iron0.9 mg

Magnesium12 mg

Phosphorus23 mg

Zinc0.1 mg

Copper0.1 mg

Manganese0.1 mg

Vitamin D0 mcg

Vitamin C71 mg

Vitamin A1.3 mcg

Vitamin E0.2 mg

Vitamin K0 mcg

Vitamin B60.1 mg

Vitamin B120 mcg

Thiamin (B1)0.1 mg

Riboflavin (B2)0 mg

Niacin (B3)0.1 mg

Folate17 mcg

Choline6.8 mg

Caffeine0 mg

Water160 g

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 337. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Watermelon-rind Preserve. — Pare off the outside green rind and lay it into cold water for four hours ; then change the water and put it on to boil. There should be enough of this fresh water to cover the fruit well. As soon as it has boiled five minutes, take it off and put the rind into gin- ger - tea, where it must remain all night. The next morning put it into fresh ginger-tea and let it boil until you can run a straw through the pieces. Take the rind out of the tea and cut it into small pieces an inch or two in length. Add the juice and rind of four lemons and some sliced white race-ginger. Put i lb. of sugar to i lb. of fruit

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