Watermelon Rind Preserves

Ingredients

• Soak 2 days in salt water
• Soak 2 days in alum water
• Soak 2 days in fresh water
• Use as many lbs. of sugar as there is fruit

Method

1. 1

   Select thick watermelon rind.

2. 2

   Trim off carefully all green from outside and all pink from inside.

3. 3

   Cut in squares or any shape.

4. 4

   Change fresh water each morning.

5. 5

   Boil in ginger tea until tender.

6. 6

   Make syrup of sugar (1 lb. to each lb. of rind).

7. 7

   Let syrup come to a boil, then transfer fruit from ginger tea to syrup and let boil until transparent or pretty clear yellow.

8. 8

   Put into glass jars.

9. 9

   If syrup is not thick enough let it boil longer, then cover fruit and seal.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

WATERMELON RIND PRESERVES. Soak 2 days in salt water. Ginger tea. Soak 2 days in alum water. Use as many lbs. of sugar as Soak 2 days in fresh water

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