Watermelon Sweetmeat

Ingredients

• Cut melon in long strips
• % pound of sugar
• to 1 pound rind

Method

1. 1

   Soak in strong salt water for 24 hours, then put in fresh water, changing it twice a day, until salt is removed.

2. 2

   Put in strong alum water and leave for 36 hours; soak again in fresh water.

3. 3

   Boil in clear water until tender, then make a syrup with % pound of sugar to 1 pound rind.

4. 4

   Put in the rinds, season with white ginger, mace, cloves and orange peel.

5. 5

   Cook until the syrup thickens, and the sweetmeat looks clear and done.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 192. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Watermelon Sweetmeat. Cut melon in long strips, and notch it. Soak in strong salt water 24 hours, then put in fresh water, changing it twice a day, until salt is removed. Put in strong alum water and leave 36 hours : soak again in fresh water. Boil in clear water until tender, then make a syrup with % pound of sugar, to 1 pound rind

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