Gingered watermellon rind

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Melon rind
1½ pounds Sugar
1 ounce Ground ginger
2 Lemon

Directions

Originally from: "The Progressive Farmer's Southern Cookbook" GINGERED WATERMELON RIND 1. Make ginger tea - ginger in 1 quart of water. 2.

Pare off outer green skin of watermelon. Cut into ½ or 1 inch cubes. 3. Soak melon in lime water for 3 + ½ hours 2 quarts water and 2 Tbls. lime). Drain. Soak in clear water for 1 hour. Drain, again. 4. Cover with water and boil rapidly for 15 minutes in strong ginger

tea. 5. Finish cooking in a syrup made by using 2 pints of the ginger tea

with 2 pints of water and 1-½ lb. of sugar. 6. Cook rapidly until tender and transparent [about 1 hour]. 7. Add thinly sliced lemon after about 30 minutes. 8. When transparent, cool, pack and process.

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