watermelon Pickles

Ingredients

• Rind of one large watermelon.
• 8 cups of sugar.
• 4 cups of vinegar
• 8 teaspoons of whole cloves
• 16 stick of cinnamon
• a little mustard seed.
• enough green or red food coloring

Directions

1. Peel and Remove all green and pink portion from watermelon rind.
2. Cut in one inch cubes and soak overnight in salt water.
3. Drain, cover with fresh water and cook until almost tender.
4. Drain the watermelon and make a syrup of 8 cups of sugar, 4 cups of vinegar and 8 teaspoons of whole cloves, 16 stick of cinnamon and a little mustard seed.
5. (Tie spices in cheesecloth bag.)
6. Heat the syrup and spices to boiling and allow to set for 15 minutes.
7. Add the drained watermelon rind and cook until clear and transparent.
8. If desired a few minutes before removing from heat, add enough green or red food coloring to give desired color to the pickle.
9. Pack boiling hot into sterilized jars and seal at once.

Timing

• overnight
• 15 minutes

Equipment

• cheesecloth bag
• sterilized jars

Arwilda’s edits

Arwilda’s note: The original wording is obscured; the final visible text is “Rind of one large watermelon.”. Crossed-out word follows ‘large’; original unreadable. Arwilda’s note: Changed “and” to “seal at once.”. An extra ‘and’ before ‘seal’ is crossed out. Arwilda’s note: Changed “Crossed-out word after large is unreadable; crossed-out text after 16 stick of is unreadable.” to “whole is crossed out after large; whole is crossed out after 16 stick of”. Record whole as the deleted text in both edits and retain the final readings Rind of one large watermelon and 16 stick of cinnamon.

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Uncertain Crossed-out word after ‘large’: Original crossed-out word is obscured.

Uncertain Crossed-out word after ‘16 stick of’: Original crossed-out word is obscured.