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Melon Rind

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Melon Rind

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the melon rind into strips.

  2. Pare off the hard outer rind.

  3. Soak the strips in brine for two days.

  4. Rinse the strips in cold water and wipe dry, squeezing gently with a cloth.

  5. Scald the strips in alum water for three to four hours.

  6. Transfer the strips to ice-cold water and wipe dry again, pressing each piece gently.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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