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Watermelon

A chilled watermelon served on grape, fig, or mulberry leaves.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Watermelon

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Chill the watermelon on ice for at least 12 hours, preferably 24.

  2. Wipe the watermelon with a soft towel.

  3. Cut a slice from each end, then cut the watermelon in half across the center.

Serve

  1. Cover a large flat dish with grape, fig, or mulberry leaves.

  2. Place the watermelon halves on the leaves and scoop out the flesh in spoonfuls.

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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