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Serving Watermelon

A chilled watermelon sliced and served with sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Serving Watermelon

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut a slice 4 inches thick from the center of the watermelon.

  2. Remove the green rind, leaving only the edible portion.

  3. Place the watermelon on a cold platter, on a bed of foliage.

  4. Cut the watermelon into pie-shaped sections.

Serve

  1. Serve a section to each person and pass the sugar.

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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What each ingredient does

Watermelon
Provides the main body, moisture, and sweet flesh of the dish.
Fine granulated sugar
Adds extra sweetness at the table, to taste.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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