Ingredients
- ginger
Directions
Cut into strips the thick rind of a watermelon, trim off the g^een and cut out the inside until the rind is firm ; cover with water, into which throw enough soda to make the water taste of it ; let it stand from twelve to twenty-four hours ; take out, boil in clear water until a straw will go easily through ; drain ; put into a syrup made of good brown sugar, very strongly flavored with pounded ginger ; let boil slowly until the syrup penetrates the rind. This is almost as good as ginger preserve.
A beautiful nice preserve may be made by cutting the rind into fancy shapes, and substituting white sugar and lemons cut in thin rounds for the ginger and brown sugar. Soda makes the rind more brittle than alum or lime.