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|    10/23 Nat'l Canning Day    |
|    21 Oct 25 13:46:24    |
      MSGID: 1:396/45.0 68f7e310       MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06                Title: Watermelon Rind Pickle        Categories: Fruits, Preserving, Citrus        Yield: 1 Batch                7 lb Watermelon rind; peeled        2 1/2 qt Water        1/3 c Salt        6 1/2 c Brown sugar        2 c Vinegar        1 c Water        1 tb Whole cloves        2 Cinnamon sticks        2 Lemons                Pare off the outer green from watermelon rind and cut in        1" squares.                Put rind in large bowl and pour over them the salt and        water mixed (brine). Let soak for three days. Drain and        let stand in fresh water for one hour.                Make a syrup of sugar, vinegar, water and spices. Cut        the lemon (rind and all) paper thin. Put melon rind and        lemon into hot syrup and boil until watermelon is clear.        Seal in jars. *                From South Union, Ky. In "The Shaker Cook Book: Not by        Bread Alone" by Caroline B. Piercy. New York: Crown        Publishers, Inc., 1953.                Typed for you by Cathy Harned.                Recipe from: http://www.recipesource.com                * My grandmother used the hot water canning method in        her Mary Dunbar canning rig. My Grandfather and I ate a        lot of these. - UDD                Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives               MMMMM              ... Old MacDonald had a computer, with EIA I/O       ___ MultiMail/Win v0.52              --- Maximus/2 3.01        * Origin: Sursum Corda! BBS-Huntsville,AL-bbs.sursum-corda.com (1:396/45)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 18/200 19/25 33 41 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/1       SEEN-BY: 106/201 987 124/5016 128/187 129/14 305 130/330 153/7715       SEEN-BY: 154/110 214/22 218/0 1 109 215 601 610 700 810 840 860 880       SEEN-BY: 218/900 226/30 227/114 229/110 206 300 307 317 400 426 428       SEEN-BY: 229/452 470 664 700 705 266/512 291/111 292/854 301/1 320/219       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 387/18 25 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26       SEEN-BY: 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 396/45 218/700 229/426           |
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