Recipe: Watermelon Honey

Title: Watermelon Honey
Categories: Condiment
Yield: 6 servings

10 lb Chopped melon 1/4 lb Preserved ginger or ginger
2 Lemons -root
2 qt Cold water 10 lb Sugar

Pare watermelon. Discard rind and all of the pink portion. Grind white
portion through food chopper, using the coarse knife. Use the following
proportions:

Combine melon and water. Cook slowly until melon is clear. Add sugar,
sliced lemon, and ginger, cut in small pieces. Cook slowly until thick.
Mrs. Mary V. Jones, Scottsville, VA.