To Pickle or Make Mangoes of Melons

Name: To Pickle or Make Mangoes of Melons
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: egg; ginger; vinegar; cold water; green melons; mustard-seeds; brine; garlick; whole pepper; melons; nutmeg; mustard

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

American Cookery

By Amelia Simmons

Published 1796

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Method

Take green melons, as many as you please, and make a brine strong enough to bear an egg; then pour it boiling hot on the melon