Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

4 qt Prepared watermelon rind
2 tb Salt
4 c White vinegar
8 c Sugar
3 Cinnamon sticks; broken
1 tb Whole cloves
1 1" piece gingerroot (opt.)

To prepare watermelon rind, cut rind into 2- x 1-inch pieces. Trim
green skin and pink flesh from rind. Place prepared rind in large
kettle and add salt and enough boiling water to cover. Simmer until
tender. Drain and chill rind in very cold water at least 1 hour or
overnight in refrigerator. Combine vinegar, sugar and mixture of
cinnamon, cloves and gingerroot tied in cheesecloth. Bring to boil
and boil 5 minutes. Drain watermelon rind and add to syrup. Simmer
until rind becomes translucent, about 10 minutes. Remove and discard
spices. Pack rind and syrup into hot sterilized quart jars, leaving
1/4-inch head space. Adjust lids and process in boiling water bath 20
minutes.

Makes 4 quarts

(C) 1992 The Los Angeles Times

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