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Recipes from American Cookery
 by Amelia Simmons (1796)

PRESERVES

The American Citron

Take the whole of a large watermelon (seeds excepted) not too ripe, cut it into small pieces, take two pound of loaf sugar, one pint of water, put it all into a kettle, let it boil gently for two hours, then put it into pots for use.

 

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