Pickled Muskmelon

Ingredients

• 1 melon, peeled and sliced (ripe)
• 1 quart vinegar
• 1 quart sugar
• clove, to taste
• cinnamon bark, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Boil vinegar and sugar together for five or ten minutes.

2. 2

   Drop in the sliced muskmelon and boil until tender.

3. 3

   Last of all, drop in whole cloves and cinnamon bark. Let all boil a few minutes longer, then put in jars and seal, and you have as nice a pickle as peaches.