Melon & Pineapple Jam

Melon & Pineapple Jam

10 lb pie melon, 8 lb sugar, juice and grated rind of 2 small lemons, 1 large tin crushed pineapple.

Method: Cut melon in dices or mince, add 1/2 sugar, let stand overnight. In morning boil with pineapple for 3/4 hour, then add rest of sugar and boil for 2 hours or until jam sets.

Source: contributed by Maureen Wiech in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.54.

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Melon & Pineapple Jam

9 lbs melon, 6 lb sugar, 1 tin pineapple.

Method: Mince melon and add 3 lb sugar, leave stand overnight. Next morning boil till clear, then add other 3 lb sugar and pineapple. Cook until jells. (Approx. 3&1/2 hours in all).

Source: contributed by Avis Scherer in Blyth Recipe Book: Favourite Tested Recipes of the Blyth Trinity Lutheran Ladies Guild (Blyth Womens Guild, 1972), p.54.