Oil Mangos

Ingredients

• melons
• salt
• water
• vinegar
• stuffing

Instructions

1. Gather the melons a size larger than a goose egg.
2. Put them in a pot, pour boiling salt and water made strong upon them, and cover them up.
3. Next day, cut a slit from the stem to the blossom end, and take out the seeds carefully.
4. Return them to the brine and let them remain in it eight days.
5. Then put them in strong vinegar for a fortnight.
6. Wipe the insides with a soft cloth, stuff them, and tie them.
7. Pack them in a pot with the slit uppermost, and strew some of the stuffing over each layer.
8. Keep them covered with the best vinegar.