Melon Compote Recipe

Twenty-five Cent Dinners For Families Of Six

Make a syrup by boiling one pound of sugar, (cost ten

cents,) with half a pint of water. Pare and slice a spicy musk melon,

(cost five cents,) and put it into the syrup with a little wine, (cost

five cents.) Boil gently for ten minutes, take up the melon in a glass

dish, cool the syrup a little, and pour it over the melon. Serve the

compote cold; it is delicious, and costs only about twenty-five cents.