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Melon Compote

2 pounds melon 4 ounces sugar 1 teaspoon ground ginger Ginger A bay leaf Take off the hard outside of the melon, and remove all the center, cut into pieces about the size of a plum. Make a syrup of the sugar flavored with a little of the melon peel, bay leaf and the ginger, in about half a pint of water; let this simmer for about an hour, and pour it over the pieces of melon.