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To Boil Cabbage

A historical recipe from The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information , by Philip E. Muskett.

A historical recipe

The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken, by Philip E. Muskett. Project Gutenberg eBook #4219.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information , by Philip E. Muskett. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #4219 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4219). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

  • a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda

Method

  1. The outer leaves of the cabbage should be removed, then cut it into quarters and cut out the salt;
  2. wash it well in salt and water, and leave in the water for half-an-hour.
  3. Then put it into a colander and shake all the water from it.
  4. Place on the fire a large saucepan of water, and when it boils, put in two teaspoonsful of salt and a quarter of a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda.
  5. Put in the cabbage and cover down till it boils up;
  6. then remove the lid and boil very quickly, pressing it down into the water from time to time.
  7. It will be done in from fifteen to twenty minutes;
  8. try it with a fork, and if soft turn into a colander, and very carefully press all the water from it.
  9. Slip into a vegetable dish and cut into neat pieces.