Name: Cabbage Salad
Ingredients: 1 head of white cabbage; Mayonnaise

Cabbage Salad

Ingredients

1 head of white cabbage
Mayonnaise

Directions

Cut the center of the cabbage into shreds.
Arrange the shreds neatly in a salad bowl.
Cover with mayonnaise and serve.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

White cabbage: Forms the bulk of the salad, providing crunch and a fresh, mild texture.
Mayonnaise: Adds fat and creaminess, coating the shreds and giving the salad richness.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.