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To Boil Large White Cabbages

Large white cabbages boiled with salt for nearly two hours.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Boil Large White Cabbages

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash and clean the cabbages thoroughly.

  2. If large, cut them into quarters or divide them.

Boil

  1. Place them in boiling water and add a little salt.

  2. Boil for nearly two hours.

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

Large white cabbages
Main vegetable; its dense leaves soften into a tender, mild-tasting dish as they cook.

“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.

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