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To Boil Large White Cabbages

A simple boiled white cabbage dish seasoned with salt.

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 cabbage thoroughly.

  2. If large, cut it into quarters.

Boil

  1. Place the cabbage in boiling water and add 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

White cabbage
Forms the main body of the dish, softening into tender leaves as it simmers.

The step that matters

Keeping the water at a steady boil. Adding cabbage drops the water temperature, so the pot should return to a boil quickly. A steady simmer then cooks the cabbage evenly through its dense core.

“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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