There should be twice as much potato as cabbage. Cale-cannon is eaten with corned beef, boiled pork, or bacon. Cabbages may be kept good all winter by burying them in a hole dug in the ground. From Miss Leslie's Directions for Cookery, by Eliza Leslie, 1851. Half boil them, and then having taken off the skins, cut the potatoes in slices, and fry them in butter, or in nice dripping.
Sweet potatoes are very good stewed with fresh pork, veal, or beef.
From Miss Leslie's Directions for Cookery by Eliza Leslie, 1851. The pork should be nicely gashed before baking. Send them to the table hot. Carrots require long cooking. Parsnips and salsify may be stewed in the above manner, substituting a little chopped celery for the parsley.