The Opelousas courier., 1893-11-18
EIGHT WAYS OF PREPARING CABBAGE,

The simplest way to prepare cabbage,
writes Clara s. Everts, in Farm, Field
and Fireside, is to make cold.slaw by
shedding it and adding a little salt,
pepper and enough sharp vinegar to
almost cover it in which sugar has
been dissolved in the proportion of a
heaping tablespoonful to a cup of vim
egar. A more elaborate cold-slaw is
made by using a dressing of half a cup
of rich cream, tablespoonful sugar and
half cup Of vinegar. Many prefer
sour cream to sweet, but it will require
nearly as much again sugar if sour
cream be used instead Of sweet.
Cabbage Salad--Cut the cabbage
fine. Make a dressing by stirring into
a cup of vinegar a well-beaten egg, a
heaping teaspoonful of sugar, small
lump of butter, salt andpepper. When
it boils add a scant tablespoonful Of
flour in a third Of a cup Of milk. Cook
well and pour over the cabbage. Mix
thoroughly and set aside until cold.
In winter it will keep nicely for three
or fonr days. In hot weather If water
is used instead of milk it will keep for
two days. Many complain that I'm.
cooked cabbage Is hard to digest. In
that case 1t should be finely chopped,
thoroughly sailed and allowed to stand
for two or three hours. Then IL all
the water arising Is carefully squeezed
out before the dressing isadded IL will
be as digestible OIL the cooked.
Dreamed Cabbage-Chop, add boil.
ing water till it shows through the
cabbage, but is not quite covered, salt,
pepper and cover closely. Cook till
tender, stirring now and then. Add
more water If necessary and when done
add q small lump of butter and half a
cup of milk in which a tablespoonful
of flour has been smoothed. Cook
two or three minutes longer and serve
hot.
Fried Cabbage-Chop moderately
fine and put in q frying pan in which
is a tablespoonful of hot butter and
one of meat drippings. Salt, pepper
and cover closely, stirring often to
prevent scorehing. When delicately
Drowned add O little water and simmer
until done.
Boiled Cahbage-Soft or coarse
heads of cabbage that seem hardly ft
for Use may be boiled and prove very
nice. Out In quarters, remove the
heart md boil with O meat bone, or
add to the water enough soup stock to
give the desired richness. It should
be almost covered with water when be-
ginning to cook and ought to boil
from IN hour to an hour and q half.
Serve In side dishes, In which ii Is cut
up and vinegar added to suit the taste. |
Baked Cabbage-Take q small firm
head and with a sharp knife cut out
the heart, without otherwise cutting
the cabbage. Orumble a sufficient
amount of bread, add salt, pepper and
butter and moisten with boiling water
and fill the cavity with this. Place in
q baking dish with a pint of we'll
sailed boiling water and o good sized
lump of butter. Cover and bake for
hour or two. just before serving
remove the cover and brown a little.
With the aid of a saucer carefully re.
move, without breaking, to a hot dish,
and to the water In the baking dish
add a little -four smoothed in cold
water and poured around the cabbage
or the bread may be moistened with
rich soup stock and this used instead
of water in the baking pan. It should
be thickened and used as a gravy with
the cabbage the same as the water was
used. If the flavor of pork is liked it
is very nice to almost cover the cab.
bage with very thin slices Of salt pork.
When the v is removed from the
pan these will brown nicely.
Hot Slaw-Chop the cabbage mod
fine, almost cover with boiling
water, and cook until tender but not
''mushy." To q cup of vinegar add o
heaping teaspoonful Of sugar, a we'll
beaten egg and q tablespoonful offour
smoothed in a little cold water. Pour
Ill slowly into the cooking cabbage,
constantly. Add a small lump
If butter, stir till melted and serve at
once.