Lowney's Cook Book / Illustrated in Colors

by Maria Willett Howard

German Cabbage

• 1 small red cabbage
  ¼ cup bacon fat
  1 tablespoon chopped onion
  ½ teaspoon salt
  few grains cayenne
  few grains nutmeg
  ¼ cup vinegar
  2 teaspoons brown sugar

Chop cabbage and soak in cold water. Melt bacon fat, add onion, cook five minutes; add cabbage, salt, cayenne and nutmeg, cook until cabbage is tender. It should steam, and no water should be added. Add sugar and vinegar, cook five minutes, and serve.