Red Cabbage

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
Source
The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (6)
Instructions (7)
  1. SLICE you cabbage croſsways, then put it on an earthern diſh, and ſprinkle a handful of ſalt over it.
  2. Cover it with another diſh, and let it ſtand twenty-four hours.
  3. Then put it into a cullender to drain, and lay it into your jar.
  4. Take a ſufficient quantity of white-wine-vinegar to cover it, a few cloves, a little mace, and allſpice.
  5. Put them in whole, with a little cochineal bruiſed fine.
  6. Then boil it up, and pour it either hot or cold upon your cab- bage.
  7. If the former, let it ſtand till cold, and then tie it down for uſe.
Original Text
Red Cabbage. SLICE you cabbage croſsways, then put it on an earthern diſh, and ſprinkle a handful of ſalt over it. Cover it with another diſh, and let it ſtand twenty-four hours. Then put it into a cullender to drain, and lay it into your jar. Take a ſufficient quantity of white-wine-vinegar to cover it, a few cloves, a little mace, and allſpice. Put them in whole, with a little cochineal bruiſed fine. Then boil it up, and pour it either hot or cold upon your cab- bage. If the former, let it ſtand till cold, and then tie it down for uſe.
Notes
—