Cabbage Soup

Ingredients

• 1 middle-sized head of cabbage or 2 small ones
• 1 large onion stuck with 2 cloves
• A breakfast cupful of yam, cut in pieces about two inches square
• 6 or 7 pints of water
• 2 tablespoons native butter or lard
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 2 berkono or half a teaspoon black pepper
• 4 turnips
• 5 carrots
• a bunch of parsley if obtainable

Method

1. 1

   Combine all ingredients in a large pot and cover with water.

2. 2

   Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Practical West African cookery (1910) by S. Leith-Ross, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cabbage Soup. (II). 1 middle-sized head of cab- bage or 2 small ones. 1 large onion stuck -with 2 cloves. A breakfast cupful of yam, cut in pieces about two inches square. 6 or 7 pints of water. 2 tablespoons native butter or lard. 3 teaspoons salt. 2 berkono or half a teaspoon black pepper. 4 turnips, 5 carrots a bunch of parsley if obtainable

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