Red Cabbage Slaw

Ingredients

• 3 cabbages
• about 1 cup of salt
• 3 qts. of vinegar
• 1 oz. of whole mace
• 1 oz. of whole black pepper

Method

1. 1

   Shave the cabbage, sprinkle with salt, let stand for 12 hours, then drain.

2. 2

   Boil vinegar with mace and black pepper for 15 minutes, strain, and pour hot vinegar over cabbage.

3. 3

   Tie a cloth over the jar and set away for use.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 265. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

RED CABBAGE SLAW.— Shave the cabbage, putting into jar or bowl. Sprinkle (about 1 cup of salt for 3 cabbages), salt through and on top of it. Let it stand 12 hrs., then drain off and let stand 1 hr. Boil 3 qts. of vinegar, adding 1 oz. of whole mace and 1 oz. of whole black pepper

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