Cabbage Pudding

Origin: Tidewater Virginia

Source: Mary Randolph, 1824

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Get a fine head of cabbage, not too large.
  2. Pour boiling water on, and cover it till you can turn the leaves back, which you must do carefully.
  3. Take some of those in the middle of the head off, chop them fine, and mix them with rich forcemeat.
  4. Put this in, and replace the leaves to confine the stuffing.
  5. Tie it in a cloth, and boil it.
  6. Serve it up whole, with a little melted butter in the dish.

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