Boiled Cabbage

Ingredients

• To each 1/2 gallon of water
• 1 heaped tablespoonful of salt
• a very small piece of soda

Instructions

1. Pick off all the dead outside leaves, cut off as much of the stalk as possible, and cut the cabbages across twice, at the stalk end;
2. if they should be very large, quarter them.
3. Wash them well in cold water, place them in a colander, and drain;
4. then put them into _plenty_ of _fast-boiling_ water, to which have been added salt and soda in the above proportions.
5. Stir them down once or twice in the water, keep the pan uncovered, and let them boil quickly until tender.
6. The instant they are done, take them up into a colander, place a plate over them, let them thoroughly drain, dish, and serve.