Cabbage Boiled

A historical side dish from The White House cook book; a comprehensive cyclopedia of information for the home .. (1913). Great care is requisite in cleaning a cabbage for boiling, as it frequently harbors numerous insects. The large drumhead cabbage requires an hour to boil; the green savory cabbage will boil in twenty minutes. Do not let a cabbage boil too long—by a long boiling it becomes watery. Red cabbage is used for slaw, as is also the white winter cabbage.