Directions

Cover with cold water. When water boils, reduce to a slow boil and skim well. Let boil briskly for five minutes, skim again. Add 1/2 cup of brown sugar and simmer for four hours or more. Let cool in liquid. Start a pot of salted water containing 1/4 tbsp. of baking powder and small chunks of smoked pork or a ham bone. Cut cabbage in quarters. Cook uncovered for no more than 15 minutes. Use your preferred condiments, lots of butter; mild mustard; potatoes boiled in jackets, brushed with vegetable oil and dried in oven