1915 Red Cabbage

1915 Red Cabbage
The Belgian Cook-Book
Mrs. Brian Luck
½ a red cabbage
A little water
Salt and pepper
3-4 potatoes
5 lumps of sugar
A bit of fat pork or gravy
1 dessert-spoonful vinegar
Take half a red cabbage of medium size, chop it very finely and put it in a pan ; add a little water, salt, and pepper, three or four potatoes cut in fine slices and five lumps of sugar. Let it all simmer for two hours with the lid on. Then take off the cover and let it reduce. Before serving it, add either a bit of fat pork or some gravy, with a dessert-spoonful of vinegar. Stir it well before sending it to table. Mrs. Emelie Jones.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Yes