Tchi (Russian Meat Soup)

 Tchi Russian Meat Soup 

1 small cabbage 

1/2 lbs beef flank 

3 or 4 potatoes.diced 

Juice of one lemon 

2 teaspoons salt 

Soak cabbage in cold water and shred. Put cabbage in kettle with beef flank. Just cover with cold water, add salt, and lemon juice, and cook very slowly until tender about 2 1/2 hours. One half hour before taking up, add diced potatoes. Cut meat in small pieces and serve in the soup. This is used as the meat dish for dinner and is very good. See Menu XIII. Turn to page 32 

The source of this recipe:

FROM CRIB TO COLLEGE CHILDREN THE MAGAZINE FOR PARENTS Title registered US Patent Office and in Canada;  January 1929 VOL IV No I