Sunday, October 12, 2025

Chopped Cabbage

 Chopped Cabbage 

1 medium head of the white cabbage

1/2 spoonful of kosher salt

1/2 spoonful of ground black pepper

1 cup of white cider vinegar diluted

2 Tablespoons of sugar

1/2 cup of whipping cream or whipped cream

1/2 cup of chopped celery

 Select a nice white head of cabbage and soak for three hours in the cold salted water. After this shred the cabbage very fine with the sharpest knife to the finest dust. Add the finely chopped celery if you wish. Put the cabbage into a dish and add the spices- a  little pinch of salt and  the black ground pepper. Pour the dressing over the salad, made from   1 cup vinegar, 2 tablespoons  of white granulated sugar and 1/2 cup  of heavy whipping cream or  whipped cream. This is the tradtional cabbage salad served in Lithuania since 1909- Lithuanians love to add two or three tablespoons of virgin oil intothis salad, but this salad is traditionally  very good when served only with vinegar and whipping cream. The recipe was shared by  Mrs Simon Kemmerer Ames Iowa with all the family around 1914.