Cut 2 summer cabbages in quarters and cut out most of the. stem part. Let lie in a pan of cold water until wanted to cook. Put on saucepan plenty large enough with water and salt and a very little baking soda in it - about the size of a bean for two cabbages - when it boils put in the cabbage and let it cook half an hour.

Shave the smoky outside off a pound of bacon and boil the bacon in a saucepan by itself for half hour. Then drain off both cabbage and bacon and put them both together in one pot, pour in boiling water just to cover, put on a good-fitting lid and let them slowly cook together half hour longer.

The quarters of cabbage, nice and green appearing, should be drained in the spoon as they are taken up without destroying their shape, and placed in the dish with the bacon sliced on top.

Cost of material - 24c for 8 orders or 3 c per plate.