This section is from the book "Practical Cooking And Serving", by Janet McKenzie Hill. Also available from Amazon: Practical Cooking and Serving: A Complete Manual of How to Select, Prepare, and Serve Food [1919].
Remove the bruised outside leaves, and cut in halves or quarters; cut out the hard centre; soak in salt and water. Cook in the same manner as cauliflower, either steaming or boiling. Cabbage is particularly good served au gratin. Use layers of cooked cabbage, chopped, and white sauce; grated cheese may be added to the layers, thus making a very substantial dish.
Cut out the stalk end of a head of cabbage, leaving a hollow shell. Chop two pounds of uncooked beef with a slice of bacon and onion; add one cup of bread crumbs, soaked and wrung dry, one beaten egg, salt, pepper, and mace. Shape into balls, arrange in the cabbage, add strips of sweet pepper, and steam until the cabbage is tender. Serve with tomato sauce. Cooked meat may be used by adding more eggs - whole eggs or the whites - to hold the meat together.
 
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