This section is from the book "Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick", by Sarah Tyson Rorer. Also available from Amazon: Mrs. Rorer's Diet For The Sick.
This is frequently called turnip cabbage. The plant stores its nourishment just above the ground in a turniplike swelling, and from this spring ordinary cabbage leaves.
Take off a thick paring, cut the rabi in slices, cook in boiling salted water until tender, about thirty minutes. Drain and serve slightly salted, or with melted butter, or a little cream, or with Maitre d'Hotel sauce.
This plant resembles a long shaggy bunch of celery. The edible portion consists of thick fleshy leaf stalks, well bleached. Boil it in salt water, and serve with sauce Hol-landaise or egg sauce.
 
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