White trash stewed cabbage

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

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Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 Head of cabbage, cut into OR
Quarters 1 c Virginia smoked ham chunks
3 4 slices of fatback

Break up cabbage chunks with your hands. Fry down the meat. Add
cabbage and continue to fry for about 10 minutes, stirring often.
Add 1 cup water and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, cover
and steam for about 20 minutes on medium heat. 35 minutes if you
prefer it grayer.

Aunt Bertie Mack says you can't cook a good stewed cabbage unless you
know how to sing: Boil that cabbage down boy, boil that cabbage down
Bat you eyes til the crick done rise, But boil that cabbage down!

Origin: Adapted from White Trash Cooking. Shared by: Sharon Stevens,
April/95.
From: Sharon Stevens Date: 04-03-95 (164) Fido: Home
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