Cabbage And Bacon Soup

1 cabbage
1 lb bacon
1 dozen peppercorns
2 turnips
1 carrot
1 onion
Pieces of Stale Bread

This soup is not as expensive as it appears, for the bacon is served as a dish of meat, either after the soup or cold for breakfast or tea.

Put two quarts of water into a saucepan; when it boils put in a pound of bacon neither too lean nor too fat. Let it boil slowly for one hour. The bacon must be well washed and scraped before cooking, and when it boils skim the pot thoroughly.

Well wash the cabbage and soak it in hot water for half an hour.

Take all the water away and put the cabbage into the saucepan with the bacon and vegetables cut up, and the peppercorns tied in a piece of muslin; let them simmer together for two and a half hours.

Take up the cabbage, and cut it into quarters. Take one of the cabbage quarters and cut it into small pieces to put into a soup tureen. Cut some stale pieces of bread into thin slices and lay on the top.

Pour over the boiling soup, and serve. Dish the bacon, pull off the rind, and put the rest of the cabbage round the dish.

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