Recipe - Grandma Sadies Stuffed Cabbage

1 lg Cabbage
2 pound (or a little more) ground
meat
One fourth cup Raw rice
2 Eggs
1 small Onion; grated
1 small Potato; grated
2 cn Tomato soup (approx 10 3/4
oz each)
2 md Onions; cut up
Sugar (white or brown or
combination); to taste
Sour salt; to taste

From: Suzan Herskowitz zwriter@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us

Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 08:29:36 0400 (EDT)
Source: Helene Morgenstern

And since I'm in recipe mode :) I thought I'd post my great grandmother's
stuffed cabbage recipe followed by the variation that I make (since I never
use canned tomato [or any other soup really] soup for anything.) This
recipe became a family project since my mother really wanted stuffed
cabbage and called my great aunt to get it and then, of course, asked me to
make it (since in my family I'm considred the Executive Chef.) Just as a
note, my great grandmother made this stuffed cabbage for her family since
it was the type they enjoyed most but supposedly could make it any style
the hungry person wanted. Feel free to experiment.

Cook cabbage in a small amount of water until the leaves are soft enough to
pull away from the core and will be malleable enough to fold. (A hint from
my adopted grandmother, which I haven't tried, is to put the cabbage in the
freezer overnight. The leaves will come away easily while frozen and then
can be cooked.)

Mix ground meat, rice, eggs, grated onion and granted potato together in
bowl. Roll mixture into cabbage leaves. (Be careful not to burn your
fingers!) Line a very large, nonreactive pot (with lid) with remaining
cabbage. Place cabbage rolls into pot and interperse the two cut up onions
with the rolls. Add the cans of soup and one can of water. Add sugar and
sour salt to taste. (I am not really sure how much is too much sour salt
to taste but my aunt was very emphatic that you have to be careful with
sour salt because "it's dangerous" [it's citric acid in granulated form]. I
just added a few shakes.) Also add a little regular salt if you desire.
Cook, covered, One half hour on medium heat. Then reduce heat and simmer for
about 3 hours.

SUZAN'S VARIATION: To ingredients above add, delete and/or substitute:

Add juice of One half lemon (lemon can be substituted for sour salt altogether)

Delete 2 cans of tomato soup

Substitute 1 15 ounce can of tomato sauce

Substitute approx 34 ounce tomato paste and some water to make a thick but
flowable mixture.

Water necessary (when original recipe says "add one can of water") is
approximately 10 Three fourths oz

Follow rest of recipe to the letter.

JEWISHFOOD digest 309

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