Bally bostin' food and memories frum the Black Country
Cabbage Water
Era: 1950s
“Everything that my mother cooked for me seemed normal, so nothing seemed strange. Especially on a Sunday roast, when she did the cabbage, she used to drain the cabbage water off and I’d drink it — it was lovely. I still drink it now, cabbage water. I drunk cabbage water then, I drink cabbage water now, and I still find it beautiful.”
Thomas Smedley
Ingredients
- Chopped cabbage
- Water
- Salt
Method
Salt your water in a big saucepan and bring to the boil.
Add your sliced cabbage to the water and boil until very soft.
Drain your cabbage over a bowl to catch the cabbage water.
Eat your cabbage with whatever meal you are having.
Enjoy your cabbage water as a nice refreshing drink.
