The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

140. INGREDIENTS.--2 lbs. of cabbage, or Savoy greens; 1/4 lb. of butter

or dripping, salt and pepper to taste, oatmeal for thickening, 2 quarts of water. _Mode_.--Chop the cabbage very fine, thicken the water with oatmeal, put in the cabbage and butter, or dripping; season and simmer for 1-1/2 hour. It can be made sooner by blanching and mashing the greens, adding any good liquor that a joint has been boiled in, and then further thicken with bread or pounded biscuit. _Time_--1-1/2 hour. _Average cost_, 1-1/2d. per quart. _Seasonable_ all the year, but more suitable in winter. _Sufficient_ for 8 persons. THE SAVOY.--This is a close-hearted wrinkle-leaved cabbage, sweet and tender, especially the middle leaves, and in season from November to spring. The yellow species bears hard weather without injury, whilst the _dwarf_ kind are improved and rendered more tender by frost. PARSNIP SOUP.