Irish Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 3/4 lb. mutton (shoulder, shank or neck)
4 onions
2 carrots
1 3/4 lb. cabbage
1 lb. potatoes
1 3/4 lb. thinly sliced bacon
salt and pepper
1 bay leaf
2 tsp. cumin seed

Preparation

Trim fat from the mutton and cut meat into pieces.
Put into a saucepot and add just enough water to cover meat.
Cook, covered, for 1 1/2 hours.
Meanwhile, cut onions into quarters, cut carrots and cabbage into strips and quarter the potatoes.