Bohemian Sweet And Sour Cabbage - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 onion, larger than a walnut, chopped
1 tablespoon shortening (or oleo)
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 lbs cabbage, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon caraway seed (or to taste) (optional)
2 teaspoons flour

Preparation

Brown the onion in the shortening, only to a golden color. Do not brown.
Add the water, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper. Bring the liquid to a boil. (This liquid is just enough for this size cabbage.).
Put cabbage in; sprinkle with caraway seed if you wish.
Boil for 1/2 hour.
Sprinkle with flour. Stir it up and boil just a few seconds for the flour to dissolve.
Grandmother notes that you shouldn't \"put cooked cabbage in the freezer -- just in box.\" (Box is the old-time short way of saying \"icebox\" -- we would say refrigerator!).