• 1 medium head cabbage
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon butter or
• 3 or 4 green apples
• 3 slices crisp bacon
• 2 tomatoes (optional)
• 2 sliced onions

Shred cabbage. Cover cabbage and onion with boiling water. Let stand 10 minutes. Place butter or broken bacon slices in bottom of kettle. Add drained cabbage with onion, apples and tomatoes. Remove seeds from tomatoes. Seeds will give a bitter taste to the cabbage. Add sugar and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Salt during cooking.