There is no doubt about the correct way to cook cabbage, because this is a culinary operation that has been dealt with scientifically by Dr. Ellen Marion Delf (Mrs. Percy Smith, D.Sc.) whose name is known all the world over in connection with the scientific tests she made for several years with various fruits and vegetables (particularly with orange and swede juice, cabbage and tomatoes) to discover their vitamin value and the best method of preserving it when they were cooked. She worked for five years at the Lister Institute, and later with the Medical Research Council, and has been now for some time Lecturer on Botany in the University of London. What she taught me is embodied in the following: