MAIN COURSE DISHES/ CABBAGE ROLLS

                     BY APREL MENCER GREEN

Ingredients:

Start you dish with fresh cabbage!

2 heads of cabbage

2 lbs. ground beef

1 large can of tomato juice

1/2 cup of uncooked rice

1 can of sauerkraut

1 can diced tomatoes

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. pepper

1 tbsp. sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Mix together hamburger, egg, pepper

salt, Worcestershire sauce and rice.

Then take the mixture and make 

several medium size meatballs.  Place

ball on inside of a cabbage sleeve,

roll it up.  Repeat until all mix and 

cabbage is used.  

Using a crock pot or large pot, layer

the cabbage balls in the pot.  Any 

leftover cabbage, place in the pot.

Pour in the can of tomato juice.

Add the diced tomato, sugar and 

then the sauerkraut.  Cook for 4 to 6

hours in the crock pot.  For stove 

top, cook for two hours on medium 

heat.

Note:  Separate and wash cabbage

leaves.  If not easy to fold, blanch

leaves in boiling water for a few 

seconds.

Aprel Ann, daughter of Rosie Ricketts Mencer
shown with Aprel's daughter, Rose.