Super-Quick Stir- Fried CABBAGE w/ BACON & GINGER

* LOW CARB - USE GREEN ONIONS INSTEAD OF YELLOW, WHITE, OR RED ONIONS

Super-Quick Stir-Fried CABBAGE w/ BACON & GINGER

Table of Contents: Vegetables

2 slices bacon (not Maple-flavored, etc.)
1 large onion, sliced in thin rings
½ medium-size fresh cabbage, cut in medium shreds (see photo)
Dash cayenne pepper
½ tsp. ground ginger
1 T. soy sauce

In a skillet or a wok, fry the bacon until crisp, and remove.  To the bacon drippings, add onion and cabbage; then stir-fry until cabbage has slightly wilted.

Sprinkle cabbage with cayenne pepper, ginger, and soy sauce while continuing to stir-fry   about 2 minutes more.  Crumble or cut the crisp bacon; then stir it into the mixture.  Serve this dish very hot.  Serves: 3 to 4.

More about “The Good Old Days”
From the WHITEHOUSE COOKBOOK, 1910, page

THANKSGIVING DINNER at the WHITE HOUSE 1910

Oysters on Half Shell
Cream of Chicken Soup
Fried Smelts w/ Sauce Tartare
Roast Turkey w/ Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes and Baked Squash
Boiled Onions and Parsnip Fritters
Olives and Chicken Salad
Venison Pastry
Pumpkin Pie and Mince Pie
Charlotte Russe and Almond Ice-Cream
Lemon Jelly and Hickory Nut Cake
Cheese and Fruits and Coffee

A fitting Thanksgiving Dinner for President William Howard Taft!