Just forty-five minutes from the Twin Cities, on State Highways 95, 212, and 36, this famous country inn is at 102 North 2nd Street in Stillwater, Minnesota. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served daily; overnight accommodations. Reservations advisable. Nelle O. Palmer has owned and managed this outstanding hostelry for 32 years, maintaining its excellent standards.

 Lowell Inn Red Cabbage

• 1 medium head red cabbage
• 1 medium sweet onion
• 2 large apples
• 1 heaping teaspoon bacon fat
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 whole allspice
• 2 cloves (heads removed)
• 6 peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch blended with cold water

Directions:

1. Remove outer leaves from cabbage and wash the head. Core cabbage and slice. Peel onion and apples and slice. Toss cabbage, onion, and apple together.

2. Add remaining ingredients to cabbage mixture and simmer 1 1/2 hours in a covered pan. Thicken slightly with about 2 tablespoons of cornstarch blended with cold water.

This dish is especially good with wild game of any kind and is excellent reheated.

Makes 6 servings.

The New Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes was published in 1963 by Golden Press in New York City. The retail price of this 146-page hard cover book was $1.95.  The above illustration is an original painting by Birney Quick.

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