One of my personal favorites is this recipe for Braised Red Cabbage, sweet-sour, with bacon and apples. I remember it well; it was a must for every holiday. My Grandmother’s home was always the family house for Christmas Day family dinner.
As a young child, I remember Grandma Esther’s heavy cast iron skillet, sitting ready to fry the daily rasher of bacon, for the Red Cabbage, or her famed German Style Potato Salad. Like many families, we had special bowls for certain dishes.
The Red Cabbage was always served in a Dutch Chinese Transfer bowl for generations (pictured in the photograph). I found out years ago that these were formed in Holland, and used for Ballast to the Orient. Then the final artwork and the glaze was applied, then sent back to Europe to the retail trade.