The Hungry Canary

Adapted from Ideals Family Cookbook · Mrs. Claude J. Mustain

Scalloped Cabbage

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Ingredients

  • 1 small head cabbage, cut into small wedges
  • 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup (typically 10.5 oz; choose a wheat-free variety if needed)
  • ½ empty soup can milk (approximately ⅔ cup for a modern 10.5-oz condensed soup can)
  • ½ cup grated cheese
  • 1 cup sorghum-based breadcrumbs (original: ordinary bread crumbs)
  • Butter, for topping
  • Salt, for cabbage cooking water
  • Butter or other fat, to grease the casserole dish

Directions

  1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease a casserole dish.
  2. Cut cabbage into small wedges. Cook in lightly salted boiling water until tender; drain very thoroughly.
  3. Stir together the condensed cream of chicken soup, milk and grated cheese.
  4. Arrange alternating layers of cabbage and soup-milk-cheese mixture in the prepared casserole dish.
  5. Cover with sorghum-based breadcrumbs and dot generously with butter.
  6. Bake for approximately 30 minutes at 350°F, until hot and the topping is golden. Makes 4–6 servings.

Cookbook source

“Scalloped Cabbage,” contributed by Mrs. Claude J. Mustain to the Ideals Family Cookbook. The original includes a small head of cabbage, half a soup can of milk, one cup bread crumbs, one can cream of chicken soup, half a cup grated cheese and butter for the topping. The cabbage is boiled until tender, drained, layered with soup, milk and cheese, then topped with buttered crumbs and baked at 350°F about thirty minutes. Yield: four to six.

Hungry Canary substitutions

Breadcrumbs: Use one cup of sorghum-based breadcrumbs instead of the original bread crumbs when available. This is a planned adaptation rather than a tested breadcrumb recipe. Condensed soup: Standard cream of chicken soup often contains wheat flour; choose a suitable wheat-free condensed cream of chicken soup or prepare a homemade equivalent. “½ soup can” milk: Traditionally means filling the emptied condensed-soup can halfway with milk. For a common modern 10.5-oz can, that is approximately two-thirds of a cup by volume, depending on the can.

Serving note

Drain cabbage thoroughly to avoid a watery casserole. Original recipe calls for butter dotted generously over the crumb topping.