CABBAGE SOUP

1 fair-sized cabbage
a large Spanish onion
1-1/2 oz. of butter
pepper and salt to taste
1/2 saltspoonful of nutmeg
1-1/2 pints of milk
2 tablespoonfuls of Allinson fine wheatmeal

After preparing and washing the cabbage, shred up very fine, chop up the onion, set these two in a saucepan over the fire with 1 quart of water, the butter and seasoning, and let all cook gently for 1 hour, or longer it the vegetables are not quite tender. Add the milk and thickening when the vegetables are thoroughly tender, and let all simmer gently for 10 minutes; serve with little squares of toasted or fried bread, or Allinson plain rusks.