North Carolina Boiled Pot
- 2 ham hocks
- 1/4 tsp. hot red pepper
- 2 onions, sliced
- 6 carrots, cut into chunks
- 6 potatoes, quartered
- 3 heads cabbage
- 8 ears corn, shucked
- 1 cup water
- Ground cornmeal
- 1 cup pancake flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. sugar
- In a large pot boil ham hocks in water to cover until tender.
- Add pepper, onions, carrots and potatoes.
- Cook for 20 minutes.
- Cut cabbage into wedges; add to pot and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add ears of corn and cornmeal dumplings.
- Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Dumplings: Mix ingredients using only enough cold water so mixture can be molded in hand.
- Pat into flat round cakes about two inches in diameter and one-half inch thick.
- Drop into pot on top of ham hocks and vegetables.
- Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
ham hocks, hot red pepper, onions, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, corn, water, ground cornmeal, pancake flour, salt, sugar
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/3685 (may not work)