Cabbage Soup

This is perhaps my favorite soup my mom made. The first time I made this for my husband, I was very worried that he would not like it and that we would NEVER have it again! Lucky for me, he did like it and we proceeded to have it four times within a two week period. Since then, we have calmed down on how often we eat it but it is most definitely a keeper!

Ingredients
1/2 cabbage, chopped into large bite size pieces
4 potatoes, chopped into one inch pieces
6oz of bacon
Water
Optional: caraway seeds

Directions
1. Fry the bacon. Break into pieces.
2.Put the potatoes into a large saucepan and cover with water. Boil the potaotes until they can be poked clear through with a fork.
3. Add the bacon to the potatoes. Add more water if necessary.
4. Add the cabbage to the saucepan. Boil until cabbage is soft.
5. Serve and enjoy!

Variations of this include using cubed pork or sausage.. If using cubed pork, brown the pork before adding to the saucepan along with the potatoes. If using sausage, brown the sausage before adding right before the cabbage.