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The ingredients needed to make sig's Rags and Fleas( German Cabbage and Meat Broth):

1. {Make ready of Rags and Fleas.
2. {Get 1 of For the Rags and Fleas takes its name from the rag resembling torn cabbage and the cumin seeds that look like fleas. :-).
3. {Prepare 1 of This dish is traditionally eaten in Hessen in Germany. It was however taken long time ago to Ireland by German settlers. Legend has it that this dish is forerunner of Irish Stew..
4. {Prepare 500 grams of mutton cubed, but lamb or beef can be used.
5. {Get 1 kg of cabbage of choice, shredded or torn finely.
6. {Take 1 of vegetable stock cube.
7. {Make ready 1 tbsp of cumin seeds.
8. {Make ready 1 of good pinch of salt (optional).
9. {Take 1 pinch of of fresh ground black pepper or cayenne pepper.
10. {Take 1/4 liter of of water.
11. {Get of little dumplings known as snowballs.
12. {Prepare 15 of waxy not softboiling potatoes.
13. {Prepare 1 of onion chopped very finely.
14. {Prepare 1 small of bunch of parsley,chopped very finely.
15. {Make ready 125 grams of of softened butter.
16. {Prepare 4 of eggs.
17. {Prepare 1 of -2 tablespoons of plain flour.
18. {Take 1 pinch of each salt, pepper, nutmeg and marjoram.

Steps to make sig's Rags and Fleas( German Cabbage and Meat Broth):

1. clean and shred the cabbage, cube the meat into mouth sized pieces, add into a pot with the water, add stockcube, salt, pepper and cumin.Simmer slowly for 2 hours until meat is tender. ( or use your crockpot on low to medium).
2. season with salt, pepper if needed and add more cumin seeds if liked.
3. serve with rustic bread , a cold lager or pilsner goes down well with this.
4. for the dumplings. Normally these are made with white potatoes but I needed to use up some purple potatoes, they came out this colour by the time I added all ingredients..
5. boil potatoes the day before eating in their skins and peel.The next day mash them down preferably through a potato ricer..
6. gently heat the butter and soften onions and parsley for about 5 minutes. Add this to the potatoes. First add one egg one after the other stirring it in. Add flour, stir in, add herbs and spices, stir in well..
7. boil in a large pot salted water with wet hands make little balls drop them gently into simmering water for about 15 minutes, serve with Rags and Fleas or any other stew like dish..

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