Recipe: One Pot Boiled Dinner (variation of corned beef and cabbage)

One Pot Boiled Dinner (variation on corned beef and cabbage)
rec.food.recipes/Gemini in Ontario, Canada (2000)

My mom, being of Irish background and born & raised in Newfoundland, used to cook this delicious dinner that I now cook for us (in fact we just had it on Sunday). Because we don't really care for the corned beef variation, we use sweet pickled pork "cottage roll" instead... it is sooooo good. It is cooked all in the same pot to blend all the flavours together.

One Pot Boiled Dinner (variation of corned beef and cabbage)

sweet pickled pork "cottage roll"
(it has netting around it and wrapped in plastic)
2 or 3 medium to large onions, peeled
1 large cabbage, cut in wedges
1 medium rutabaga, peeled and cut in wedges
4 large carrots, peeled and cut in four
8 medium potatoes, peeled and whole

Put the "cottage roll" in a large pot and fill with enough water to cover the meat (about 3/4 full). Boil on high while preparing the vegetables. Add the onions to the pot and continue to boil. Once it has been boiling for about 45 minutes to an hour, add the cabbage, then the turnip and carrots. When this has been boiling for about 30 minutes, add the potatoes and continue boiling until all the vegetables are cooked through.

Whatever is left over is cut into small bits and mixed to be fried together the next day and served as "Bubble and Squeak". This tastes delicious on it's own, or can be served with sweet mustard pickles or ketchup if you like.

We also save the broth from the boiled dinner (freezing it) to add to homemade soup. So nothing goes to waste in this dinner.