Fried cabbage (in bacon grease) & onions with noodles, a good butcher shop sausage (not that pre-package stuff-I prefer Hungarian Kolbasz or Hurka) and a good beer is my idea of a great supper.
Heart needs to do what I did as a kid: self defense by learning to cook. In my case I got my first cookbook from an aunt (Maria LoPinto’s The Art of Italian Cooking, Bantam Books, 35 cents, with its first edition being two years older than I am). I began helping people cook when I was a preschooler and was cooking on my own at 8. Since she has not had an early background Heart needs to learn from her friends’ parents who can cook, learning safety, nutrition, techniques, and some starter recipes.
Personally, my two favorites that work for savoy cabbage or for green cabbage — either of which this head might be — are coleslaw with homemade dressing, or cabbage curry (big YUM), but there is a lot a person can do with cabbage, both as a background veggie or as strong component in a dish.
There are so many good brassicas. Did you know they are related to the mustards which also have some very tasty greens? Okay, now I am craving strong favorites: mizuna, collard greens, and bok choy dishes… Ohhhhh: collard greens parboiled then mixed with already sauted minced garlic and a bit of minced ginger in a good olive oil and all sauted together until just tender and emerald green… Soooo wanting that now.
codycab about 1 year ago
No, you give the cabbage to anyone crazy enough to like it.
tudza Premium Member about 1 year ago
Shred it, cook it like brussel sprouts, mix with spaghetti and white sauce.
beb01 about 1 year ago
She could just goggle how to cook cabbage. Or make cabbage rolls and get Heart to help with the ground meat stuffing.
Decepticomic about 1 year ago
Just cover it in gravy and eat it raw.
What? I’m not the one eating it.
Code the Enforcer about 1 year ago
" Cabbage Rolls and Coffee !! – Mmm, Mmm, GOOD !!! " … :)
Khatkhattu Premium Member about 1 year ago
Fried cabbage (in bacon grease) & onions with noodles, a good butcher shop sausage (not that pre-package stuff-I prefer Hungarian Kolbasz or Hurka) and a good beer is my idea of a great supper.
SukieCrandall Premium Member about 1 year ago
Heart needs to do what I did as a kid: self defense by learning to cook. In my case I got my first cookbook from an aunt (Maria LoPinto’s The Art of Italian Cooking, Bantam Books, 35 cents, with its first edition being two years older than I am). I began helping people cook when I was a preschooler and was cooking on my own at 8. Since she has not had an early background Heart needs to learn from her friends’ parents who can cook, learning safety, nutrition, techniques, and some starter recipes.
Personally, my two favorites that work for savoy cabbage or for green cabbage — either of which this head might be — are coleslaw with homemade dressing, or cabbage curry (big YUM), but there is a lot a person can do with cabbage, both as a background veggie or as strong component in a dish.
There are so many good brassicas. Did you know they are related to the mustards which also have some very tasty greens? Okay, now I am craving strong favorites: mizuna, collard greens, and bok choy dishes… Ohhhhh: collard greens parboiled then mixed with already sauted minced garlic and a bit of minced ginger in a good olive oil and all sauted together until just tender and emerald green… Soooo wanting that now.
Wendy Emlinger Premium Member about 1 year ago
Chopped up and cooked in chicken broth with onions and garlic makes a nice soup, too.
Ermine Notyours about 1 year ago
“Mommy, Mommy, I can’t find my Cabbage Patch Kid.”
“Shut up and eat your coleslaw.”