what to do with cabbage?
Jun 15, 2012 | 10:44 am
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what to do with cabbage?
Our weekly CSA haul left us with a big thing of cabbage. What the hell am I going to do with this thing? Any ideas?
Jun 15, 2012 | 10:51 am
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Jun 15, 2012 | 11:29 am
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Make halupki (stuffed cabbage). You can form them into rolls and then freeze them. To cook them, you can simply toss them in the crock pot, cover with tomato sauce or tomato soup, and heat all day on low.
Make halushki (cabbage and noodles). That, I wouldn't exactly recommend freezing and reheating, but then again, in my house, it wouldn't make it to the freezer.
Make halupki (stuffed cabbage). You can form them into rolls and then freeze them. To cook them, you can simply toss them in the crock pot, cover with tomato sauce or tomato soup, and heat all day on low.
Make halushki (cabbage and noodles). That, I wouldn't exactly recommend freezing and reheating, but then again, in my house, it wouldn't make it to the freezer.
Jun 15, 2012 | 11:59 am
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Julienne, fry with butter, season with salt, pepper and paprika, toss in cooked egg noodles.
I was taught this dish by an older relative who told me it was all his family could afford in the depression. I make it because it's tasty, filling and reminds me of him.
I was taught this dish by an older relative who told me it was all his family could afford in the depression. I make it because it's tasty, filling and reminds me of him.
Jun 15, 2012 | 12:30 pm
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You can find recipes online, although I usually just use equal parts ground pork and ground beef, and mix it together with white rice, salt, pepper, an egg or two, and a diced onion. Boil water, and place the cabbage leaves in the water for a bit, not until they're cooked, but pliable, so you can roll them easily, and so they'll separate from the head of cabbage easily. It helps if you cut the core out of the cabbage.
Make something resembling a mini meatloaf on top of each leaf, and then roll the leaf around it. Place into a container with the leaf edges facing down.
That's something similar to halushki, except you need some onion in there too, and no paprika. 
Make something resembling a mini meatloaf on top of each leaf, and then roll the leaf around it. Place into a container with the leaf edges facing down.
Jun 15, 2012 | 12:33 pm
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You can find recipes online, although I usually just use equal parts ground pork and ground beef, and mix it together with white rice, salt, pepper, an egg or two, and a diced onion. Boil water, and place the cabbage leaves in the water for a bit, not until they're cooked, but pliable, so you can roll them easily, and so they'll separate from the head of cabbage easily. It helps if you cut the core out of the cabbage.
Jun 15, 2012 | 12:44 pm
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You don't have to allow them to cool. The meat should be uncooked when you roll them. Yes, you'll cover them with tomato sauce, or some people use tomato soup. It is a great slow-cooker recipe, and that's how I usually cook mine. Otherwise, you'll want to bake them in the oven, but the slow cooker is far better.
Jun 15, 2012 | 3:02 pm
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Ask HIDDY.
The wife makes nice coleslaw with cabbage. I suppose you could make loads of sauerkraut.