How to cook cabbage

The first time in my marriage that I mounted on a mess of cabbage, my new husband was stunned. "What is that stuff?" he said, clearly upset the appearance and smell of cabbage cooking on the stove.

That's when I knew they were headed still a most important food of the south that had not yet penetrated Yankee Land, or at least parts of it. Again, the respective cultures of this southern girl and her Northern-born men in the collisionkitchen.

That was 20 years ago, and he has come around. Cabbage is an acquired taste though, but I am proud to say that my neighbor is one of the most enthusiastic converts.

Often people eat cabbage in south the way people eat cabbage in the north - that is, very often, usually as a winter-time dish. Cabbage and kale are closely related, but they taste very different.

A tradition that I am in the southmy home is to cook and eat cabbage on New Year, accompanied by black-eyed peas and cornbread. This should ensure wealth in the new year. (Some people, however, replace the cabbage turnip greens, the idea is the same - the Greens have the money and the peas represent coins folding.)

We recommend using only the solid Collard leaves, dark green in color before cooking. Be warned that the leaves are quite tough and require a fair amount of cooking to makeedible.

An interesting note is that cooked kale have a higher nutritional value raw cabbage. This is because cooking breaks down the tough cell walls that would otherwise be released nutrients in cabbage. Cabbages are important nutrients vitamin C, calcium and beta-carotene.

You can cabbage, unwashed, in a ventilated plastic bag in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator. It will be good for up to 6days. The first is cooking and eating, although it will taste less bitter.

A common way to cook cabbage with pork shank. Here is a recipe kale along the line:

Ingredients

1 large bunch Swiss chard

1 onion

1 / 2 cup cider vinegar

salt

ground black pepper

2 large ham hocks

1 / 2 cup water

Directions

1. Wash the cabbage and remove alltraces of sand and dirt. Use a knife to cut the leaves from the stems and the stems are very thick, and discard the stems. Otherwise, just cook the stems with the leaves.

2. Chop the onion and saute with a small amount of oil in a large pot. Add pork shank and cook for about 5 minutes.

3. While pork shank cooked, stir the water, a teaspoon of salt and 2 teaspoons black pepper together in a bowl or measuring cup. Pour the mixture into the pan.

4. AddCollard greens a handful at a time, stirring well each time.

5. After all the cabbages were added to the pot, stir until the greens look wilted. Then turn the heat to low, cover the pan with a lid and cook for about 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

6. Remove from heat and serve.

Tip: The stock left in the pot of cabbage hot pot liquor or pot will play in the South, and is very nutritious. Do not waste it! Add to other dishes, or simplysop with cornbread. Delicious!

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