Cooking cabbage

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Blanche broccoli spears, drain well, add to dish with oil, breadcrumbs and grated cheese. Bake for 10-ish mins. Much nicer.

Sometimes I make Colcannon. Savoy cabbage is very nice when it is sauteed with bacon.

My cousin lived with my Granny. Granny used to put the cabbage on to boil soon after said cousin went to work. It was then cooked all morning and served up at midday for lunch. We lived nearby and the smell was foul. Must have been boiled to a mush.

We usually have bubble and squeek on boxing day which is a family favourite. Home made damson chutney and slices of bacon and turkey brought round yesterday by DD1.

The only cabbage I buy is 'sweetheart' cabbage with the pointy top. Chop finely and boil for 10 minutes. It needs hardly any cooking, and tastes divine

I chop finely and stir fry with a little olive oil and bitter.

Put it in a stir fry?

The cabbage you are talking about sounds like pointed white cabbage or spring cabbage.

It needs only to boil for a couple of minutes and then simmer for about five more minutes.

Make a white sauce from the water, or some of it, and pop the strained cabbage into it.

Ordinary white cabbage (winter cabbage) should be covered in water , salted and boiled for about 20 mintues.

Red cabbage should be shredded finely, put into very little water, about and inch in the bottom of the pan, salted and cooked for 30 minutes. You can add a peeled, cored and finely sliced cooking apple if you like.

Once the cabbage is tender add sugar and vinegar to taste.

Yes 12 minutes should be maximum, so for some 5 minutes will be fine. When I was young 20 minutes was recommended but a friend of my mothers cooked it for an hour until it was soggy with no colour!

Seem to recollect my Granny calling that sweetheart cabbage? I would chop it up and plunge into lightly salted boiling water for a few minutes then drain and transfer to heavy frying pan combine with chopped up potatoes and bacon (or any other meat) for delicious fry-up. I'm salivating at the very thought and - I don't have any cabbage!! Good luck!

I’m another fan of the finely shredded and briefly cooked method. And the butter and pepper!

I think we have very different varieties of most fruit and veg nowadays so they definitely don’t need anything like the long boiling sessions of the past.

I cook red cabbage in a pot or in the oven without adding water as there is sufficient liquid in the leaves. I add sliced apple, or pear, spoonful of sugar and a dash of vinegar and maybe cinnamon. If its on top of the stive you need to stir regularly. It is delicious and freezes easily.

I have cooked green cabbage similarly without sugar and cinnamon, though with the cabbage you have I think steaming with a dab of butter would be lovely.

I love spring cabbage best. Remember years ago having to check each leaf for earwigs whilst washing it? Ugh. I cook it shredded up for 5 minutes in salted water, having cut out most of the harder stalks from the centre of each lead. Drain & chop up in a colander to stop it being ‘wet’ then return to the hot saucepan back on the hob (heat off) for one minute with a knob butter and some white pepper. Dark green veg are so good for us. I love sprouts too - not just on my Christmas dinner!

Must put spring green cabbage on my list for next week. Thank you for the reminder!

I love hispi cabbage raw, it is delicious! Just shred it.
If you are going to cook it Avalon’s suggestion of 12 minutes would be too long for my taste, drop it into boiling salted water and cook until just soft. The butter and pepper is the icing on the cake!

I love broccoli! but it stinks the place out while cooking ! help

I love cabbage. Don't add bicarb as it just destroys vitamins. I'd agree with others above, just chop it and boil it - but for five minutes only. I keep the strained liquid and drink it later!

Shred finely and rinse.
Put a large knob of butter in a fairly large
Pan.
Add the cabbage and stir fry for about 5/6 minutes,add salt if you like.
Everybody eats and enjoys mine.

Stewed cabbage smelt vile and tasted even worse in those days. What you have is probably a Hispi cabbage which is delicious. Wash it and cut it into strips and boil in water for about 12 minutes or until it’s tender. Drain the cooking liquid into gravy if you are making any. Drop a knob of butter into the cooked cabbage and enjoy.

That sounds like what Tesco calls "sweetheart cabbage". It has few coarse leaves on it and can be eaten raw, if finely chopped.Great for the bowels.

Shredded and steamed very quickly, served with a knob of butter and plenty of black pepper.