Darling, I seem to have this cabbage....

[bunnyjadwiga]

So, we have two heads of cabbage at home, and Sarah is urging me to palm one of them off on St. Luke's.
Last night I made braised cabbage in the style of buttered worts, and that was pretty good; should I go with that, or this recipe:

Caboches In Potage. IIII. Take Caboches and quarter hem and seeth hem in gode broth with Oynouns y mynced and the whyte of Lekes y slyt and corue smale and do þer to safroun an salt and force it with powdour douce.-- Forme of Cury

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[joef-johnm.livejournal.com]

That's the ever popular Cabbage Leek and Onions Soup! I highly recommend it. I keep threatening to make it with quartered cabbages as called for instead of shredded that I usually make, but it goes so much further shredded. Maybe next time I cook for royals, I'll do the quarters for the head table...

Cool. and a question...

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

What water ratio do you use to cook barley in a rice cooker?

Re: Cool. and a question...

[joef-johnm.livejournal.com]

I use the ratio on the barley package, which, if memory serves me right, it two parts water to one part barley.

I also usually cook it in vegetable broth, and add a little oil.

So tell me

[bytchearse.livejournal.com]

How long does a head of cabbage last, and what is the best way to store one? I have some leftover cooked from this past weekend to use up, and a whole head as well.

Sadly, the freezer is packed...the roomie's pre-made cookies and (for some reason) an entire frozen gallon of water take up a bit of space!

Re: So tell me

[bunnyjadwiga.livejournal.com]

Er... raw head cabbages, kept in a cool, dry place, keep all winter. They are one of the vegetables easiest to root cellar.*

Leftover cooked cabbage I'd give about a week in the fridge because after a while the compounds that make it smelly-- make it very smelly and unappetizing.

* we run short of fridge space and I'm not sure about storing food in the garage yet, or I'd just store it.

Thanks!

[bytchearse.livejournal.com]

I was hoping it would store like that! The only thing I could recall was storage in barrels filled with hay, and I have a shortage of both of those things for some reason.

The leftovers will be partially pawned off on my parents, then pureed for soup and frozen, possibly in Mom & Dad's freezer ;-D

[stringlady.livejournal.com]

Darn, I used my leek yesterday in another soup.

But maybe we'll get another today...

I have two whole red cabbages in the crisper drawer of the fridge (we have no other cool place in this apartment) so I'm sort of mentally keeping them for when the CSA haul diminishes (or ends - in a month.)

[isenglass.livejournal.com]

We need to talk about money and stuff. Little details like how to get it to you and where you want to shop, do you need help finding places down here to shop, etc. Plus I have kitchen details to pass on. krista (dot) moyer (at) gmail.com