Posted on 09/15/2009 9:17:23 AM PDT by nickcarraway
spicy slaw
cabbage cut up
pickles diced (I use dill but you can use sweet)
shredded onion
salt and lots of pepper
thyme
a tad mayo
refrigerate overnight for better taste
cabbage is also good for chow chow, with lots of mustard seed.
Put six strips of good bacon in the frying pan on medium heat. While that comes up to sizzling temperature, take one head of cabbage and slice half of it off in shreds about 1/4th of an inch wide (just slice it, it’ll fall apart by itself). Also chop up one mild onion. When the bacon’s done, take the bacon out of the pan and put the cabbage and onion in with the hot bacon fat. Apply salt and a generous dose of black pepper, put a lid on the pan, and turn the heat down to low. After five minutes, uncover the pan and stir with a spatula, turning the shredded cabbage over to expose fresh surfaces to the bottom of the pan. Put the lid back on for another ten minutes, then serve with the bacon on the side. Serves two (or one if it’s me).
There’s all kinds of ways to dress up this recipe (vary the meat with pepperoni, kielbasa, and so forth, add fresh basil near the end of simmering, add a clove of garlic, and so on...) but that’s the essential thing right there. I can eat a whole cabbage prepared that way!
The apple crop in NYS is phenomenal this year.
It’s one of the best in a long time. The trees are just loaded.
Now That Is Good Eats!
Drool.....
That looks so good that it’s almost obscene.
Damn! That sounds so good! I will be trying it!
My wife does the same; except wrapped in foil and placed on the grill.
I made a batch of sour kraut last year. I also planted some new cabbage plants this weekend.
I know you got some rain. Was it enough? Looks like the Dallas area got more than it needed.
Sauerkraut Cake - I usually make a homemade rich chocolate cake for this but you can use a devil’s food boxed mix. Prepare the mix as directed. Rinse and drain a can of sauerkraut (the plain kind, not the spicy kind). Chop up the larger hunks of kraut. Stir into batter and bake according to directions. The kraut makes the cake soooo very rich and moist but you don’t taste the kraut. Yummy!
Cabbage and Sausage - Chop a head of cabbage, a onion, a bell pepper, and a package (12-16 oz) of polish style link sausage, and dump in a can of rotel and a can of chopped tomatoes. Combine all in a large skillet and cover. Cook until cabbage is tender. Comfort food!
If you had any Polish or Czech realtives that cook, you wouldn’t be asking that question. It’s wonderful.
We got about 4 inches at home. There was none in the hill country, so the lake remains about 50 feet low. The heavier rain all fell east of the water shed.
I areated my lawn yesterday. The compost I’ve added the past few years dug up easily and I need to put some fertilizer down for the roots.
Ok, so now you have to give us the recipe for the homemade rich chocolate cake!
Sweet Slaw - This is the only slaw I make because it is so good!
1/2 c sour cream
1/2 c mayo
1 t celery seed
2 T sugar (or to taste)
1 T vinegar
onion powder to taste
1 cabbage, shredded
1 carrot shredded (optional)
Mix first 6 ingredients. Toss in the cabbage and carrot. Let sit in fridge a couple hours or over night for flavors to marry.
Yes, but make mine with pastrami, please. Corned beef is good, but pastrami is better. :D
You can mix all that with boiled noodles & caraway seeds to get haluski, one of my favorite winter foods.
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