Sysadmin wrote:

No my time is not so much more valuable then your time, I was only following
"nettiquette" by informing the people in this newsgroup, how they could
contact me.

That's not quite how it read, though. Literally, it read as if you were
saying "I can't be bothered with your community, I take but do not
give."

Think about what would happen if everyone posted a "email me" message.
Schhhlappppp... empty group, except for sterile questions, no discussion
whatsoever. Public post is public discussion.

In addition, I did not think the response would be of much
interest to others, due to the specifics of my request.

But you don't *know* that. I for one was interested in such a thing.

Now, to answer your question: "kraut cabbage" is also known as winter
cabbage. It is generally not ready until late in the year. The heads are a
little larger than the normal cabbage found in stores, but no always. Once
you cut them open, you then see the difference. They are mostly pure white
inside, and very little spacing between the leaves. generally, 50 pounds of
kraut cabbage will only be about 8 heads.

Ah. Of course. In Northern China they call winter "the season of white
vegetables."

B/