Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:37:12 +1300, Peter Huebner
> > wrote:
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>>My wife is the most expert cabbage roll maker I've come across ;-)
>>What she does is, she immerses the cabbage in boiling water briefly, then
>>fishes it out and dips it in cold water. Removes the outer leaves which are now
>>pliable. Back to the pot of boiling water .... (rinse and repeat).
>>Very laborious process. I shudder, just watching. The result is worth it (so
>>long as I don't have to do the 'it' part).
>>
>>Oh, and she uses the ordinary firm cabbages, not savoy.
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> Tell her she could save time by peeling off all the leaves and doing
> The Process to all of them at once.
>
> Carol

Some cabbages aren't agreeable to that method... If the OPs cabbage is
anything like what grows locally here you would have a bunch of torn
leaves if you tried to remove them before cooking.