On Wed 14 Dec 2005 06:31:22a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it George?

> Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:37:12 +1300, Peter Huebner
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>

Yes, the cabbages I can buy would never come apart like that without par-
cooking to soften and loosen the leaves.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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