On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:03:57 GMT, Bill >
wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 03:11:38 GMT, "Noam"
> wrote:
>
>>Looking for a simple one step recipe to cook cabbage, like in ham and
>>cabbage, or corned beef and cabbage. I tried to boil it with salt, allspice
>>and paprika - not good. Also, a simple, one step recipe for cabbage soup,
>>all vegetable, no dairy or flour, meat O.K.- Noam
>
>Hey Noam!
>There is a recipe I got out of "The Four Ingredient Cookbook" a few
>years ago which is delicious but I cannot remember all four of the
>ingredients. It calls for shredded cabbage steamed in a big frying pan
>with lid on...then take a package of cream cheese and just stir it
>into the hot cooked cabbage. There is a spice you sprinkle onto it
>too...but I forget what you call it...little black specks smaller than
>peppercorns...but black specks about the size of bb's.
>
>Anyhow, this makes a delicious way to eat cabbage!
>
>Regards,
>Bill
>(I need to find a good website to look at pictures of various spices
>and I could pick out the one I forgot!)

Would that be caraway?

I've made something similar called "smothered cabbage" and it used
caraway.

Shirley Hicks
Toronto, Ontario
TB

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