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  • in Harvest and Storage

    How to Harvest and Store Cabbage

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    Harvest cabbage at any size after the head becomes firm and before it splits. Leave two to four wrapper leaves around the head to keep it from drying. Kitchen tips: Seven Ways to Cook Cabbage Growing tips: How to Plant and Grow Cabbage When to harvest cabbage How to harvest cabbage More tips at How […] More

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    Seven Ways to Cook and Serve Cabbage

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    Cooked cabbage can be crisp with a mild and sweet flavor. Cabbage also can be served raw in salads and slaws and on sandwiches and burgers. Cabbage comes to harvest during the cool and cold fall and winter months. There are three kinds of round-headed cabbage: white, red, and Savoy. The leaves of the white […] More

  • in Diseases, Pests, Problems

    Cabbage Growing Problems: Troubleshooting

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    Grow cabbage as rapidly as possible. Give cabbage plenty of moisture and be sure to feed it through the season–a planting bed amended with aged compost and side dressings of compost tea every two weeks will do the job. Cabbage can be grown in three distinct crops: early, mid-season, and late. Early cabbage can be […] More

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    How to Make Sauerkraut

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    Sauerkraut is pickled white cabbage. How to make sauerkraut in a stone crock Finely sliced cabbage is placed in a stone crock, a hardwood keg, or a barrel and layered with salt. As the layers are built up, they are pounded down with a wooden mallet. Then the layers are covered with a clean cloth, […] More

  • in Prepare, Recipes, Salads

    Sliced Cabbage Salad Simply Made

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    Print Sliced Cabbage Salad   Author Steve Albert Here’s an easy to make salad. All you need is  thinly sliced green or red cabbage–or both. Instructions Toss the sliced cabbage with ½ teaspoon of salt and any of the following also thinly sliced–Chinese cabbage, celery, spinach, chard, turnip, carrot, parsnip, parsley, green onion, zucchini, cucumber, […] More

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    How to Make Cabbage Colcannon

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    Cabbage colcannon is a traditional Irish dish of mashed potatoes with milk, butter, and cooked finely chopped onions and cabbage. Easily you can substitute leeks for the onions and kale for the cabbage. Colcannon is a warming and hearty dish commonly served alongside corned beef, boiled pork, or bacon. The Irish often serve colcannon on […] More

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    How to Make Coleslaw with No Recipe

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    Simply put coleslaw is a salad made from shredded cabbage and along with other chopped or shredded vegetables bound with mayonnaise, vinaigrette, or other dressing and sometimes flavored with herbs or fruit. The word coleslaw comes from two Dutch words: kool meaning cabbage and sla an abbreviation for salad—koolsla. Coleslaw is sometimes called “cold slaw”—which […] More

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    How to Make Savory Radish-Cabbage Coleslaw

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    Print Savory Radish-Cabbage Coleslaw Author Steve Albert Here’s an easy coleslaw you can put together right from the early spring garden. This coleslaw has a sophisticated radish bite to it. It’s savory. No sugar, so it’s not your average picnic slaw. We matched this slaw with grilled salmon and steamed peas and mushrooms and every […] More

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    How to Make Red Cabbage and Apple Salad

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    Red cabbage is particularly well matched to apples, red wine, and vinegar. The red cabbage leaf lacks the delicate flavor of the savoy cabbage. Rather it has a hearty, full flavor that stands up well to equally full-flavored foods. The red cabbage is ready for harvest when its head is firm and unyielding. It is […] More