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| Cabbage is nature isn't it? |
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| Nature quite cleverly packs a lot of cabbage into a small space |
How bored do you have to be to make a blog post about cabbage? My humans call it RED cabbage.
F’s German friend calls it BLUE cabbage.
What colour is it to you?
Well, guess what…. When you cook it the water you pour off is
BLUE which, according to Ilka, is why her culture calls it BLUE cabbage.
In our book that is RED cabbage, and BLUE cabbagewater.
Either way it is cabbage and of zero interest to felines. It falls into the same interest category as parsnips and Brussels sprouts. Strangely, when living in Greece, we could buy red cabbage but never saw parsnips or Brussels sprouts for sale in the produce markets.
F couldn’t live in a hot place for long – she had serious parsnip withdrawal…. She eats them boiled mashed, made into soup, made into patties, curried, roasted and even made parsnip cake (which apparently is not weird at all; everyone has heard of carrot cake.)
Gail loves red cabbage, brussels sprouts and especially parsnips. She too has a recipe for parsnip cake and can confirm that it is yummy. I, Nobby, prefer carrots!
ReplyDeleteNobby - we knew dog that used to dig carrots out of the veg garden and sit on the lawn shredding them - and then ate all the shreddings (but only after she had totally minced the entire carrot). Perhaps Gail could solve the 'chewing her journal' problem by growing you some carrots.
DeleteWell, it always looks purple to me, but I suppose that is actually a mix of red and blue anyway.
ReplyDeleteI love cabbage but P won't even have it in the house. Just the smell of it is enough to make him feel ill, and that is someone who has hardly any sense of smell.
Does P play music you can't hear? Perhaps you should eat your cabbage raw JayCee (or made into saukraut).
DeleteI've often marvelled quietly at the intricate nature of a well-packed cabbage. Mother Nature is so clever. How can something red produce blue, but that poses other questions - nature's dyes and all that,
ReplyDeleteI like parsnips, too - very sweet. I've never tried parsnip cake - sounds reasonable to me. Tigger, you don't know what you're missing. Roxy likes raw parsnip but Gilbert chews it up and spits it out.
As Bryony and her clowder have pointed out below crafty cat food people try to sneak veg into the processed catfood. I too root it out and leave it. Cats are the only true carnivores. I suspect parsnips raw are a step too far for even my F human. xxx Mr T
DeleteI'm not very good with colours so can't help.
ReplyDeleteWho cares? Cabbage is cabbage whatever colour it is perceived to be. It's the taste that counts according to the humans.
DeleteWe've noticed that the crafty cat food people are putting veg in our food lately. Don't worry Tigger we usually root it our and leave it. Can't fool us.
ReplyDeleteRowan, Willow, Princess and Mummy Polly. xxxx
Good on you guys - I also object to orange and green bits in my catfood. We should start a campaign for clean catfood - none of this 'human diet' stuff. We are carnivores and should be respected as such. paw smacks guys Mr T
DeleteI love red cabbage, but my IBS does not, love all cabbage and we call this one red. have never eaten a parsnip or seen one that I remember. looked them up and they look like pale colored carrots. Love carrots so might love parsnips too. in my mind, a cabbage post is perfectly normal for The Mad Snapper. bring it on, we learn things we don't know. also never heard it called blue cabbage. of course some say jumper, we say sweater and a lot of other words that I have now learned what is called by another name.
ReplyDeleteHow would you go on fermented cabbage? (sauerkraut). F doesn't think raw parsnips would be enjoyable and they don't have the crunch or sweetness of carrots. They are best (sweetest) after they have been frosted, so F harvests hers, peels and chops them and stores them in the freezer, and sends them straight from the freezer to the roasting pan when she wants some.
DeleteI make zucchini brownies.
ReplyDeleteBecause I’m resting the two big garden beds no parsnips this year.
We do have purple cabbage planted.
Oooohhh. might try that. F makes beetroot brownies and zucchini spice cake.... and a pumpkin and honey loaf. She hides lots of vegetables in the baking.
ReplyDeleteCross section of cabbage is so beautiful, like a big jewel. Parsnips are not my choice of vegetable, so F is welcome to them!
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteI'm with F on the parsnips... but like Sandra, due to IBS, I have to take care around cabbage. Limited amounts of raw (slaw) is manageable. Oh, and the answer to the question is PURPLE (which is red with blue in it...) Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
Sweet photo of you ~ Tiggers ~ Xo
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Well I think ti's kind of purple so I don't know why it's called a red cabbage but I do like it though, don't think the cats would eat it if I served it in their dishes.
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