Cabbage Porn......

[British Red]

We were discussing the joys of pickled red cabbage in a thread recently...so for my fellow brassica fanciers....the shredded, salted red loveliness having its juices drawn before pickling tomorrow


Salted red cabbage for pickling by British Red, on Flickr

 

[mountainm]

Show us your brassicas!

 

[British Red]

Show us your brassicas!

Oh - what a beauty!


Red cabbage by British Red, on Flickr

 

[Uilleachan]

Looking good Red! "Braw" as we say up north.

 

[rik_uk3]

And the spice/pickle mix/acid of choice is?

Looks mighty good

 

[British Red]

Spiced plain white distilled vinegar Richard - nothing fancy

 

[bilmo-p5]

They look nice. I have some pork chops that would go nicely with one of those.

 

[British Red]

Help yourself to a jar sir - although they will better in a month or two


Pickled red cabbage by British Red, on Flickr

 

[bigbear]

Mmmmmmmm, nice.........

 

[bilmo-p5]

They look nice, too. I was thinking of it as a cooked vegetable, the pickled 'squeaks' on my teeth as I chew it.

 

[British Red]

Ahhh - just harvested the last for the pickles ...plenty of savoy left though

 

[rik_uk3]

Plenty of beef left over from dinner so I can feel a late night supper calling for beef and a mix of pickles......toasted pita bread stuffed with beef and pickles in about half an hour

 

[British Red]

ANy time Richard - got some lovely shallots pickled with birdseye chilli...and a magnificent truckle of waxed farmhouse cheddar as well if that helps?

 

[Gray]

Oh - what a beauty!


Red cabbage by British Red, on Flickr

Wow, they are really fine lookin cabbages there my friend. Are they wet, why so shiny. Believe it or not, i've never seen a red cabbage in the flesh before. Seen em in jars pickled etc but never whole. How bad is that.

 

[British Red]

Nope, totally dry. They have dull outer leaves, but the inner "head" really does look like that (when fresh off the stalk). They do look yummy - not like that boiled carp they served in school huh?

 

[Gray]

Yep, they certainly do look fantastic Hugh. Well done pal.

 

[Harvestman]

Pickled red cabbage is great, but red cabbage stewed with apples, some vinegar, a clove or two, and some nutmeg, is out of this world. The longer you cook it, the better it gets.

 

[JohnC]

Is this the same as sauerkraut making? Or is that "drier" mix?

 

[bilmo-p5]

Pickled red cabbage is great, but red cabbage stewed with apples, some vinegar, a clove or two, and some nutmeg, is out of this world. The longer you cook it, the better it gets.

That's more what I had in mind.

 

[British Red]

Is this the same as sauerkraut making? Or is that "drier" mix?

Similar but you don't add vinegar in sauerkraut, you use lactic acid created in the process