Pickled Cabbage

[stonyman]

Just for Fun.

Does anyone have any recipes/ideas on what else to do with shop bought pickled cabbage?

We always seem to have a jar in the cupboard, but apart from eating it as a condiment for cold meats, we don't really know what else to do with it.

Any ideas?


Paul

 

[dommyracer]

I don't know of any recipes that incorporate it as an ingredient, but its great as a side for loads of things, particularly stuff with cheese in it.

Its great with rarebit:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/bluecheeserarebitwit_78291.shtml

If you go to http://bbc.co.uk/food and put 'pickled cabbage' in the search, it'll bring up all the recipes with that as an ingredient.

 

[stonyman]

Thanks for the link.

Just a little add on question, What does anyone else eat it with?

 

[Matt Weir]

Hi Stonyman,

It gives 'all-in-one-pot' meals like Lancashire lobby, hotpot, scouse a nice lift esp whilst camping.

HTH.

Matt.

 

[dommyracer]

You could theoretically use it in any dish you would normally use normal cabbage in, but obviously the vinegar would impart a sourness that you'd need to counteract with something sweet.

So I guess it would be good for making sweet and sour something.

 

[falling rain]

Mmmm, havn't eaten that for years but ate loads when I was in Germany....I love it !!
I found this recipe for home made Sauerkraut which I'm definately going to try. Good thread, thanks for reminding me about this dish :You_Rock_

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy..._medicine/practicalexercises_sauerkraut.shtml

 

[AJB]

Perfect with homemade meat and potato pie -mmmm

 

[falling rain]

Just don't over do eating it, or you'll be having a 'wet and windy' night

 

[janiepopps]

If its a big jar may I recommend using it as a doorstop or perhaps a paperweight?

Surely its not meant for eating?!?!??!

 

[Ketchup]

There might be a communication problem

Pickled cabage cannot be the same as sauerkraut

 

[falling rain]

I was thinking of Sauerkraut of the German kind. I thought it was called pickled cabbage over here
You are indeed right Ketchup.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/pickledcabbage_71284.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy..._medicine/practicalexercises_sauerkraut.shtml

Anyway it's the German type stuff that I really like. http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/Veg Accompaniments/Homemade Sauerkraut Veg CD German 10 days.htm

Are you talking about pickled cabbage by the same company amongst others that makes picalili - I can't remember the name of the company now is it maybe Haywards

 

[Matt Weir]

Perfect with homemade meat and potato pie -mmmm

Oh aiye

Matt.

 

[stonyman]

Not necessarily Haywards but any pickled cabbage.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't sauerkraut fermented pickled cabbage or is my mate having fun at my expense?

And I agree with the home made meat and tatie pie.

 

[Ketchup]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't sauerkraut fermented pickled cabbage or is my mate having fun at my expense?.

Yes, definitely: bacterial fermentation by acetic- and lactobacteria. It's almost impossible to stop cabbage from fermenting, that's why it's done in so many countries, not only in Alsace or Germany, but also in central Asia, China and Korea (even Afrika, I think).
That's also why cabbage takes so hard to digest in the compost heap. The cabbage ribs ad heart turn into saurkraut for nothing and last forever.

It's fun making your own, and from a bushcraft point of view, in conditions where you are far from fresh vegies, it is a prime source of Vitamine C. That's why the British Navy introduced it as standard fare on navy ships in the XIXth century ... Scorbut disappeared altogether overnight

...Rule Britania

 

[sam_acw]

It's a big thing in all of Eastern Europe too, supposedly because cabbages are robust enough to grow in poor soil and weather.
If you get a "salad" in Poland it usually consists of pickled cabbage, carrot and beetroot. It was funny watching diet conscious tourists order it and be a bit surprised with what they received!