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On the contrary, corned beef and cabbage is a standard Sunday dinner!
Although actually I prefer cabbage as cole slaw or sauerkraut. Doesn't
everybody in Italy have a big crock full of sauerkraut in their
basement, or do they put it up in jars as I do?

Sauerkraut:

Shred winter cabbages
Shred a carrot for every couple cabbages
Sprinkle with kosher salt at a rate of about 1 tbs per lb.
Pack tightly in 2 qt wide mouth Mason jars
Add brine to top of jar
Place jars with slightly loose lids in sink until they stop working,
then tighten lids

Brine: 1-2 tbs kosher salt per quart of water, add 1/4 tsp vinegar per
qt. if water is very hard.

Basically you want about 5-10% salt, but it is not that critical.
Better to err on the too little side.
--w
f.

B Vaughan wrote:


You know, that's a big mystery. You see lots and lots of cabbage
growing in gardens, and it's always on sale in markets, but I've never
seen it on a table (other than mine) or on a menu. Tim Parks mentions
this mystery in his wonderful book, "Italian Neighbors", but I had
already wondered about it before I read the book.

The last time I prepared cabbage for dinner, my husband said, "It's
not exactly something for Sunday dinner." When he saw the leftovers a
few days later, he said, "Is this still hanging around?"
--

But I would expect Italian cole slaw to use olive instead of corn oil.
I assume they added some vinegar to the oil like in standard cole slaw?
--
wf.


B Vaughan wrote:



Today we had (in a restaurant) shredded raw cabbage, dressed with
olive oil and flakes of parmigiano. My husband really liked it, and I
must say it's a big improvement on cole slaw. I really prefer cooked
vegetables, though.

Following up to nitram

... The word 'state' is not spelled with capital letters.

Wow, you understand fast when someone explains things to you for a long, long time...

pity Magma doesnt.

It's lucky you are a born teacher, Magda.

--
Mike Reid
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Following up to nitram

... The word 'state' is not spelled with capital letters.

Wow, you understand fast when someone explains things to you for a long, long time...

pity Magma doesnt.

It's lucky you are a born teacher, Magda.

--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-Photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Following up to randee

On the contrary, corned beef and cabbage is a standard Sunday dinner!
Although actually I prefer cabbage as cole slaw or sauerkraut. Doesn't
everybody in Italy have a big crock full of sauerkraut in their
basement, or do they put it up in jars as I do?

what part of italy, far north?
--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-Photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" -- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap