November 10, 2008

cabbage

kolen.jpg

My kale is a bit off, and we had one for dinner tonight, so I should have done better. I just wanted to give you some sound advice here, that's all. Get out and buy cabbage. Dead cheap, and one tastier than the other. Google a recipe, how hard can it be. I don't even think I know how some of them are called in English. Help me out. Boerenkool is kale. Then there is bloemkool, cauliflower. Groene or savooienkool must be green cabbage. Witte kool is white cabbage. Chinese kool, I bought Chinese kool ar Fu Yao, our Chinese supermarket, just yesterday. They had piles of them, it made me laugh, Chinese kool is really very Chinese. But I forget how it's called in English. Spitskool, now if I'm not mistaken, there is no spitskool in Canada, but I may be wrong. Am I? And rode kool is red cabbage. I forgot to draw Brussels sprouts, they are small cabbages too. We had them on the weekend. I bought them at NoFrills. A Chinese couple was staring at one. One sprout, they were very intrigued. I guess Brussels sprouts are not very Chinese.

Posted by eliane at November 10, 2008 10:42 PM
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I think spitskool is called Oxheart cabbage; Brassica oleracea convar. capitata var. alba subvar. conica. 100 seeds of the 'Spitfire F1 Hybrid' go for €4.25 That's cheap alright; 6.46 CAD for 100, less than 7 cents (canadian) per cabbage.

Posted by: Michiel at November 10, 2008 11:14 PM

I love those little cabbage illos!

And now I want some cabbage. Sheesh.

Posted by: blackbird at November 11, 2008 08:51 AM

Savez-vous planter les choux?
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=PJx44Nv4xTs&NR=1

Posted by: Ineke at November 12, 2008 01:35 AM