In praise of M&S cabbage greens

[editor]

Perhaps the offer made to Editor to buy Urban has secretly happened?

Perhaps you skipped over my post:

"I can often get a big pack discounted at the end of the day for around a quid"

 

[DaveCinzano]

This is great. Especially with Tahini.

Tahini never existed until Big Sesame figured out how to offload their surpluses onto a gullible public

 

[ska invita]

Perhaps you skipped over my post:

"I can often get a big pack discounted at the end of the day for around a quid"

I was joking, but your over denial is making me even more suspicious....

 

[editor]

I was joking, but your over denial is making me even more suspicious....

Feel free to join me for a sashay around Brixton M&S around 6.30pm if you think there's some grand conspiracy going on.

Couple of days ago, I bought a bag of Brussel Sprouts for 50p or something. I'm not normally that keen but once again they were freakin' delish.

 

[ska invita]

Couple of days ago, I bought a bag of Brussel Sprouts for 50p or something. I'm not normally that keen but once again they were freakin' delish.

this missing piece of evidence!

Brussels Sprouts US High-Tech Lobby

Politically savvy companies, hip to both the increasing globalization of business and the coming of age of what is now the European Union, are making the Belgian city feel like a tamer, European version of Washington.

www.wired.com

 

[gentlegreen]

Tonight I'm cooking up a stew with leftover red cabbage but also a stash of broccoli stumps.
Waste not, want not,

 

[editor]

this missing piece of evidence!

Brussels Sprouts US High-Tech Lobby

Politically savvy companies, hip to both the increasing globalization of business and the coming of age of what is now the European Union, are making the Belgian city feel like a tamer, European version of Washington.

www.wired.com

I've literally no idea what this quarter century old article has to do with anything.

 

[gentlegreen]

I've literally no idea what this quarter century old article has to do with anything.

Eats shoots and leaves.

 

[editor]

Anyway, thanks to M&S end of day I'm eating tastier and loads more greens and that's all win-o-la to me.

 

[platinumsage]

In case you come across M&S Layered Classic Vegetables, RRP £3.20, they're not worth more than 45p, very disappoint.

 

[existentialist]

I used to live on stir-fried white cabbage, but these days I tend to go for the fancier offshoots - some of which because they cook fast, some because they cook slowly...
It is my theory that even boiled to death school cabbage could fix the diets of millions...

The problem with boiled to death school cabbage is that even someone who likes cabbage is likely not to enjoy that.

I never boil my cabbage - it gets steamed. And then, sometimes, fried in a little butter with caraway seeds. Yum.

 

[existentialist]

Tonight I'm cooking up a stew with leftover red cabbage but also a stash of broccoli stumps.
Waste not, want not,

I have rabbits for those

ETA: they also often end up getting the lion's rabbit's share of the cabbage, too

 

[gentlegreen]

The problem with boiled to death school cabbage is that even someone who likes cabbage is likely not to enjoy that.

I never boil my cabbage - it gets steamed. And then, sometimes, fried in a little butter with caraway seeds. Yum.

You're probably right. I wouldn't eat finely-chopped boiled cabbage without extras ...
I lived on stir-fried white cabbage and white onions for years.
I was very late to relishing proper greens.

 

[existentialist]

You're probably right. I wouldn't eat finely-chopped boiled cabbage without extras ...
I lived on stir-fried white cabbage and white onions for years.
I was very late to relishing proper greens.

Me, too. The usual childhood thing - having "bat's wings" inflicted on one at school dinners never helped much. And my mother used to sneak meat into cabbage, or use bacon fat in the cooking, so I tended to be suspicious even of cabbage that didn't look limp and floppy. Now I am master of my own kitchen, I do the lot: red, white, savoy, brussels sprouts, spring greens, kale, brussel tops. Not, usually, all at once, TBF.

 

[DaphneM]

I have rabbits for those

ETA: they also often end up getting the lion's rabbit's share of the cabbage, too

Mmmm

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[Johnny Vodka]

I'm less posh and hooked on Tesco greens. I'm guessing we're talking about spring cabbage? I end up scoffing bits raw (including the stem) while shredding - so intense and sweet.

 

[killer b]

Perhaps you skipped over my post:

"I can often get a big pack discounted at the end of the day for around a quid"

Those prechopped bags are terrible value though - you could buy an entire un-chopped spring cabbage full price for under a quid anyway

 

[existentialist]

Mmmm

Rabbit Cabbage Stew

The Rabbit Cabbage Stew recipe out of our category Rabbit! EatSmarter has over 80,000 healthy & delicious recipes online. Try them out!

eatsmarter.com

These rabbits are NOT for eating. They do the eating.

Though they might make a good, if mismatched, pair of slippers when their time comes.

 

[The39thStep]

Those prechopped bags are terrible value though - you could buy an entire un-chopped spring cabbage full price for under a quid anyway

I got 12 cabbage plants ( to grow) for one euro at the market on Saturday .

 

[editor]

Those prechopped bags are terrible value though - you could buy an entire un-chopped spring cabbage full price for under a quid anyway

I don't give a shit. It's a fucking great plate of tasty greens for a quid.

I'm pretty sure every food item you buy isn't just for 'value' either - and there's nothing wrong with occasionally going for convenience, especially if it's getting good stuff in your body when you haven't got time to be shredding up cabbages.

 

[klang]

red cabbage boiled with apples, onions, cloves and vinegar is a staple over here.

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm going to stuff every spare corner of my garden with kale this year - mostly cavallo nero.
If I'd had plants ready this year, the front garden would not be as bleak as it is now following the freeze.
And I'm determined to get the hydro working and there will be kale in that alongside the salad.

 

[killer b]

I don't give a shit. It's a fucking great plate of tasty greens for a quid.

I'm pretty sure every food item you buy isn't just for 'value' either - and there's nothing wrong with occasionally going for convenience, especially if it's getting good stuff in your body when you haven't got time to be shredding up cabbages.

Nothing against paying more for convenience or quality, but you were highlighting the price like a quid for a quarter of a cabbage chopped up was a bargain

 

[killer b]

That said I think it's always worth raising the point that prepackaged veg are often much, much more expensive than loose, for no good reason other than the retailers know we don't bother checking. It's not even more convenient in most cases, just more prominently displayed in the shop.

 

[editor]

Nothing against paying more for convenience or quality, but you were highlighting the price like a quid for a quarter of a cabbage chopped up was a bargain

I think it's a bargain but I'm really not inclined to turn it into the Big Debate you seem keen to pursue.

 

[killer b]

Just highlighting dodgy practices in the grocery trade for the casual reader - I've no illusions I'll ever get you to change your mind on anything tbh

 

[editor]

Just highlighting dodgy practices in the grocery trade for the casual reader - I've no illusions I'll ever get you to change your mind on anything tbh

Don't you ever think that you might come over just a little bit petty, small minded and holier-than-thou, pissing over this gentle, harmless thread about discounted cabbage greens that have given me some small amount of pleasure for a relatively tiny amount?

No? Well carry on then

 

[butcher]

Never liked the green toilet paper cabbage, boiled with bicarb, my gran used to torture into submission.

However, lardons fried in their own fat, let down with enough water to 'steam' some shredded cabbage and a couple handfuls of peas, knob of butter to finish, bloody lovely.

Staple in soups for us too. I have also just fermented some chinese cabbage in a kimchi stylee

 

[The39thStep]

I'm going to stuff every spare corner of my garden with kale this year - mostly cavallo nero.
If I'd had plants ready this year, the front garden would not be as bleak as it is now following the freeze.
And I'm determined to get the hydro working and there will be kale in that alongside the salad.

I grew some of these last year - couve tronchuda .Its a relative of collards , very popular here

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[platinumsage]

That said I think it's always worth raising the point that prepackaged veg are often much, much more expensive than loose, for no good reason other than the retailers know we don't bother checking. It's not even more convenient in most cases, just more prominently displayed in the shop.

Three packaged smallish courgettes for £1.30 or as many as you want of random sizes for £2.65 a kilo. Not an easy decision to make quickly.