Broke Down Ranch
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We like just plain boiled or cooked cabbage and I was wondering if it could be canned like this? The only recipes I find are for kraut or chow-chow....
Is there a way to can cabbage?
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setter4
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My understanding has always been that cabbage gets a really unpleasant tase and texture if it's canned plain.
patandchickens
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I used to know a (rather strange) couple who I visited one day in the fall and Oh. My. Goodness! were they ever canning cabbage! It was amazing. It smelled like the house should explode 
I was told they were on their third totally-full large pressure cooker load of it of the day.
Wow.
Apparently THEY thought you could can cabbage.
Mind you, I am not 100% sure whether they had ever done it before to know about the results from, and even if they did, they were kind of strange and I don't know if their tastes would be the same as your tastes.
But clearly there are people who do it.
Good luck,
Pat
I was told they were on their third totally-full large pressure cooker load of it of the day. Wow.
Apparently THEY thought you could can cabbage.
Mind you, I am not 100% sure whether they had ever done it before to know about the results from, and even if they did, they were kind of strange and I don't know if their tastes would be the same as your tastes.
But clearly there are people who do it.
Good luck,
Pat
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Are you sure they weren't canning saur kraut? When my neighbor made it the WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD reeked!
What about making Kimchi? I love Kimchi
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Traditional-Napa-Cabbage-Kimchi-233839
http://kimchi.pyongyang-metro.com/
What about making Kimchi? I love Kimchi
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Traditional-Napa-Cabbage-Kimchi-233839
http://kimchi.pyongyang-metro.com/
patandchickens
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Nope, this was just cabbage, cut up, stuffed in canning jars. Still reeked real good though!wifezilla said:
Kimchee is a good idea. Mmmmm
Pat
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A couple of years ago I was on a canning forum where there was a running argument about canning cabbage and whether it became sauerkraut after you canned it. I don't think either side ever relented in the least about it. I know there were people on there who canned it and CALLED it sauerkraut....patandchickens said:Nope, this was just cabbage, cut up, stuffed in canning jars. Still reeked real good though!wifezilla said:
Kimchee is a good idea. Mmmmm
Pat
Personally I'd think it would get mushy and lord knows it would stink to high heaven. lol
ldburton
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Jackie Clay of Backwoods Home renown talks of canning cabbage. I thinks she just poured off the canning liquid and heated with butter, but it's been a while since I read about it. I'll bet you could find it on their website.
