What To Do With A Monstrous Cabbage!......Our Ness Cairn Grows….
by Bernie Bell - 07:11 on 27 August 2024
What To Do With A Monstrous Cabbage!
In our veg patch, we have a monstrous cabbage….
I posted this pic. on my FB page, and my cousin‘s comment was….
“Bacon and cabbage for dinner tomorrow.”
I reminded her that we don’t eat meat, and the cabbage is more likely to become part of a veg. curry or lasagna.
Then I thought what a traitor to my race I'm being, as bacon & cabbage is a traditional Irish meal - was one of my Dad's favourites....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_and_cabbage
I then thought I’d post a couple of recipes for cabbage – dating from before we stopped eating meat – which can be eaten with other things instead of bacon….
Sweet & Sour Cabbage
Half a head of a small cabbage
I onion (sliced)
Small tin of tomatoes
Half a level teasp of carraway seeds
Oil for cooking
Salt & pepper
Sauce
2 level teasp cornflour
1 teasp vinegar
1 level teasp sugar
2 tblsp water
Shred cabbage.
Heat oil, add sugar and heat gently ‘til it melts. Add tomatoes and onion and cook for a few minutes.
Add cabbage, salt, pepper and carraway seeds. Toss all together and cover the pan. Cook gently ‘til cabbage is tender.
For the sauce…
Mix cornflour, sugar, vinegar and water. Stir into cabbage, bring back to boil. Cook for about 5 mins.Eat with potatoes and………. bacon – or something else!
Soy Sauce Cabbage
Quarter of a cabbage
Oil to cook
1 clove of garlic, chopped
1 tblsp butter
1 teasp sugar
Pepper
½ a chicken stock cube + 3 tblsp water (or equivalent amount of your own stock…. https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/02/05/waste-not-want-not-2/ )
1 onion chopped
2 tblsp soy sauce
1 and a half tblsp red wine or sherry
Cut cabbage into thin strips and rinse.
Heat oil in large saucepan. Add onion, garlic and cabbage and stir-fry.
Sprinkle on the crumbled stock cube + water (or equivalent amount of your own stock).
Stir and cook at low heat for about 3 mins.
Add butter, stir and add soy sauce, sugar, wine and pepper – stir and simmer ‘til potatoes are ready.
Serve with baked or boiled potatoes and……….. grilled bacon – or something else!
Our Ness Cairn Grows….
Mike went for a constitutional down to the Bay of Hinderayre, along to the Hall of Rendall & back. He brought home two stones from Hinderayre and one from the shore by the Hall of Rendall, and placed them to start to shape the outer circle of the cairn….
The first stone - South (by the house) was from the stone heap we made when clearing the veg. patch. The North stone is from by the Hall of Rendall. East & West are from Hinderayre.
Weaving , weaving, weaving – getting as magicy as our Broch….. https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/10/13/the-broch-of-gorseness-the-build-progresses/
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