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>I was recently in a bordertown, Douglas, AZ, where I was raised, and
> was in line at a grocery store. The person in front of me was
> purchasing about five 100lb bags of charcoal,and about 100 heads of
> cabbage, and just about the same number of onions. I asked him what he
> was using all the cabbage for, and he mentioned the name of something
> I could not understand. Would anyone know of a Mexican dish or meal
> that might be made with these ingredients. I thought maybe something
> like Haluski, but where would the charcoal come in. It was interesting
> that in front of the grocery store someone was roasting chili peppers
> over an open fire, and selling them in maybe twenty-five pound bags.

I've had Mexican coleslaw and also pico de gallo that had cabbage in it.
Not sure how the charcoal would figure in though.