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Cindy Hamilton[_3_]

In article >,
jmcquown > wrote:
>On 12/10/2013 8:44 AM, wrote:
>> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 04:56:50 -0800 (PST), A Moose in Love
>> > wrote:
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>>> How do they make them? To put a whole cabbage in a pot, then take off a couple of leaves, then back into the pot etc. That would be very very time consuming for a commercial outfit.
>>
>> They don't do it that way! If I am making them I put the cabbage in
>> the freezer for half an hour, leaves go limp and totally manageable.
>>
>That's a good tip, thanks! I haven't made cabbage rolls in a long time,
>probably because the leaves are such a PITA. I've never seen cabbage
>rolls in a restaurant (if that's what the OP is talking about when they
>say "commercial").

By coincidence, I've got leftover cabbage rolls for lunch today.
Leftover from dinner at a local German restaurant. I've never
thought to ask how they soften the cabbage leaves.

Cindy Hamilton
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