Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Saturday, March 27, 2021 Michael Trew wrote:
>>
>> I've got a couple medium size heads of cabbage in my refrigerator, and
>> I'm looking for something original to do with them for supper tonight.
>> Normally, I'll chop it up and fry it with bacon, or make Haluski with
>> egg noodles. I will probably go shopping today, but I do have kielbasa
>> in the refrigerator.
>>
>> Any good cabbage supper ideas?
>
> I don't think there's anything original to do with cabbage. But for a
> good supper meal you can't beat a hearty cabbage soup, especially
> loaded with kielbasa coins. Add a large can of whole tomatoes
> squished with clean hands. Add a handful of raisins (sweet), and the
> juice of a fresh lemon (sour). S n'P of course. I usually add a cup
> of diced carrots and another of diced potato. Usually I'd make mine
> with a hunk of beef chuck, but kielbasa would be good too, I've even
> used frankfurters. NO garlic or onion,those don't go well with
> cabbage, those strong flavors fight each other. Add a couple of bay
> leaves and some curley leaf parsely. Curley leaf is mild, flat leaf
> is harsh, only good for Italian tomato sauce.
>

Excellent meal. All jewish delis sell this, and yoose can get a
bowl free at any gin mill.

The amish also sell it from roadside stands. Even the Apache
indians sell it on their reservation in southern arizona.

In russia, it's known as Popeye soup.
At the vatican, it is served as monk soup (with the added
ingredient saltpetre)