Louis Cohen > wrote:

> Victor Sack wrote:
> >
> > Fresh-Cabbage Schi
[snip]
> > To the stock, add the
> > cabbage and cook for 20 minutes. Add the potatoes and cook for 10 more
> > minutes.
>
> Wouldn't the potatoes take longer to cook than the cabbage?

Normally, no, and in most every fresh-cabbage schi recipe I know
potatoes are added some time after the cabbage, whether the cabbage is
just cooked in the soup as in this simple recipe, or stewed separately
first. Obviously, it also matters how thick the vegetables are cut.

Here, BTW, is a table of cooking times for vegetables:
<http://www.jsonline.com/entree/cooking/may05/328430.asp>

Victor