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Cabbage
椰菜
The round, dense Western head cabbage: half a head shredded into the café's borscht, cooked soft and sweet, is the body of that soup, and it is stir-fried or braised with glass noodles at home. Australian supermarkets tag it cabbage or green cabbage, whole or by the half; savoy (crinkled) and wombok (Chinese cabbage) are different and wrong for borscht. Not to be confused with cauliflower (椰菜花).
Preparation
Core it and shred, or cut into large pieces.
Origin
Europe. At every supermarket and greengrocer all year; cheapest and sweetest in winter.
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
Australian name · cabbage / green cabbage (whole or half)
Where · Every supermarket and greengrocer
What to ask for · Not savoy or wombok; cauliflower is 椰菜花
In season · Year round, cheapest and sweetest in winter
Where · Every supermarket and greengrocer
What to ask for · Not savoy or wombok; cauliflower is 椰菜花
In season · Year round, cheapest and sweetest in winter
