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Brassica: Cabbage

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Cabbage

I love cabbage.  I even love growing them in the garden, though they do take a lot of time to look after because creepy crawlies also love cabbage. 🙁

There are of course people who can’t stand them.  Probably it has more to do with the smell of a day old cooked cabbage, just guessing as I don’t really have a problem with the aroma.

helpful tipsTo minimise the aroma given off by the boiled cabbage, add a whole walnut to the cooking liquid.

Brassica: Cabbage
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Below are photos of sweetheart cabbage, they are my favourite.  It is the easiest to cook, crunchy and tastiest, I think.
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Here are some quotes and saying mentioning this green leafy vegetable:

Cabbage served twice is death.
– Greek Proverb

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Cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education.
– Mark Twain

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“Some prefer carrot while others like cabbage”
– Irish Saying

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Greek Proverbs & Sayings

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A heart that loves is always young.
~Greek Proverb

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An iron rod bends while it is hot.
– Greek
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A fox knows much; a hedgehog one great thing.
– Greece
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At the touch of love, everyone becomes a prophet.
– Greek
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A thousand men can’t undress a naked man.
~Greek Proverb
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Any time is the proper time for saying what is just.
—From the Greek.
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Everything has two handles.
– Greece
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Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers.
– Greek
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everything ancient is to be respected.
– Greece
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First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
– Greek
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From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn.
– Greek
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He who respects his parents never dies.
– Greek
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Let the guests at the table be three or four – at the most five.
– Greece
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No need to teach an eagle to fly.
– Greek Proverb
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Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
– Greek
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Someone may learn and learn and yet remain a fool.
– Greece
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The label is bigger than the package.
– Greece
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To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it.
– Greek
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Those who run away will fight again.
– Greece
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The beginning is the half of every action.
– Greek
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The heart that loves is always young.
– Greek
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Where there is a sea there are pirates.
– Greek