Cabbage, my new favorite vegetable. And not just for kraut! We threw it in a minestrone the other day and it held its own beautifully. I'm just not quite ready to take on Charles Hardy--he holds the world record for consuming over 6.5 pounds of cabbage in only 9 minutes 1.
This book, by Mike and Nancy Bubel, takes you from designing and building your own root cellar to practical tips for preserving different kinds of fruits and vegetables (the list is loooong).
Justin hanging cabbage in the cold room (a tough job considering you have to step around boxes of apples and pears, over a tarp full of ripening tomatoes, and duck under bags of potatoes). Photo credit: John Madsen
Another great thing about (red) cabbage is that you can use it to make your own pH indicator! As you can tell from this photo, you get some beautiful colors and a fairly distinct range. These sites will hook you up with a procedure for making your own and an explanation of how it works.
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