Fried cabbage
Sometimes when we discuss food that we grew up eating, Sparks laughs and asks how I managed to make it through childhood. There’s all sorts of stuff that I didn’t have growing up. I didn’t eat hamburger helper until I was in my 20s. I didn’t have manwich until I started dating Sparks. We just didn’t eat that stuff, but I swear I can’t remember what we did eat. I remember a lot of soup and burgers but I don’t remember much else.
My mom hates to cook, maybe she always did. Now she seems to eat a goodly amount of canned soup. Other than the battles of the peas and lima beans, I can’t tell you what I ate as a child. However, I was a fat kid as well as a fat adult, so obviously I was eating something.
Another thing I don’t recall eating before (maybe I just blacked out all of the things I didn’t like) was fried cabbage. I remember having cabbage rolls a few times, and I just ate the filling and left the cabbage. We also ate sauerkraut with hot dogs, so I guess it’s kind of close.
A friend posted this recipe on facebook this week. It sounded good so I gave it a try. I liked it so much that I ate until I was stuffed to the gills.
FRIED CABBAGE WITH polish sausage
This is a quick and easy dish and makes a meal served with cornbread.
3 tablespoons bacon grease
1 small head of cabbage, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 of red pepper if you wanna
1 pound polish sausage, sliced into round pieces (I use smoked sausage)
1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
few drops of hot sauce (optional)
Put bacon grease in large skillet. Add cabbage, onion, and red pepper if you use the red pepper and cook on medium high for about 5 minutes stirring to keep from sticking to pan. Add remaining ingredients, cover and simmer for 20 – 25 minutes.
Makes about 8 servings.
The cabbage picked up a lovely bacony flavor, how can you go wrong with that? It was also super easy, the only change I would make is to use the mandolin on the cabbage next time, it was it pretty big chunks. I also left out the red pepper – both because Sparks hates it and Wal-Mart didn’t have any other than in 3 packs when I stopped to pick up the cabbage and sausage. This is definitely budget friendly, I got the cabbage and sausage for less than $5 and I already had everything else.