Chris's quest for the perfect red cabbage.

Chris's grandmother used to make the best red cabbage dish in all the world according to Chris. So anyway he didn't have the recipe so he set out to create one. He searched in books he searched on line. His grandmother was German and most of the recipes she made were German ones so when he found a recipe for Blaukraut (red cabbage) he was pretty sure he had it. But.... he didn't remember it having apples so he omitted the apple. His Uncle came by to let him know what he thought and said it was very close to the exact same thing but it needed a little more bite. So maybe more vinegar and he didn't remember any apple either. But... I think that maybe where the kick came from.

Chris's red cabbage

Here is the recipe:

2 Tbs Smoked pork fat (next time he said he was just going to use bacon)

1 onion

1 head of red cabbage

2 Tbs of apple cider vinegar

11/2 cups water

1Tbs of sugar

3 whole cloves (although they both did not like the cloves and said they would leave them out next time)

2 bay leafs

salt and pepper

 He heated up the pork in a large pot. then added the chopped onion till translucent

He then added the shredded cabbage in batches waiting for it to wilt down.

Lastly he stired in the vinegar and remaining ingredients. He reduced the heat to low and simmered for 11/2 hours (but most  recipes called for 30 minutes or so. He remembers his grandmother cooking this dish all day)

We ate this dish with some Polish sausage and some brats with some spicy brown mustard on the side and also some boiled potatoes. I don't usually like cabbage but I did like this dish. It was a good boiled dish and had a different taste than any thing I had eaten like it. I liked the cloves in it and I think if he put an apple in it that it would have been really good.