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Stuffed cabbage with fruit?

route 7 — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:49:40 GMT

Starting soon cabbage with be on sale because of St. Patrick's Day for corned beef dinners. I always buy a few heads for coleslaw, cabbage soup, etc. It reminded me of a few months ago when my friend gave me some of her stuffed cabbage but it had grapes in it. Not in the meat but only in the surrounding "juice". She brought it over and we were at the kitchen table eating so I had to taste it but I did not like it at all. The stuffed cabbage itself was good but the grapes kind of turned me off. She said sometimes she will add raisins instead of grapes. Do any of you add fruit to stuffed cabbage?

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Vamp — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:10:52 GMT

No.

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daisyk — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:48:50 GMT

I have heard of the raisins but I haven't tried it. I've never heard of the grapes deal and neither sounds appealing to me. I'm not big on fruit with savory though.

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adelle38 — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:52:21 GMT

That's the first I've heard of combining fruit with cabbage.

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KYToby — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 23:05:39 GMT

Raisins in stuffed cabbage is very common in parts of Central and Eastern Europe. Ina Garten's recipe for stuffed cabbage is delicious and uses raisins, and since trying it, I have made no other recipe.

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MickD — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 23:09:36 GMT

I'm polish and my dead relatives would rise up and revolt.....bleckhhhhhh.

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CelticCrafter — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 23:36:59 GMT

I knew someone that would put raisins in their meatballs...ick.

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raven-blackbird — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 08:23:14 GMT

I don't tend to put fruit in meat dishes............BUT...........I do put it in salads........tonight I had a kale and spinach salad with black berries, avocado slices, mushrooms, fresh peas, mandarin orange slices and topped off with poppy seed dressing...........the best dinner ever..................................raven

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Justice4all — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 13:59:52 GMT

Raven, sounds good. Do you make the dressing, and if so, what are the ingredients? Thanks

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Poodlepet2 — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:36:59 GMT

I have had stuffed cabbage with raisins or currants-and I enjoyed it tremendously. It's not uncommon at all to add small amounts of fruit to meat in Eastern Europe nd the Middle East. In addition to raisins and currants, apricots are used frequently as well. I love them in savory dishes: they impart a slight sweetness, and I love the texture. Poodlepet2

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anniebethsmom — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 00:41:51 GMT

Not in my Hungarian kitchen- ugh!

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goodstuff — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 03:13:38 GMT

I like apples stewed with sauerkraut and sometimes put fruit in coleslaw -- both cabbage dishes.........so it doesn't seem such a jump to put fruit in stuffed cabbage, although I've never eaten it that way. Some stuffed cabbage recipes have sweet and spicy flavors that might go OK with fruit, it seems to me.

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OC FRESH — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 04:15:08 GMT

Cabbage & fruit? Better have this on hand .

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croemer — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 04:19:31 GMT

On 3/7/2015 OC FRESH said:
Cabbage & fruit? Better have this on hand .

I agree...not a fan of cooked cabbage and can not imagine it with fruit.

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Cakers1 — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 05:39:00 GMT

I don't know about cabbage and raisins but many Italians do use currants and pine nuts in their meatballs - it's a regional thing.

My FIL used them in his braciole.

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NoelSeven — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 07:50:08 GMT

Never cooked cabbage and fruit, but I've seen raisins in cole slaw often. Sometimes also with julienned carrot strips.

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colliemom4 — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 08:42:58 GMT

On 3/7/2015 croemer said:
On 3/7/2015 OC FRESH said:
Cabbage & fruit? Better have this on hand .

I agree...not a fan of cooked cabbage and can not imagine it with fruit.

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violann — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 13:20:11 GMT

I use fruit a lot in cooking because I keep my sodium intake as low as I possibly can. The fruit in chicken and pork andt chopped meat dishes sort of leads my taste buds away from my overpowering desire for salt in those foods and in another direction.

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croemer — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 16:12:58 GMT

On 3/8/2015 Newnick ame said: I use fruit a lot in cooking because I keep my sodium intake as low as I possibly can. The fruit in chicken and pork andt chopped meat dishes sort of leads my taste buds away from my overpowering desire for salt in those foods and in another direction.

I do like that idea.