seasoning cabbage...

All I have ever used also is salt and pepper....and tons of butter. My kids loved it so much I used to make a head and they would sit down and eat it.....if I would have made two heads...they would have eaten both. I'll have to keep track and find out if there is something special people use instead of just the usual salt and pepper.

Hi macdlingolinger, I know the absolutely perfect thing to go with cabbage and that is juniper berries, yes the stuff they make gin out of. It has a naturally bitter but unique taste which really compliments the cabbage well. You need to crush the juniper berries and add them to a slow sauteed cabbage, trust me they work really well and once I discovered this it's the only way I've ever cooked it. Hope you try it and like it.

Try caraway seed in boiled or fried cabbage, it's really good. Or cook it in butter with just pepper.

I don't know about any spices, but I do my cabbage up with tons of flavor! Every year, my uncle unloads his garden's overflow on me. He'll bring in carrots, onions, celery, squash, and all kinds of other vegetables. I put a bunch of them in a big pot with salted water and let it simmer for about 12 hours. This makes a great veggie stock. I'll take about 6 cups of that, use a cut of smoked pork (usually a hamhock), and simmer that in there for 2 hours. Then I'll cut up my cabbage, a large red onion, some big chunks of potato, and cook it all for about 1 1/2 hours on a medium simmer. I'll still season the pot with pepper and garlic powder, but as far as the antioxidant properties of spices, I don't know anything about that. I eat blueberries for my antioxidants -- I don't think they'd go too well with cabbage lol Cabbage also doesn't stink if it's not cooked for that long. I know certain spices help keep the sulfur tamed down, but I think if you only cook it for about one or two hours, that's perfect.

Hello my friend, cabbage is one of my favorite foods. You could season it with some kind of shortening like "I can't believe it's not butter" Or if you want to go for a more healthier appeal then use some Olive oil. Also you can use seasoning salt as well as a sprig of lemon juice. Also onions and green peppers are very good to chop up in along with your cabbage. I've tried all of this before and you have to see which way you like it best. They are good stir fried to instead of steaming them. Good luck............... Peace!

I have two recipes for you :) 1. cabbage salad (similar to that of cole-slaw)except you add in a small red chili if you can find it in your supermarket. 2. boil the cabbage for about 10/15 minutes to soften the leaves, stuff some marinated minced meat with a good quantity of hot pepper to each leave starting from the heart and go outward, when this is done, string the cabbage to hold the leaves together, then simmer for about an hour. Good appetite!