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<h4>You're browser does not support iFrames - here is an exerpt of the content</h4> <a href="http://allotment2kitchen.blogspot.com/2009/12/sweet-and-sour-red-cabbage.html">Click here to read the article in full</a> <p>Yesterday I posed a question on my blog about <em>my red <a title="cabbages" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/cabbages/">cabbages</a></em> and a number of fellow bloggers came up with some lovely recipe suggestions, but I was drawn to Fred’s Russian family heritage recipe for ‘sweet and sour red cabbage’ (see below). I have seen many versions of this dish. Some have red currant jelly, some have caraway seed, some can be eaten hot, others cold, but I have to admit I was never tempted at all as I thought it looked boring, but decided to give it a go after receiving Fred’s suggestion. Well I have to conclude, I am a convert. The flavour is sweet and sour but not sharp. Whilst cooking this dish I had been tasting it so see if it was meltingly tender, I tasted it so much, that we hardly have any left to eat with mashed <a title="potatoes" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/potatoes/">potatoes</a> later on. <em>Oh well</em>, I think that’s a good sign that I like it!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0W_QqQJyAQw/SxlCZ5ND3KI/AAAAAAAADu4/Tvz0OO3dG74/s1600-h/quarteredredcabbage.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411429439882124450" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0W_QqQJyAQw/SxlCZ5ND3KI/AAAAAAAADu4/Tvz0OO3dG74/s400/quarteredredcabbage.jpg" /></a> For those of you who have not visited Fred’s vegetable <a title="gardening" href="http://gardenersvoice.com/category/gardening/">gardening</a> blog, <a href="http://grownaway.blogspot.com/">Grown Away </a>please do stop by for a nosy round; and give him a warm welcome to the growing and blogging world.</p> <p><strong>Fred’s Grandmothers</strong> ‘<strong>Sweet and sour Red Cabbage’</strong><br />Serves 4<br /><strong>All in one: Ingredients</strong> and <strong>Method</strong><br />50g or 1/2 a stick of butter, 1 head of red cabbage (about a kilo or a bit less) cut into quarters. Remove the outer leaves and white core. Slice nice and thin, 6 (75g) tablespoons of sugar, I used brown sugar, and 150 ml of balsamic vinegar.Melt the butter over medium heat & saute the cabbage until it starts wilting, add the sugar, coating the cabbage evenly, add vinegar, reduce to medium-low. Cover and simmer the cabbage until it is tender (about 30-35 minutes). Remove the cabbage, season with a pinch of salt or pepper.</p> <p>Fred writes <em>‘It’s a simple recipe that tastes great’</em>. I for one am not going to disagree. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1055570102085574482-4162449484172374536?l=allotment2kitchen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <div style="display: none">VN:F [1.6.3_896]</div><div class="ratingblock"><div class="ratingblock "><div class="ratingheader ">Rate this Article</div><div class="ratingstars "><div id="article_rater_17371" class="ratepost gdsr-soft gdsr-size-24"><div class="starsbar gdsr-size-24"><div class="gdouter gdheight"><div id="gdr_vote_a17371" style="width: 0px;" class="gdinner gdheight"></div><div id="gdr_stars_a17371" class="gdsr_rating_as"><a id="gdsrX17371X5X0XaXarticle_rater_17371Xarticle_loader_17371X10X24" title="5 / 5" class="s5" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX17371X4X0XaXarticle_rater_17371Xarticle_loader_17371X10X24" title="4 / 5" class="s4" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX17371X3X0XaXarticle_rater_17371Xarticle_loader_17371X10X24" title="3 / 5" class="s3" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX17371X2X0XaXarticle_rater_17371Xarticle_loader_17371X10X24" title="2 / 5" class="s2" rel="nofollow"></a><a id="gdsrX17371X1X0XaXarticle_rater_17371Xarticle_loader_17371X10X24" title="1 / 5" class="s1" rel="nofollow"></a></div></div></div></div><div id="article_loader_17371" style="display: none; width: 120px; " class="ratingloader article"><div class="loader flower " style="height: 24px"><div class="loaderinner" style="padding-top: 2px">please wait...</div></div></div></div><div class="ratingtext "><div id="gdr_text_a17371">Rating: 0.0/<strong>5</strong> (0 votes cast)</div></div></div></div>
