Comments on: Lemongrass and Cabbage Soup

By: Paulineh

Paulineh — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:48:10 +0000

Lemongrass has to be my favorite ingredient and I never thought to combine it with cabbage in a soup. Thanks for this great recipe. I will try it soon.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:34:27 +0000

i’m really impressed with this combination of flavours. how can you go wrong with lemongrass, chilli and cabbage. and i love the texture of cabbage in soup.
if you’re a big cabbage fan, and one day feel like an incredibly rich and unhealthy italian soup, try
seupa vapellenentse: wow!
made from savoy, bread and fontina.
i do have a recipe for it on my blog, but didn’t want to spam your posts with links. besides, there’s heaps of recipes out there.

By: Kalyn

Kalyn — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:48:26 +0000

What an interesting sounding soup. I love all the ingredients here so I’m guessing I’d like this too! Saving the recipe.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:36:48 +0000

Thanks for your entry Wendy. I’ve been eating a lot of cabbage lately and can’t wait to try this.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:02:35 +0000

My mum used to always cook cabbage in a little milk with garlic, salt, pepper and a dob of butter. Have to say, it’s still my favourite way… and LOVE your Loch Ness shot!

By: City Girl

City Girl — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:45:08 +0000

Thanks for delurking — and your cabbage soup looks amazing. I recently cooked red cabbage and bacon for the first time – I am a bit of a cabbage novice after not liking it much for years.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:12:55 +0000

Sophie – Think Sarah Raven got the idea from Dennis Potter so he’s clever too!

Mandy – Let me know!

Kathryn – Nor had I. It’s divine though. Feels like a real treat.

Christie – You’re so right. Chinese cabbage would be lovely too. Suspect it would need less cooking time though.

Elaine – Hello and welcome! Will be trying that recipe out. Perhaps tomorrow actually. Adore westies. My aunt has one called Mac and he’s such a character. Watching him hunt flies is hillarious!

DaviMac – Very true but it’d take me a wee while to get fed up of it. Couldn’t manage more than a bowl of the diet cabbage soup!

By: DaviMack

DaviMack — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:38:52 +0000

I wonder if, if you ate it every day for weeks on end, you’d give it up? I mean, that’s the whole cabbage diet thing, right?

This one does sound yummy, though!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:35:52 +0000

Hello Wendy.

Kathryn Elliott (through her blog & Twitter updates) led me to you. (Thanks, Kathryn.) I’m also a fan of cabbage, and now, a new fan of your lovely blog.

Thank you for this lovely recipe which I plan to try soon. Since the New Year, I’ve always had at least one head (of the plain green variety of cabbage) in my fridge. I will have to pick up Savoy the next time I’m at the market.

Most recently I tried this New York Times recipe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/health/nutrition/08recipehealth.html?_r=1
(I did make a substitution in seasoning though, and used a mild curry blend instead of the chili and bay leaf.)

Very simple, very easy, very economical and very satisfying on a cold winter’s night when the snow is falling — which is when I made and ate it.

I’m looking forward to exploring your past stories and recipes (where I confess I may get stuck for a while) as Keeping up with your latest posts.

(PS. I’m not Scottish but I do have a Westie.)

By: Christie @ fig&cherry

Christie @ fig&cherry — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:32:01 +0000

I’d never think to combine lemongrass and cabbage in a soup – this is a beautiful recipe.

I thought that was Wombok (Chinese cabbage) when I first saw the pic. I guess that could work well too? It would match the Oriental flavours.