A couple of days ago I got a call from our neighbor
Doug. He told me that they had an extra
cabbage from their CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) that they couldn’t
use. They had gotten two, each the size
of a basketball and there is only so much cabbage soup he, Sharon and Nick
wanted to eat. Besides it wouldn't fit in their refrigerator. Did I want a
cabbage?
Well, in my opinion, Doug isn’t really given to hyperbole,
but the day he called and asked if I wanted a few hot peppers, I ended up with
enough frozen hot peppers for a whole winter’s worth of chili and then some. And we eat a lot of chili in this household. But a cabbage the size of a BASKETBALL? Yeah, right. Okay, I said, I’ll take it. I love cabbage roasted, cabbage rolls,
corned beef and cabbage... I could find
something to do with it.
Last night, while we were watching the Red Sox game, Doug
came in and dumped the cabbage in my lap.
That cabbage, my friends, is the biggest, heaviest cabbage I’ve ever
seen. Thanks, Doug! I guess I had better get my cabbage recipes
out. We now have enough cabbage to feed
a small village.
Meanwhile, I decided that I should take some
pictures of this monster veggie. I don’t
think that it is the biggest cabbage ever grown by a long shot, but it’s big
enough to warrant a few pictures.
At first I thought that a baseball would be a
good gauge of the size of this thing.
But then I realized that a lot of people might not know how big a
baseball is.
So… With Evan’s assistance, we convinced Olive the pug to stand next to the cabbage. She weighs
about 25 pounds and may stand slightly taller, but she’s got nothing on this
cabbage.
But, you know, while I was looking at it, I decided that
it really is a beautiful specimen.
But I'm not going to name it. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to eat it.
