“It Smells Like Cabbage!”

This cryptic line, and a vague recollection of being violently contorted into a fit of totally uncontrollable laughter, complete with tears squeezing out of my eyes, for reasons apparent to no one but me (while my teenaged daughter and stepson sat, looking  both confused and amused, around our kitchen table with me) are about all that I can remember. Whatever the object of my mirth actually was,, at the time, it was definitely not cabbage. (It may not have even been a food item!).  Yet, in that obviously hysterical, monumentally momentous moment in time, my mind suddenly clicked (or cracked), and I was changed, instantly, from a dour “you-always-take-everything-so-seriously” kinda gal, into a weird,  doo-wackity-doo, 62-yr. old comic, of sorts—a late-bloomer, if you will.

My daughter had a head start on me, though, having always displayed a quick wit and a humorously wry outlook about nearly everything. And, apparently, listening to her hysterical one-liners over the years has finally rubbed off on me, to the point that I now find that I have morphed into (with the help of the recent gift of my first iPhone) an App Store-downloading, Facebook firestorm-starting, word & drawing game-playing, meme-making “App-aholic” fiend, with acute insomnia!!! So, here’s a sampling of some nonsensical cabbage humor:

Original Cabbage Memes 

(I used SuperImpose and TextPhoto, from the App Store, to put these little memes together.)

I suppose, I  should include some cabbage recipes and info (for those of you who arrived at this page thinking that it was about food), ‘lest ye be disappointed, disillusioned, and become thoroughly disgusted with me!

Cinnamon-Baked Cabbage Wedges

Ingredients:

1 medium head green cabbage
3 Tbsp. butter
ground cinnamon

Method:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

1. Remove outer, bruised leaves and rinse the cabbage head under cold water. Carefully, cut the head of cabbage into 8 equally-sized wedges, cutting through the core and stem end.

2. Tear a 10″ length of wide aluminum foil in half, forming 2 individual sheets.

(Repeat this 4 times (for a total of 8 sheets). Arrange each wedge on a piece of the aluminum foil.)

3. Apply butter to both cut sides of each wedge, and sprinkle sides with cinnamon. Fold the foil around each wedge, being careful to completely seal them, to prevent moisture from escaping during baking. Place the wedges in a single layer on a baking sheet.

4. Bake cabbage wedges for about 40 minutes, or until a fork pressed against the sides of each wedge gives a little. (i.e. “tells you it’s getting kinda squishy!”)

Serve immediately!

Also, check out: God’s Healing Plants (for some cabbage health info)