Swedish Cabbage Recipe?

18 years ago

I haven't had this in years.

My grandmother used to make it and she's gone now.

Does anyone have a recipe?

From what I remember, it has cabbage, mustard seed, probably a little onion (?), and a sweet/sour dressing, I'm guessing vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper.

It marinates at least overnight and just gets better the longer it sits.

Does it sound familiar to anyone? Do you have a recipe to share?

TIA,

Deanna

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lindac
18 years ago
Is this it? You could substitute mustard seed for the mustard.
Fred Harvey Cole Slaw:
Shred one medium head of cabbage and one small onion, cover with 1/2 cup of sugar.
Bring to a boil 1 tsp sugar
1/2 Tablespoon salt
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp celery seed
1/2 c peanut oil
1/2 c cider vinegar.
Pour over the cabbage and set stand at least 4 hours before eating.
Keeps well.
alison
18 years ago
The Penzey's spice catalog had a recipe this month for Danish red cabbage, which is a traditional Christmas dish.

I don't have the recipe with me, but this one, from Recipezaar, is very similar.

1 medium red cabbage, shredded (about 1 1/2 lbs)
1 large granny smith apples, shredded (or any Tart apple)
1 medium russet potato, grated
1 cup apple cider
1/2 cup white wine vinegar (or cider vinegar)
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
salt and pepper

In a large saucepan, combine all the ingredients. Mix well.
Bring mixture to a boil over medium high heat.

Reduce heat to low, simmer, stirring occasionally, until the potato and cabbage are tender and cooked (about 40 minutes).

Serve hot or cold. Improves overnight!
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dgkritch
Original Author
18 years ago
Linda: Maybe, but a couple of things don't quite fit. I'm sure my grandmother never heard of Peanut oil - LOL! And I don't think anything was boiled. I could be wrong.

Alison: I know there weren't any apples or potatoes in this one. Yours sounds good though!

I ate this in the 70's, if that helps at all. I was a kid and we always went to one grandparent's or the other for holidays.

Deanna
annie1992
18 years ago
Deanna, it sounds a lot like my favorite "cole slaw" recipe, which is a boiled dressing with no oil, but it does have sugar and vinegar.

Celery Seed Slaw

INGREDIENTS

3 pounds medium head cabbage, coarsely shredded
1/2 cup finely shredded carrot
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup sugar
1 cup white vinegar
3 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon celery seed

SERVINGS 12-16

DIRECTIONS

In a large bowl, combine the cabbage, carrot and green pepper;set aside. In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, vinegar, salt and celery seed; bring to a boil. Pour over cabbage mixture; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight. Serve with a slotted spoon. Yield: 12-16 servings.

Annie
lindac
18 years ago
I just use vegetable oil....
But heating the dressing to pour over a salad was a very common thing....and I have made this recipe for easily 40 years.
The red cabbage I will vouch for....it's wonderful! But I use a bit more sugar than a tablespoonful.
Linda C
dgkritch
Original Author
18 years ago
I'm going to spend some time searching to see if I may have it tucked away in some recipes from my mom.

If not, these look like a good jumping off point!
Thank you.

Deanna
diggerb2
18 years ago
A traditional scandanavian quick pickle is equal amount s of sugar, water, and vinegar brought to a boil and poured
over vegetables. usually its seasoned with salt, pepper and dill.
I usually use 1 cup white vinegar, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablepoon salt, 1 teaspoon whole pepper corns, 2 tablespoons dill leaf and 1 tablespoon of celery seeds all boiled together and pour it over 3 sliced cucumbers and 1 large onion sliced. (no water becausew cukes are so watery), but the same dressing would be good on cabbage-- but i'd like a bit of oil in it.

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