Kitchen Garden Forum

I have a nice crop of cabbages. Unfortunately my wife tends to suffer rather painfully from wind when eating cabbage. Anyone any solutions (reasonable/sensible) regarding cooking or even cabbage variety?

The response to artichokes is to use asafoetida, so that may work with other veg.

Don't know if it will help but never boil cabbage for longer than 5 mins or try finely shredding and stir fry.

Beryl.

Try this method of cooking savoy types, seems to lower the repetition .

Clean discarding outermost leaves.
Quarter and remove the "core".
Slice the quarters whichever way takes your fancy into little finger wide slices.
Wash and drain very well.
Halve and juice a couple of lemons.
Get a large pan and put on the heat.
Put in a couple of spoons of oil of your personal choice, I use good olive oil.
Bung in a tablespoon (heaped) or two of mustard seeds.
When the seeds start to spit, bung in the cabbage and put the lid on.
After a couple of minutes take off the lid and stir, to move the mustard seeds up and into the cabbage.
Pour in some of the lemon juice and put the lid back on.
Repeat the stir and pour.
Stir as much as you see fit to prevent burning.

Iedeal is to end up with well cooked cabbage with a lemoney twist and the crunch of mustard. A variation is to add sugar to taste near the end.

Mmmmm - like the sound of lemony cabbage Peter. I shall give it a try.

Thanks
Beryl.

colin ladies never have wind-its always the cat!

Many thanks for your replies.

Unfortunately my wife loves lemon, but it no longer love her and we even have to ask them to take the lemon slice out of the water when we eat out. Usually she has to take a pill with her to avoid any heartburn, but that is, I think, a different problem.

What is asafoetida?

You'll find it amongst the herbs and spices in a good supermarket or your local health food shop. It's often used in Indian cooking.

This is from Wickipedia....This spice is used as a digestive aid, in food as a condiment and in pickles. Its odour is so strong that it must be stored in airtight containers; otherwise the aroma, which is nauseating in quantities, will contaminate other spices stored nearby. However, its smell becomes much milder in cooking and presents an onion-like taste. Some claim that the use of Asafoetida in a marinade or coating for fried fish eliminates the strong smell usually left behind after frying. In India, it is used especially by the Brahmin caste of the Hindus and by adherents of Jainism, who are not allowed to eat onions. It is mainly grown in Iran, Afghanistan and Kashmir.

Asafoetida has certain medicinal uses and most commonly is used as a digestive aid. It is reputed to lessen flatulence and is often added to lentil or eggplant dishes in small quantities. It is also said to be helpful in cases of asthma and bronchitis. A folk tradition remedy for children's colds: it is mixed into a foul-smelling paste and hung in a bag around the afflicted child's neck. In Thailand it is used to aid babies' digestion and is smeared on the child's stomach in an alcohol tincture known as "mahahing".

My mum-in-law had a saying...

Where 'air you be
Let the wind go free
Church or Chapel
Let it rattle

My husband says:
"better an empty house than a poor tennant"
usually just after he`s blamed the dog
Seedling

Other seeds & spices with deflating properties are caraway, fennel, black pepper, star anise, root ginger, cardamon and coriander.

You can shred cabbage and stir fry it in a bit of oil with chopped garlic, shredded ginger, plus a pinch each of mustard, coriander and fennel seeds for a couple of mins. Then chuck in a splash of water and cook until soft as you like it. It makes an Indian style side dish for curries or it is equally good with sausages, chicken or chops.

My husband always blames the chickens Seedling and they are out in the garden Why is it men always think they will get away with a silent but deadly. OK, so you don't hear it, but sooner or later...................the smell will out

Charcoal tablets from the health food shop is another suggestion that comes to mind.

Beryl.

Her ladyship had thrown a party and sadly she kept farting as she moved amoungst her guests, with the butler following her with a tray of drinks.
Finally in desparation after letting rip a particularly loud and sustained fart, she turned to the butler and said "I say Jeeves, stop that please."

The butler responded, "Certainly mi-lady, which direction did it go?"

Thank you Peter

A little rhyme my brother-in-law used to recite when we were both in our teens...I have never forgotten it..

"Ode to a sigh"

A sigh is such a strange thing
It comes right from the heart
But when it takes the downward path
Its often called a fart

To fart it is a pleasure
it gives to one great ease
it warms and airs the bedclothes
and suffocates the fleas.


So you see our forefathers had the answer to bedbugs all those years ago...increase the cabbage seed order