Ingredient · No. 091

Cabbage

Difficulty Bread and Butter

The most versatile and long-suffering of all the vegetables. Hundreds of varieties — from smooth to savoy, red to green — all cultivated from a single wild species. Ferment it into sauerkraut and you get one of the oldest probiotic foods in the world.

Rich in fibre and vitamins & minerals.

Origins

A descendant of wild cabbage, this versatile vegetable was likely first domesticated in the eastern Mediterranean and spread throughout Europe by the Romans.

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