Mum used to boil the cabbage for goodness knows how long and then use a cabbage press - the same as a darning mushroom only much bigger to press the water out and then drink it.
Ah - the good old days eh? My mum was of the generation who thought a good boiling of anything green was the way to go. All veg had to be 'nice and soft'. Nice and grey....
Nowadays, folk moan in shops when they can't get the 'right size' of eggs, and I'm not kidding about that.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
When I was living in Cornwall (1970s), if you asked for broccoli in a veg shop, you'd have got cauliflower. It is not certain that the vegetables you think that article refers to are actually what they meant.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Spring greens! So hard to find these days. I don't think we had heard of broccoli in any shape or form when I was growing up in the 50s - cabbage, brussels sprouts and cauliflower were what we ate - and spring greens.
When I was living in Cornwall (1970s), if you asked for broccoli in a veg shop, you'd have got cauliflower. It is not certain that the vegetables you think that article refers to are actually what they meant.
Absolutely @raisingirl … what we now know as summer cauliflowers (smaller heads and quicker growing than winter cauliflower) were formerly known as broccoli and shown under that name in Horticultural Society shows under that name until relatively recently … I don’t know whether that is still the case … I’ve not shown veg for over 20 years.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Apparently it was invented by George Stephenson - Rocket man!
Edit: I have just been reading a little more about Stephenson. Apparently his parents were illiterate as was George himself until the age of 18 when, working in the pits, he realised education was necessary to improve his lot and enrolled at night school.
No green broccoli when I was small, it’s was a cauliflower, but mostly Spring Green and Brussels tops. They were cheap. My mum also used to buy mushroom stalks, almost given away then. I’m afraid the OP has no idea about what or how we grow vegetables in the UK, he’s never been here.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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My mum was of the generation who thought a good boiling of anything green was the way to go. All veg had to be 'nice and soft'. Nice and grey....
Nowadays, folk moan in shops when they can't get the 'right size' of eggs, and I'm not kidding about that.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@pansyface !
also invented to cucumber straightener.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/cucumber-straightener
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
https://gardenandwood.co.uk/?s=Cucumber+&post_type=product
Apparently it was invented by George Stephenson - Rocket man!
Edit: I have just been reading a little more about Stephenson. Apparently his parents were illiterate as was George himself until the age of 18 when, working in the pits, he realised education was necessary to improve his lot and enrolled at night school.
I’m afraid the OP has no idea about what or how we grow vegetables in the UK, he’s never been here.