Ok, I'm still up !!! Now I did it. I am sitting in the living room by my crank out window. Started to get warm so I decided to open the window a bit. Then go chilled so I reached behind me to close it. Well I cranked i the wrong way and it went to far. Now the latch won't catch and the window is wide open. I'm sitting her in my jammys so I ain't going out there to push the window closed !!!
Just don't want my parrots to get a big chll. I'll have to leave Chuck a message to go out in the morning when he gets up !!! That ought to make his morning !!!
Well, I didn't make the cabbage today. Turns out we didn't have enough cabbage. YES we HAD a beautiful garden. THE DEER LOVED IT
While Chuck is sitting out in his deer stand they are out eating his garden !!!
Anyway here is the recipe for
DANISH CABBAGE HEAD aka YELLOW STUFF & WHITE STUFF !! Don't have exact measurements but it really doesn't matter.
So you get the biggest cabbage you can find that will fit in your pot. Cut the top off of the cabbage like you are going to carve it like a pumpkin. Save the top. Then scrape out the inside of the cabbage.
Then take 1-2 lbs of ground beef (or as much as you think will fit in your hollowed out cabbage.)
Mix the ground beef with eggs, flour and a bit of milk, salt and pepper to taste. Now stuff the cabbage with the ground beef mixture.
Put the top back on the cabbage. Either push tooth picks into the cabbage to hold the top on or what my Mom would do is wrap the cabbage up with sewing thread to keep the top on. You can also use white string.
Now you put the whole cabbage in your pot and add water to cover the cabbage head. Enough to keep it submerged. Then you cook it on the stove until the cabbage is nice and tender and the beef is done. That would depend on how big your cabbage is etc. Start it out boiling them lower to a simmer.
Ok now, peel and cut quarter as many white potatoes as you think you will need for the size of cabbage and beef you are making. Put them in their own pot and well you know how to boil potatoes right !! LOL
Now the best part that makes the meal and the YELLOW STUFF and WHITE STUFF !!!
When the cabbage is done DO NOT drain the water. You are going to now make a white sauce out of the cabbage water, lots of butter and milk and flour. Now I'm no expert on white sauce so You might just have to help me out here. I guess you make a rue with the butter & flour right ?? Then add some of the cabbage water and milk. The reason I can't tell you how much of each is because I make tons of white sauce. Trust me you want to make tons of it. If you have a tasty cabbage the cabbage water really adds to the flavor of the sauce. So now that that is as clear as mud !!!
you need to make the YELLOW STUFF. This part is easy. Grab at least 1 stick of butter !! Either melt it on the stove (in a pan LOL) or in the microwave but be careful in the micro cause you don't want to overcook or it wil overflow and run all over your micro tray.
OK, so now you have your cabbage head that is done. Take it out and let it drain a bit. You have your drained potatoes. Your White sauce and your melted butter.
Grab a big spoon and dig into the cabbage head so you get a big hunk of meat and cabbage. Put that on your plate and kind of smash it down and cut it up a bit. Then flatten some of the potatoes on your plate.
Ok if you are like me you have your whole plate full by now. Make sure you have a nice big plate and it's best to have a nice rim around the edges !!! Cause now here is the best part, don't skimp here !!!
Take your WHITE STUFF and pour it all over your cabbage, meat and potatoes ( Gosh I'm getting hungry for this right now !!! ) Remember DON"T SKIMP. Then take your YELLOW stuff, the melted butter and pour or should I say generously dribble this over the top of the WHITE STUFF !!! . To enhance the flavor add salt & pepper on top of that and you have yourself DANISH CABBAGE HEAD aka YELLOW STUFF & WHITE STUFF !!!
It will melt in your mouth !!! If you do it right you will see why you need to have a nice lip on your plate cause that yellow stuff and white stuff has a tendency run all over !! If it doesn't you need to add more !!!
It is not a diet dish so pour the stuff on and enjoy !!!
My mom would have to make two cabbage head because my Dad & I loved it so much !!
The last time I made it I thought I would try something different and it was alot less work. I just cut up the cabbage into quarters and put that in the pot. Then I made the beef mixture and formed that into about 4 good size meat balls, the flour & eggs keeps them from breaking up. I think I even boiled the potatoes in the same pot. Came out tasting the same but the original recipe was stuffed cabbage like MOM used to make.
I have even made a cream of cabbage soup with all of the above ingredients just drain out some of the water and cut the potatoes into smaller pieces and the beef and cabbage would be in smaller sizes too. Lots of butter and then milk and flour to thicken the soup.
My Aunt puts carrots in her Cabbage head when she boils the cabbage but My Mom never did so I don't.
Hope it makes sense to you all. It sure is good. Maybe I love it so much cause I'm half Danish ????? You know we like our Butter !!! And sweets
Ok, I started this before 5 Am and am finishing this after 5 Am guess I beat Cind for the night and Jim for the Morning !!! Well, better get to bed, it's getting cold here by the window !!!
