Alcosa Cabbage – Brassica Oleraccea

Description

Wrinkly, sweet, and fun, this is the most beautiful of all cabbages. It does not have that rubbery feel that many Savory Cabbages do, and is more crispy. It is delicious as a slaw or cooked or made into sauerkraut. There is a bit of folklore associated with cabbage and we must remember that in times of old, parents told children that the cabbage patch is where babies come from. In the English culture cabbage is thought to increase fertility. In Scotland children who wanted a baby brother or sister would lay cabbage leaves around their front door.