I think that a 1/2 lb is way under, Cabbage is very tight and dense. I'd say closer to 4lbs
about 1/2 of a pound
Depends on the size .
4.5 lbs per year in America, 6.7 in Germany.
1 medium head of cabbage, weighing about 2 pounds, makes about 8 cups shredded. Depending on the ingredients you add and how much of each, to make cole slaw, you will have 9 to 10 cups of cole slaw.
This is impossible to answer since it depends on what other vegetables you add to the slaw and what type of and how much dressing - both of which will effect the final amount of slaw. Plus cabbage heads come in a wide variety of sizes / weights.
A cabbage head is an apical (or terminal) bud.
A head of cabbage has a head but never weeps.
You are eating the head of the cabbage plant.
There was no cabbage. There was a chicken. And, look! he's crossing the road. Or... He ate the cabbage to get a-head. Get it? Ahead, a-head? Give it a minute, you'll catch on.
mustard greens
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RED CABBAGE There are 62 grams total carbohydrate in one average head of red cabbage, 5 inch diameter, 1lb 8 ounces or 839g (dietary fiber 18g). GREEN CABBAGE There are 53 grams total carbohydrate in one average head of standard green cabbage or Savoy cabbage, 5-6 inches diameter, 2lb or 908g (dietary fiber 23g).
No. It is from the late Middle English and Old French. It does mean head in those. It is also from the Canadian English slang "Cabbage-town" were people were said to be backward and eat nothing but cabbage.
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