Yes, you can eat cabbage leaves that don't form a head. These types of cabbage are known as loose-leaf or non-heading varieties, and their leaves are still edible and nutritious.
Yes, cabbage is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a vegetable, a thing.
A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species., See Kail, 2.
To soften cabbage leaves, you can blanch them in boiling water for about 2-3 minutes until they become pliable. Alternatively, you can microwave the whole head of cabbage for about 2-3 minutes, then carefully peel off the leaves as they soften. Another method involves freezing the cabbage head for a few hours and then thawing it, which can also help soften the leaves.
No, that is for cauliflower to keep the sun from turning the heads yellow. I've never heard of cabage needing that.
A cabbage ball kind of looks like lettuce except in ball form.
The part of the cabbage plant that we eat is a dense head of leaves borne on a relatively short stem; the loose leaves that grow below the head are also edible. In the case of other cabbage-family plants such as broccoli and cauliflower (and the more recently developed hybrid, broccoflower), we usually eat the clusters of undeveloped flower blossoms, but the leaves of these plants are also edible.
No. Cabbage is negatively geotropic . The only part of the plant that is normally eaten is the leafy head; more precisely, the spherical cluster of immature leaves, excluding the partially unfolded outer leaves.
Yes, you can freeze a head of cabbage for later use. Just make sure to wash and dry the cabbage, remove any damaged outer leaves, and cut it into smaller pieces before freezing.
You can tell if a cabbage is ripe and ready to be harvested by checking if the head feels firm and compact, the leaves are tightly wrapped around the head, and the cabbage has reached a good size based on the variety you are growing.
Leaves on the inside of the head do not receive direct sunlight, and have very little chlorophyll. Outer leaves are exposed to direct light.
Yes it can and plus its a vegetable so obviously you can eat it.
A Chinese cabbage forming an open head with long white stalks and green leaves.