Swamp Cabbage

[cflacowboy001]

I would think cutting any cabbage too tall would be twice the work cause you would be cutting it twice but if your clearing them cut em up . As far as taste its up to the person I guess ...It's all new vegetation at the top The oldtimers would allways use the moon , My Dad wouldnt cut one unless the moon was right . Add a 1/2 teaspoon of sugar along with your spices IT DOES NOT MAKE IT SWEET but does enhance the cabbage I know all the hardliners will say im nuts but try it you might be suprised !

 

[ffcracker]

Learned from my folks and found it to be true if you can stand at the base of the tree and touch the bottom of the green boots its a good eating tree and the wider the more heart. They also followed the full moon as well for cuttin cabbage and livestock.

As for cooking: bacon grease or salted jaw grease fried till tender, pepper to taste.

 

[cflacowboy001]

I heard something new about swamp cabbage ! Has anyone ever made swamp cabbage slaw ........? recipe ?

 

[air-roberts]

one of the most important i didn't read anyone saying is the way you clean & cut it one bad piece ruins the hole pot make sure no strings and taste frequently when you get toward the tough stuff

 

[AntiqueFarmEquipment]

On legality issue it depends. You can't cut them down on public for the same obvious reason you can't cut down or remove other items from public land. Private land.. if it's yours got to town on them suckers! Someone else's private land you need the landowners permission just as you would to do anything on there land.

So no it is not illegal to cut them down however there are other laws you may be breaking in the process depending on who's land your standing on.

PS I make mine like you would cream of cabbage. A little spicy sausage and some heavy cream to thicken it up with cracked pepper and some chopped up smoked cayenne peppers! Damn it eats!!!

 

[terrible ted]

Of course you have to have the landowners permission
before you take anything, including cabbage trees.
I've eat it many ways, and most were good, but
Mama used to pickle it with a sweet pickle resipe
and I remember she would put grape leaves in the
bottem of the canning jar ( she said it made them
crispier)They sure were good.

It would be illegal if you don't have permission or your on public land. I have heard it was illegal to, probably just a rumor.

 

[continental stroker]

I remember being told 25 years ago it was illegal to. It it on state, county or public land. Wheretherespresurvationissues

 

[cfth]

So does anyone know where I can fid a good cabbage axe. Had one and it grew legs.

 

[oberry]

Salt pork fry in your cabbage pot like air Roberts said it is all in how you prepare the cabbage only the heart one piece of bitter and you ruin the whole pot a lot of people might not believe it but just salt pork salt and pepper and last but not least coffee creamer been passed down in my family for years

 

[cflacowboy001]

There is an old cowboy that told me a recipe swamp cabbage coleslaw .

It is anybody's regular slaw recipe but use shaved swamp cabbage instead and if you vinager and a little lemon juice it keep it from turning brown and the lemon juice itself cooks just slightly so it won't cause the gas like you would get if you eat RAW swamp cabbage ..............

 

[newoldglory]

Well as long as your not cuttin them at the
courthouse square. or in the parking lot
at a hotel. it's not against the law.
don't forget to put about 3 peeled taters
in it. leave them alone while stirring.
they will draw all the bitter out.
DON'T eat them. or when you pull your britches
down before you can squat. it will look like
where a truck has spun mud all over the
bushes behind ya.
Good Eatin

Yep, I too have used potato, chunked up. They are dark when done and foul tasting just as you said. Even my girlfriend wouldn't eat them, that's all that was left after I was done :lol:

 

[newoldglory]

There is an old cowboy that told me a recipe swamp cabbage coleslaw .

It is anybody's regular slaw recipe but use shaved swamp cabbage instead and if you vinager and a little lemon juice it keep it from turning brown and the lemon juice itself cooks just slightly so it won't cause the gas like you would get if you eat RAW swamp cabbage ..............

As for the gas, cowboys like open range so it won't matter anyway! :lol: :lol:

 

[cflacowboy001]

There is an old cowboy that told me a recipe swamp cabbage coleslaw .

It is anybody's regular slaw recipe but use shaved swamp cabbage instead and if you vinager and a little lemon juice it keep it from turning brown and the lemon juice itself cooks just slightly so it won't cause the gas like you would get if you eat RAW swamp cabbage ..............

As for the gas, cowboys like open range so it won't matter anyway! :lol: :lol:

All kidding aside that kind of gas will put you in the hospital

 

[Airboat_Fever]

I like lemon pepper and everglades cook down about ten minutes soft not mushy...While on the subject anyone build a good cabbage axe on here..

Yea cold steel makes one specifically for cabbage cutting but i use an estwing axe usually or if i ned more than 2 at a time i use a chainsaw because its faster and if you know what your doing you dont gum up the saw

 

[Whitebear]

I like lemon pepper and everglades cook down about ten minutes soft not mushy...While on the subject anyone build a good cabbage axe on here..

Yea cold steel makes one specifically for cabbage cutting but i use an estwing axe usually or if i ned more than 2 at a time i use a chainsaw because its faster and if you know what your doing you dont gum up the saw

You guys asked for something I never thought about for SA but I'm guessing most airboaters, or at least a lot of them, still carry axes, knives and saws on board. Might be worth another Topic in with the Guns Topics.

 

[missplacedgirl]

Illegal to cut cabbage?!?!?! I'd like to see them find a way to get me to stop what's the world coming to they might as well change Floridas name to newyork or some crap we need more true floridians in goverment postions

Hey, Hey now..I am from NY lol BUT You're right, most people here have misplaced concearns...
Anyway, long time Lover of Swamp Cabbage here and since I left the South I have to use "the canned" stuff..UGH but I make a stew of onions, garlic, cajun seasoning,tomatoes, veggie stock ... sometimes bacon .... yummy

 

[AceNtheHole]

Too many folks trying too hard to be rednecks. I prefer coleslaw from Publix.

 

[diamondback0320]

Publix coleslaw sucks..just saying lol..Florida cracker here.. there isn't any store bought slaw I like.. Popeyes not too bad but still not like my mama makes & learned from my grandma

 

[dblj006]

Publix coleslaw sucks..just saying lol..Florida cracker here..

Their coleslaw does suck.

 

[Lwells]

Someone post a picture for I don't know what swamp cabbage is. I'm a KY redneck so this is new to me