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Does anyone know a way to make parsnips not taste nasty?
Likewise, what is the best (as in tastiest and most enjoyable) way to cook cabbage? Or should I take my mother's advice and just have it raw in salad?

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I kind of like sauerkraut myself, and often use it as an ingredient in sandwiches - or even on its own when I have no fresh green salad - but I find it surprising that a food lover of your calibre should find boiled cabbage appealing. But then, tastes are weird things. Everyone but me thinks melanzana - eggplant - is a great vegetable, and, for that matter, I am not a great lover of the supposed king of wines, champagne.

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I think the nostalgia factor can't be overlooked. My mom makes wonderful (or at least I think so) cabbage soup which sits on the flame for hours and hours, and that's a comfort food for me. Big hunks of cabbage and potato, fennel and caraway I think as the main spices. Sausage pieces. Yum.

I like the way that the cabbage at that point kind of melts in one's mouth. I don't find the flavor to be skunky or overpowering the way that, say, overcooked brussels sprouts are. I find it a very mild and even slightly sweet taste.

I don't like eggplant either! But I like champagne (and sparkling wines in general).