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[edit] Varieties

I am missing savoy cabbage on the list of varieties. I guess it isn't as common outside Central Europe as cauliflower etc, but shouldn't it be included just the same?

195.37.16.210 10:35, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Slang

I entered the other day some information about how the word cabbage ("chou" in French) is used as an endearment. It was deleted for some obscure reason. I have restored it and added another reference to make the anecdote a lot less "personal" -- something the previous censor didn't seem to care for. I assume the censor was simply ignorant of this use of the word. Hopefully my entry has now added to his/her store of useful knowledge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.244.102.254 (talk) 00:09, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

"A cabbage is a nickname for someone socially inept."

Um, where? Not in the US, certainly.

well in new zealand its used as slang for anyone thats stupid

i dont see why my alternative meaning was taken out, thats unfair and wrong!

Well, Wikipedia is not a dictionary. While it may be entirely true that cabbage can refer to somebody stupid, most people would consider that fact just too trivial to include in an encyclopaedia. The wiktionary definition of cabbage, by contrast, includes this meaning. Hope this answers your question! --Spudtater 12:07, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

The term "cabbage" features prominantly in the most bogan cultures of New Zealand, most notably in small, boring, West Auckland suburbs. The likely source of this term is in reference to cannabis. Cabbage is commonly used to describe the leaf of the cannabis plant containing no buds. In comparison to the buds of the plant is has a very weak effect, much like Light Ice beer has in comparison to Steinlager. This can be very dissapointing to stoners. It is used for anybody who is laughable in being a stoner, alcy, slow, unattractive, lightweight, from the shore, or a twat in general. It has recently become popular in West Auckland to refer to the aforementioned as "Cabbage eow" (derived from the Maori suffix and popularised by the animated comedy TV series 'bro' town'). This evolved from "f**k eow" which in turn owes its existance to 'bro' town's' "not even eow". Until recently cabbage has been an offensive word of the same calibre as "nutter" and "f**ken weirdo", however it is rapidly attaining acceptance as Central Aucklanders (commmonly known as JAFAs) are realising that in some way or other, every Westie is a cabbage. In a bid to preserve the original meaning of cabbage, Westies have used their Kiwi ingenuity to re-invigorate the term, resulting in a number of sub-categories. These notably include Cauliflower, Cornflake, and for serial cabbages, Cabbageflake. The broadening of the term has also brought on certain catch phrases, primarily derived from Westie culture, such as "Once were Cauliflowers" ; "What becomes of the broken Cabbages" ; and "Cook the man a cabbage woman" . In conclusion cabbage encapsulates the happy-go-lucky, non-materialistic, alchohol-worshipping culture of West Aucklands' youth.

Re: "In England, cabbage is a slang synonym for "cash", especially paper money." I'm a 52 year old Englishman who has lived in Stoke, Birmingham, Oxford and London, and I've never heard this usage. It may just be very localized, but my suspicion is that the thesaurus citation is simply incorrect

It is however widely used as an affectionate term for a stupid person, broadly equivalent to the American 'dummy'. --80.176.142.11 (talk) 14:31, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] nthr pctr

Cabbage garden in Shanghai, China.
Cabbage garden in Shanghai, China.

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I changed the caption to indicate this is more properly called "flowering kale." Ref.:http://www.seedman.com/flowcab.htm Yopienso (talk) 17:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Broken Link

I changed the "About Sauerkraut" link at the bottom to a working one. Cabbages are yummy :) (81.174.172.103 15:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)) in the arabian medicine cabbage juice used for gaetric ulcer and for diabetic patients

[edit] Needs better pic

In my area Cabbages look like large waxy iceberg lettuce and every time I've seen them in movies (uncluding foreign movies) they look like that too. The pic used here looks like the Bok_choy specialty cabbage one gets from an asian produce market. I'm sure these pics are all in the cabbage family but they don't look like any cabbage I've ever eaten. Tiki God 13:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Medicinal Properties?

For some reason, the reference for the "cabbage poultice" is to some page about the academy awards, but I found the intended link. However, the page is merely an assertion by Chanchal Cabrera, a rabid naturopath, and it cites no evidence for this claim. It is further made suspect when it is recommended for use in treating everything from arthritis to gangrene and tumours, and I can find no rationale behind this. I have found a more reasonable note in the British Medical Journal about the use of cabbage to reduce swelling (and only swelling) in traditional European medicine that I will cite instead. However, the note is only a personal anecdote from a general practitioner, so until I can find any real evidence of its efficacy I will revise the article to better reflect the current state of knowledge about this traditional remedy. --πσ 12:19, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] phosphorescence?

according to http://www.gullible.info/archive.php?m=2006-08 , the second line of August 30 (end of page), "Cabbage is mildly phosphorescent." Anybody know anythnig about this?

[edit] cabbage as a weight loss diet

cabbage is also rich in fibres which make makes it good for persons who want to lose weight. but only for a short term. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sindygh (talk • contribs) 13:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] weight loss cont

cabbage is a natural diuretic which means that it kinda drains the water locked in the body. this inturn means that the body will lose potassium and vitamins B when you try to use it as weight loss programs. therefore it is important you supplement this minerals. you can eat fruits such as banana or those rich in citric acids to supplement the potassium and get to a drug store and request for vitamin B, approximately 600mg for the loss of vit B. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sindygh (talk • contribs) 13:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Question

Why does cabbage burn your mouth if you eat too much raw? Acid? or some weird chemical thuglasT|C 16:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discordianism

Is there some reason that this is one of the related links? --8472

Doesn't make any sense to me, I'm removing it. -- Dragonbeast 16:33, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Should the Cabbage be washed?

I need to know if hygienically, the cabbage should be washed, since some researches say that it shoudln't, or it is not bad not to wash it, as some others say that it has to be washed.

My mom got sick from eating unwashed cabbage. It basically depends on how it was stored, so I would say that unless you store it yourself and you trust your methods, you should probably wash it. 75.92.144.211 (talk) 14:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] cabbage

please give me a complete imformatoin about cabbage infested with diamond-back moth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.71.17.178 (talk) 09:52, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Babchka?=

I never heard the "dense core of cabbage" being called "babchka" before reading this article. If you search "babchka" on Google, most of the pages you find are copies of this article. Other pages are in Russian. I don't know for certain whether this information is genuine, so I added a "citation needed" tag. If anyone can find a citation about that, please add it. If the whole "babchka" thing is bullshit, please remove it completely. Devil Master (talk) 10:19, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] production

on that map says that romania has produced more cabbage than germany and it isnt wrote there —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.113.3.51 (talk) 10:12, 25 May 2008 (UTC)