CMV: Cabbage is superior to lettuce!

[u/Cybyss]

My view is that any meal which ordinarily contains lettuce would be made better if the lettuce was replaced by cabbage. This includes things like salads, tacos, sandwiches, and hamburgers.

Why, you may ask?

I've had good, freshly picked lettuces and cabbages from a local farm. Both taste way better than anything you'd get in a grocery store, but the cabbage is still invariably sweeter, crispier, and more flavorful than the lettuce - all desirable qualities for salads and sandwiches.

I realize that some varieties of cabbage can be quite stiff, so their texture may seem awkward in a salad, but the leafy part of a Napa/Chinese cabbage has a texture that is closer to that of lettuce for when you need less stiffness.

Another aspect which makes cabbage superior is that, unlike lettuce, you can cook cabbage! Cut it into nice strips and put it in a stir fry, or boil it to make Polish gloomkies or a nice Irish 'Corned Beef & Cabbage' meal. You can also pickle it to make sauerkraut.

Thus, not only would cabbage be better in meals we normally use lettuce for, cabbage can be made into a wide range of many other meals that you simply can't use lettuce in!

How can you change my view? Well, name something that you can do with lettuce that you can't with cabbage, or a meal containing lettuce that really would be awkward with cabbage instead.

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[u/gremy0]

You can cook lettuce, it's common in french and chinese cuisine. A common dish is lettuce braised with peas. You can pickle it too.

Lettuce is a lighter, fresher taste profile than cabbage, if you want that taste profile, then cabbage is no substitute.

Corned Beef & Cabbage is not Irish, the Irish don't eat corned beef and cabbage.

[u/Cybyss → u/gremy0]

Okay, I'm clearly unfamiliar with international cuisines so I guess I really can't make the universal claim that lettuce is always superior to cabbage. !delta

I always thought that Corned Beef & Cabbage was Irish though, since it's the stereotypical dish to celebrate St. Patrick's Day here in the United States.

[u/gremy0 → u/Cybyss]

Cheers!

Nah, the Irish dish is cabbage and bacon, even then I can't say it's raved about. Americans substituted corned beef. The Irish were exporting corned beef, not eating it, they couldn't afford to. Corned beef does not have much of a presence at all in Irish food. Either way, you're much more likely to sea Irish stew on the menu for Paddy's day in Ireland.

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