Do you wash cabbage?

[Anonymous]

I never use cabbage, but found a soup recipe with it, so I picked up a head at the store. Do I need to wash it?
DH says don't bother, but Google tells me if I don't wash it, I'll end up with worms in my cabbage!

What do you experienced cooks do? And, how do you all wash it, if you do?

[Anonymous]

If it's going in a soup, it doesn't really matter since it will get cooked.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I would remove outer leaves and wash to reduce the amount of chemical residue if nothing else.

[Anonymous]

Thanks!

I'm thinking I'll take off the outer leaves and just run it under cold water.

[Anonymous]

yes I wash cabbage - I don't want caterpillars in my food, even if they are nutritious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:yes I wash cabbage - I don't want caterpillars in my food, even if they are nutritious.

I've never seen a caterpillar in my store bought cabbage. in the event I come accross some, how does washing the outside of the cabbage get the caterpillars out of the inside of the cabbage? Additionally, if I'm to wash after I cut it up, how do I avoid cutting up the caterpillars and just getting caterpillar guts all over my cabbage?

[Anonymous]

Yes, I wash cabbage.

[Anonymous]

Yup. Unless you want E. coli.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes I wash cabbage - I don't want caterpillars in my food, even if they are nutritious.

I've never seen a caterpillar in my store bought cabbage. in the event I come accross some, how does washing the outside of the cabbage get the caterpillars out of the inside of the cabbage? Additionally, if I'm to wash after I cut it up, how do I avoid cutting up the caterpillars and just getting caterpillar guts all over my cabbage?

I wash, cut and wash again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Yup. Unless you want E. coli.

Ignorant.

You cant remove ecoli from washing. Ecoli is removed by heat only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes I wash cabbage - I don't want caterpillars in my food, even if they are nutritious.

I've never seen a caterpillar in my store bought cabbage. in the event I come accross some, how does washing the outside of the cabbage get the caterpillars out of the inside of the cabbage? Additionally, if I'm to wash after I cut it up, how do I avoid cutting up the caterpillars and just getting caterpillar guts all over my cabbage?

I wash, cut and wash again.

So you just hope you get all the worm guts you've cut up off the cabbage? How do you ensure the chopped up worms strain out? Aren't the worm chunks larger than your strainer?

Also where do you buy the worm filled cabbage? I ferment a lot of cabbage year round and probably buy a couple heads a month and have never ran into a worm (or worms!).

[Anonymous]

We eat a lot of cabbage, and I can't think of a time we've had worms in it

I always remove outer leaves and toss, then give the inner a quick rinse just to remove debris, etc. it's weird.. For some reason I don't wash it as throughly as other greens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes I wash cabbage - I don't want caterpillars in my food, even if they are nutritious.

I've never seen a caterpillar in my store bought cabbage. in the event I come accross some, how does washing the outside of the cabbage get the caterpillars out of the inside of the cabbage? Additionally, if I'm to wash after I cut it up, how do I avoid cutting up the caterpillars and just getting caterpillar guts all over my cabbage?

I wash, cut and wash again.

So you just hope you get all the worm guts you've cut up off the cabbage? How do you ensure the chopped up worms strain out? Aren't the worm chunks larger than your strainer?

Also where do you buy the worm filled cabbage? I ferment a lot of cabbage year round and probably buy a couple heads a month and have never ran into a worm (or worms!).

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I wonder if worms are more common in home-grown cabbage. Even the organic cabbage I buy has never had anything in it.

[Anonymous]

I wash all of the vegetables I eat, of course! Gross not to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes I wash cabbage - I don't want caterpillars in my food, even if they are nutritious.

I've never seen a caterpillar in my store bought cabbage. in the event I come accross some, how does washing the outside of the cabbage get the caterpillars out of the inside of the cabbage? Additionally, if I'm to wash after I cut it up, how do I avoid cutting up the caterpillars and just getting caterpillar guts all over my cabbage?

I wash, cut and wash again.

So you just hope you get all the worm guts you've cut up off the cabbage? How do you ensure the chopped up worms strain out? Aren't the worm chunks larger than your strainer?

Also where do you buy the worm filled cabbage? I ferment a lot of cabbage year round and probably buy a couple heads a month and have never ran into a worm (or worms!).

!
I wonder if worms are more common in home-grown cabbage. Even the organic cabbage I buy has never had anything in it.

I have grown cabbage in the past and still have not gotten worms in my cabbage. I'm so perplexed by the worm infestation in cabbage. I stopped growing it because bugs were eating the leaves and my leaves looked like lace. However, still no worms. Maybe it is only cabbage from Bethesda? Maybe the people there pay a premium for the worms?