# Cabbage cores - Good Eats or Garbage?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabbage-cores-good-eats-or-garbage/516741>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 7, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabbage-cores-good-eats-or-garbage/516741 "2009-11-07T23:20:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabbage-cores-good-eats-or-garbage/516741/1 "2009-11-07T23:20:44Z")

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Whenever I make slaw or have occasion to make something with cabbage, I always look forward to the “Chef’s Morsel” the core. It’s hard and crunchy, cool and sweet, with a peppery finish. I like them with or without salt, and I get mad if someone tosses it out. My Mom and Granny also do this, so that’s where I got it from. Anyone else like the cores or do you think they go in the trash?

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabbage-cores-good-eats-or-garbage/516741/2 "2009-11-07T23:46:51Z")

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I eat all parts of cabbage, however only the outer layers of iceberg lettuce are edible.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabbage-cores-good-eats-or-garbage/516741/3 "2009-11-08T00:02:29Z")

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They get placed under whatever I am making with cabbage and cooked into the sauce.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabbage-cores-good-eats-or-garbage/516741/4 "2009-11-08T01:32:21Z")

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Mmmmm. Nothing like the kinda-sweet, kinda-peppery, kinda-creamy but definitely crunchy delicacy of a cabbage core! With salt, please!

When my sister and I were kids, neither of us were big on veggies, but we’d _fight_ over the damn cabbage core! 😃

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**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabbage-cores-good-eats-or-garbage/516741/5 "2009-11-08T05:30:14Z")

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I always cut up the whole thing, cept for the hard end part :dubious:

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabbage-cores-good-eats-or-garbage/516741/6 "2009-11-08T05:43:47Z")

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Slice 'em thin and cook them with the leaves.