# Canned stuffed cabbage **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202 "2017-04-25T12:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202/1 "2017-04-25T12:07:24Z")
I’ve always loved stuffed cabbage, especially my mother’s recipe, though I haven’t had it in many decades. Hers was stuffed with a mixture of ground beef, rice, brown sugar, onion, some other ingredients and seasoning, and cooked in a tomato-based sauce. Last week I saw cans of imported stuffed cabbage in the store, and bought a can, without reading the label. It turned out to be little tubes of some unidentifiable substance surrounded by vaguely cabbage-like leaves in some kind of tasteless oil. Stuffed cabbage in name only. Anyone else ever buy this crap, and what did you think of it? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202/2 "2017-04-25T12:34:12Z")
Heh. I have purchased canned tamales and canned stuffed grape leaves. Some things are just worth the extra effort. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202/3 "2017-04-25T13:28:01Z")
I love stuffed cabbage, but in cans? EEEEWWWWWW!!! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202/4 "2017-04-25T13:31:05Z")
How about some recipes? I’ve never made it, but I’m kind of keen to try. Can I leave out the rice, or substitute something less carb-y? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202/5 "2017-04-25T14:58:05Z")
I love stuffed cabbage, too, but it is labor-intensive, especially for a household of one. TIP: Costco has EXCELLENT stuffed cabbage in their refrigerator section (not frozen). There are four humongous cabbage rolls in yummy tomato sauce. Gitchyseff some. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202/6 "2017-04-25T15:43:12Z")
There is pretty good frozen stuffed cabbage, like Stouffer’s. I haven’t had it in ages. My aunt used to make the galumpki in a big pan for weddings and such, but everyone is dead and/or gone now. I made an unstuffed cabbage casserole once, pretty darn good, though I hear endless complaints about ‘smelling up the house’. We have quite an Eastern European population here and there are a few restaurants and stores where stuffed cabbage can be purchased. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202/7 "2017-04-26T00:17:53Z")
I love stuffed cabbage! I have never seen it nor heard of it in a can until I saw this thread. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202/8 "2017-04-26T00:55:51Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > I love stuffed cabbage! I have never seen it nor heard of it in a can until I saw this thread. And I hope to never see it again. That stuff was vile. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202/9 "2017-04-26T11:24:04Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And I hope to never see it again. That stuff was vile. I hear that, it even sounds vile! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-stuffed-cabbage/785202/10 "2017-04-26T12:24:25Z")
If Mythbusters ever decides to test “suicide by flatulence,” a can of mystery meat stuffed cabbage will be one of the key materials in the experiment.