# When someone says Cabbage pocket you think of: **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946 "2011-06-26T21:41:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chimi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Chimi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946/41 "2011-06-27T16:46:28Z")
Well, damn. Now I want a runza… ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946/42 "2011-06-27T17:45:58Z")
I thought of an appetizer I’ve had a couple of times here in the Atlanta area, a large boiled cabbage leaf stuffed with some meat and goodies. Very tasty. I’m not sure of the ethnic origin, if any … it’s not southern, though cabbage boiled with some ham hocks and spiced up with some hot pepper sauce is a southern staple … which I’m quite fond of. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946/43 "2011-06-27T17:49:21Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’m a wordsmith and a cook, and I’ve never heard the term. I call them “cabbage rolls.” Except that it seems they’re not cabbage rolls, but cabbage-stuffed pastries. I’ve had those before, too, but never had an English name for them. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946/44 "2011-06-27T17:52:58Z")
There should be an option for “Nothing I would ever eat in a million years.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946/45 "2011-06-27T17:53:49Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I thought of an appetizer I’ve had a couple of times here in the Atlanta area, a large boiled cabbage leaf stuffed with some meat and goodies. Very tasty. I’m not sure of the ethnic origin, if any … it’s not southern, though cabbage boiled with some ham hocks and spiced up with some hot pepper sauce is a southern staple … which I’m quite fond of. That dish appears throughout Central and Eastern Europe under various names and appears to be an extension of the stuffed grape-leaf dishes (dolma) you’d find across the area that was the Ottoman Empire. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946/46 "2011-06-27T18:05:31Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I thought of an appetizer I’ve had a couple of times here in the Atlanta area, a large boiled cabbage leaf stuffed with some meat and goodies. Very tasty. I’m not sure of the ethnic origin, if any … it’s not southern, though cabbage boiled with some ham hocks and spiced up with some hot pepper sauce is a southern staple … which I’m quite fond of. Man, you can put hot pepper sauce on pea gravel and make it good enough to eat. 😃 But the stuffed bell pepper concept works as well as stuffed cabbage for my tastes. However “cabbage pocket” didn’t conjure up food thoughts to me. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946/47 "2011-06-27T19:37:02Z")
Nothing at all. I have never heard any dish called a cabbage pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946/48 "2011-06-27T20:15:17Z")
I’ve never heard the term. I thought something to go with a Cabbage Patch Kid, before opening this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946/49 "2011-06-27T21:59:52Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I’ve never heard the term. I thought something to go with a Cabbage Patch Kid, before opening this thread. Ditto. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-says-cabbage-pocket-you-think-of/586946.md?page=2)