Cabbage Michihili

Cabbage Michihili is an heirloom Chinese variety with tall cylindrical heads that are creamy at the base to light green to deep green at the leaf tips.

The leaves have a crinkled or savoy texture with white veining and each leaf has prominent white midrib that broadens at the base to as much as 10 cm wide. It has a cylindrical, leafy head rather like a large romaine lettuce.

The flavour of Chinese cabbages is more subtle and pleasant than our familiar European head cabbage, they are crisper and more refreshing and also less fibrous.

It can be sown in the spring for young salad leaves or in late summer for an autumn crop of full-sized cabbages. A dual purpose variety, the tender leaves are often used raw as a romaine lettuce would be, in salads or coleslaw.

It can also be steamed whole, finely cut into slices for a salad, or cut coarsely for a stir-fry, the huge mature heads typically weighing up to 2 kg.

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