A while ago, I bought some rice paper sheets with the idea to make some dumplings for the family. When the time came, I pulled up a simple recipe and asked my host mom to add cabbage to the next grocery list. She responded with, "cabbage? I don't think I've ever bought cabbage. How do you cook it?....Maybe put it in soup or something?"
I just had to laugh. I didn't think "chou" was so foreign here. I mean, we do border with Germany. Aka sauerkraut!
She went to the store and couldn't find some so I paid a trip to the market. After searching through every produce stand, I finally found a head of cabbage in the corner! As I marched back home, up the many hills, cabbage in hand, I was quite the spectacle. An old man even commented saying, "c'est bon, ca!"
Well, the dumplings were a HUGE hit with the parents eating them and the kids making them. It was great! We've even done it a second night the following week.
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