Holy Cabbage! [Vanity or Sign from Above?]

[monkeyshine]

While preparing Shabbat dinner for a couple of close friends and their acquaintances, my long-time girlfriend sliced straight down the middle of this cabbage.

She was surprised and amused to find that this particular cabbage had taken the form of the Star of David. She thought it particularly remarkable that this occurred while preparing a Shabbat dinner.

No, she wasn't making borscht, the intent was to make a cabbage salad but after cutting it open we decided this cabbage was symbolic and, so, refused to eat it.

She in particular recalled the news of the image of Mary appearing on a grilled cheese sandwich, and thought that a worldwide audience might appreciate seeing images of this Star of David cabbage. So she took a couple of pictures and I have been tasked with putting this on the web.

[monkeyshine]

I invite your comments, humor, insights. We thought of the symbolism but couldn't quite put our fingers on what that symbolism is. Sure, there is the irony of seeing the Star of David while preparing a Shabbat dinner. And of course, Israel (the country) has been in the news a lot recently, and the topic of anti-semitism has been floating around... what can one say?

The Star of David, iirc, was placed on the shields the ancient Israelites used in battle, so there is a little bit of a connection there.

Well anyway I like cabbage and have made plenty of my own cabbage salads but I don't quite recall ever seeing image in the form.

There has been no photoshop retouching of this image! :-)

[monkeyshine]

Ping to you for your ping lists... to those who may be interested.

[Texas Eagle]

And they say drug use is a victimless crime.

Just kidding! I see The Star of David.

Sort of.

If I squint just right.

And tilt my head.

And take another sip of beer.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

...i'm starting to get verrrrrrry sleeeeepy......zzzzzzz

[monkeyshine]

Hey man, drink some more beer and squint harder and you'll see Mary in this sandwich

[Texas Eagle]

I still say that looks more like Charlie Chaplin's child bride Oona than it does The Virgin Mary.

[monkeyshine]

It's not a Rorschach test :-)

Or as Mr. Pitt would say "...you want DEEP focus!"

[kstewskis]

And take another sip of beer.

Maybe you better make that Mogen David ;o)

[PandaRosaMishima]

The cheese sandwich, looks like The Great Nora Desmond to me. The cabbage is cool, don't see much Jewish stuff like that.

[Texas Eagle]

MMMMMMM. Blackberry.

I haven't had Mad Dog for almost 30 years. If I close my eyes I can almost hear the faint sounds of "Barracuda" coming from the living room. And I can almost see the blurry clock on the wall above the toilet that I've been puking into. Can it really be 3:35 in the morning?

[kstewskis]

LOL!!!

(ouch!)

[Texas Eagle]

Wait a minute. I'm thinking of Charlie Chaplin's wife Lita Grey. Lita is second from the left.

[monkeyshine]

don't see much Jewish stuff like that.

Glad someone can appreciate it :-)

I've seen Jesus on a door, statues that cry, and a fish with Arabic markings. This cabbage is equal opportunity for religious metaphysics.

[tapatio]

Looks more like Clara Bow

[monkeyshine]

Hey anyone know how to preserve a cabbage?

I thought maybe we could shellac it?

Anybody?

[monkeyshine]

The tuna fish with what looks like Arabic writing on its side

Courtesy of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4995100.stm

[kstewskis]

The tuna fish with what looks like Arabic writing on its side

Hmmm....how about a little desert to go with that fish?

[monkeyshine]

Don't forget to wash it all down with a tasty swig of

[Between the Lines]

Hey anyone know how to preserve a cabbage?

I have a great sauerkraut recipe.

[kstewskis]

burp!

Thanks I needed that! :o)

[monkeyshine]

Funny, I just "got" your post. At first I thought the picture on the right was a pie - LOL. I guess I'm a little slow tonight.

[kstewskis]

Ha!

It might as well be a "pie". Next they'll scream that the whipped part of a meringue pie looks like the "Mohammad" image on the ice cream too!

[ladyinred]

How great! This must have been quite a surprise! Next time I cut a cabbage, I must pay more attention!

[ladyinred]

It looks like either Marilyn Monroe, or even more like Nicole Brown Simpson. Eerie dude!

[Thinkin' Gal]

"The Parting of the Red Cabbage".

[Alouette]

Red Cabbage Salad (from "Kosher by Design" cookbook)

6 c. shredded red cabbage
1 c. shredded carrots
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1/2 c. dried cranberries
1/2 c. slivered almonds
1 can mandarin orange slices (reserve the juice)

Dressing:

1/2 c. exv olive oil
1/4 c. red wine vinegar
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 T. brown sugar
1 T. mandarine orange syrup (from can, above)
1/2 t. kosher salt
1/2 t. black pepper

Serve with gefilte fish made from "miraculous Talking Carp"

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[Esther Ruth]

Maybe think about removing your post. It is rude, foul, vulgar, comparing Mary, mother of Christ to Hilton.

[Slings and Arrows]

Hmmm...looks more like a Star of David Hasselhoff.

[maggief]

[Slings and Arrows]

Jennifer Wilibanks!

[siunevada]

[siunevada]

Hey anyone know how to preserve a cabbage?

I thought maybe we could shellac it?

Serially? Freeze dry it.

[monkeyshine]

Yah I'm series. Freeze dry? Won't that shrink it up? I thought a nice thick coat of varnish or something... but I'm no handyman, I eat cabbage!

How do you freeze dry something anyway? Just put in a dry freezer?

[ArrogantBustard]

OOOOOOOOoooohhhhh.

BTDT.

[siunevada]

Freeze dry? Won't that shrink it up?

I was thinking of freeze dry taxidermy.

But now that you mention it, all the freeze dried food I remember was a bit shriveled.

I'm thinking coating it in shellac or something will not change the water content and chemical composition. No matter how clean it is, there's some bacteria in there just waiting to consume it if you don't. You'll end up with a clear globe containing a puddle of cabbage goop, won't you?

I'd go looking for a taxidermist that does freeze drying and see what they say.

[Salvation]

Slice an apple crosswise and you will see another star. This is not unusual. Many fruits and veggies have this pattern. I used to do it when my pre-schoolers were painting to make different sized stars.

[Alexander Rubin]

lol

Very nice.

[Salvation]

Slica a bunch of celery down near the bottom and you have a rose. Hah!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Sure, there is the irony of seeing the Star of David while preparing a Shabbat dinner.

An even bigger irony - bacon and cabbage is a commom dish here in Ireland! ;)

[jennyp]

Hmm, just how many stars ARE there in this Star of Cabbage? >:-/

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Actually, to me it looks more like Jane Russel in THE OUTLAW.

[monkeyshine]

Maybe vacuum seal?

[monkeyshine]

About as many as there are living in Malibu.

[monkeyshine]

Must be Leopold Bloom's Shabbat Dinner recipe.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

For starters...slice a few more red cabbages; you'll find "stars" in all of them.

Secondly, I sliced open a red pepper once and there was another little pepper growing inside of it, in the perfect shape of a heart. My sister witnessed it, so you can call her if you don't believe me. ;)

This was years before the age of computers and digital photography and making a buck off of stuff on eBay. We ate it, LOL!

[siunevada]

Maybe vacuum seal?

I don't know, you've still got a vegetable that's been exposed to the air. I'd bet the bacteria are all over it already.

[onedoug]

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Could be.. I haven't read Ulysses! ;)

[chitteryman]

This is why intelligent people turn against religion. How many more mental giants will see God in the clouds? Try using some reasoning power to find God. It takes brains and thought, not superstition, to find Him.