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Friday, September 28, 2012

Bested in Combat by a Cabbage


Yes, sad to say my plans for modelling this weekend will be deferred by a week.  

The local farms (especially Mennonite farmers) grow these massive (I mean 10 lbs or more) cabbages that are great for cabbage rolls.  I didn't weigh this one, but it wouldn't fit in our lobster pot.  I was assigned the job of taking the leaves off, which turned out to be quite a challenge.  Too much of a challenge as the knife slipped and I took an all expenses paid tour of the local clinic.  Three stitches and a tetanus shot later, I was back home in time to enjoy the cabbage rolls.  Yummm!

Scene from sleeper where Woody Allen meets the modern farm.

8 comments:

  1. Did the knife really slip? Or did the cabbage have a gun?
    I prescribe a week of book reading, film watching and of course opening an closing boxes of toys...

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  2. Trust an Admiral to take a knife to a gunfight! Sorry to hear of your accident, but Tim's advice has the ring od good sense to it.

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  3. Hi Peter,

    I hope you take your convalescence seriously - cabbages can be tricky things, especially with kings, ships, shoes and sealing wax etc....:-)

    All the best,

    DC

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  4. So that was no fingers missing right? No cabbage rolls that taste a little different from the others?

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    1. Ross

      No there were no extra sources of protein in the mix!

      Cheers

      PD

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  5. Don't feel bad, those Mennonite cabbages can be rather wiley if cornered and threatened with dismemberment. The whole Mennonite pacifist thing is pure fiction...

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    1. I suspect it was farmed by a set of greyscaled cultists.

      Cheers

      PD

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