Ahhhhh....Corned Beef

[Bugbear]

Grape leaves and corned beef? Interesting. I've actually never yet eaten grape leaves. If we have leftovers, I like to saute the cabbage to remove some of the moisture, and then wrap diced corned beef and sauteed cabbage in eggroll wrappers and deep fry. Makes a killer appetizer for parties. Serve 'em with a good champagne mustard.

Stuffed cabbage is great with the corn beef! I like spicey brown mustard.
I don't grow cabbage, though. I use the grape leaves right off the vine, and you can freeze them too. Fresh like that, they have a slight lemon-ish flavor. Out of the jar, they taste like what ever they pickled them with. They aren't bad pickled though.
I just have them fresh almost year round, so why go to the trouble.

Here's another tip, use the corn beef, even the canned corn beef in your tacos and other mexican food that calls for hamburger meet. So like some refried beans some corn beef a blob of sour cream or plain yohgart on a tortilla, zap it and it's an instant burrito. Same with the taco.


I don't have a food zapper, so I steam heat a lot of stuff or stick it in the toaster oven...