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My Mum used to put bicarbonate of soda n with her cabbage as it kept it a nice green colour, but what she didn't realise and I only found out after I was an adult, is that it also takes all the goodness out of the cabbage!!!!

I think it kills the vitamin C Annie.

u daft wassucks the smell of cooking onions is just more stronger than cabbage u plonkers ............. wot are ya loike

exactly nannie . it masks the smell of the manky cabbage. besides if ya pressure / steam     cook it it dont stink  cos ya not bopiling the guts out of the cabbge  

Add a pinch of bicarb of soda in water with cabbage if you like it soft accordingto Nigella!

To avoid a smelly kitchen when cooking cauliflower, add a little milk to the cooking water, it really does work or cook half a lemon in the cauli water with the cauli of course.  My mum used to recommend these.

The onion trick she swore by for paint smells...apparently it's supposed to absorb the fumes...how i don't know but it does work.

Thought it was interesting that Nigella had said this.

Personally, I always steam my cabbage and it's superb....never added bicarb of soda to any boiling water...not that i boil a lot.