cabbage rolls

an end of summer abundance of cabbage meant the market ladies were selling heads of cabbage by the bag for ridiculously cheap.

we've discussed the possibility of cabbage rolls for several months but just finally attempted them a few weeks ago.

our resourcefulness was tested by the need for something to hold the cabbage rolls together- we didn't have any toothpicks, so we improvised and cut up some matches to use instead.

we also subbed tomato sauce for tomato soup and filled them with rice, ground beef and onions.

neither of us had ever had cabbage rolls before so I can't speak to whether or not they tasted like they should, but we liked them and it was a good way of using up a fairly significant portion of our head of cabbage.

any cabbage cooking suggestions? the top parts of the rolls crisped a bit too much in the oven but the matches did an excellent stand in job for holding them together.