swamp cabbage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of swamp cabbage
An Americanism dating back to 1785–95
Example Sentences
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I’d never heard of swamp cabbage.
From Seattle Times
The reunion menu will be familiar too: fried or smoked mullet, swamp cabbage, new potatoes, collard greens cooked with turnip roots and a little pork, cheese grits and hoe cake.
From Washington Times
Women cooked up swamp cabbage and poke salad.
From Washington Post
Rawlings was a noted cook, and the book includes four recipes for swamp cabbage as well as recipes for game, seafood, grapefruit marmalade, mayhaw jelly and many Southern classics.
From Washington Post
As McMansions replace craftsman bungalows and highways slice up historic neighborhoods, so go the recipes for swamp cabbage and sofkee.
From The Guardian
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