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Frozen cabbage

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tanith Mon 21-Nov-16 19:28:05

I froze some leftover cabbage a few weeks ago to use up with mash as bubble and squeak, well I defrosted it today and some of it had gone purple, just like purple cabbage but I've never bought the purple kind only green. I didn't use it in case it was some kind of nasty bacteria.
Any ideas what happened? I've tried google but no luck. confused

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Jalima Mon 21-Nov-16 19:40:43

I don't know, but just wondering - was it leftover cooked or uncooked cabbage?
I'm sure I've frozen both and I'm sure the uncooked was fine (only kept it for a couple of weeks) for a stir-fry, the cooked went into the food waste bin because it was too soggy!

You may need to have blanched it to stop the enzymes causing a reaction.

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tanith Mon 21-Nov-16 21:08:41

Jalima thanks, it was cooked I wasn't bothered about sogginess as I was only going to make bubble and squeak to go with a bacon and egg breakfast. I think you could be right about an enzyme reaction it certainly looked very odd with some green and some purple leaves. I took one look and thought no I'm not risking that.

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