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  • According to a recent article by NBC Washington, a chemical leak in West Virginia caused a spoiled cabbage-like odor to spread through the air all the way to Baltimore.

    Dr. Harold Katz: Bad Breath News From Around The World Dr. Harold Katz 2011

  • A small turnip adds a very mild cabbage-like flavor, but it's hardly detectable after it cooks with all the other fruit and vegetables.

    One For The Table: A Creamy Soup for a New (Healthy) Year One For The Table 2012

  • According to a recent article by NBC Washington, a chemical leak in West Virginia caused a spoiled cabbage-like odor to spread through the air all the way to Baltimore.

    Dr. Harold Katz: Bad Breath News From Around The World Dr. Harold Katz 2011

  • A small turnip adds a very mild cabbage-like flavor, but it's hardly detectable after it cooks with all the other fruit and vegetables.

    One For The Table: A Creamy Soup for a New (Healthy) Year One For The Table 2012

  • The branches of this tree, I perceived to be the cause of my inability to recognize it from a bush, until I had come close upon it; for they grew thin and smooth through all their length, and hung towards the earth; being weighted thereto by a single, large cabbage-like plant which seemed to sprout from the extreme tip of each.

    The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' 2007

  • In the foreground is the cup to my mini food processor; inside it is minced garlic, fresh ginger and Sichuan preserved vegetable, which is a salty, spicy cabbage-like critter.

    Tigers & Strawberries » Winter Returns, and Comfort Food Rules Supreme 2005

  • My love affair with the little green cabbage-like creatures started at Firefly Bistro in South Pasadena where they come almost BLACK- sautéed to a golden....well, black.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Tokyoastrogirl 2006

  • My love affair with the little green cabbage-like creatures started at Firefly Bistro in South Pasadena where they come almost BLACK- sautéed to a golden....well, black.

    Tuna Toast Tokyoastrogirl 2006

  • The upper green portion of each leek leaf is edible, but tends to be tougher and to have a less oniony, more cabbage-like flavor than the lower white portion.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Exposure to sunlight or fluorescent lights also generates a distinctive cabbage-like, burnt odor, which appears to result from a reaction between the vitamin riboflavin and the sulfur-containing amino acid methionine.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

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