The same crunch. How to choose cabbage for pickling, salad and cabbage rolls Not all cabbage is equally good in every dish. Early soft varieties are ideal for fresh salads, young, flat heads of cabbage are ideal for cabbage rolls, and mid-ripening and late-ripening ones with a high sugar content are for pickling. We will find out which varieties are best suited for each cooking method, what to look for when choosing a head of cabbage, which universal hybrids cover almost all "cabbage" tasks. read more