Pickled Chinese Cabbage: How to make it & how to cook with it

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Pickled Chinese Cabbage: How to make it & how to cook with it

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My mother-in-law teaches me (and you) how to pickle Chinese cabbage. I'm also sharing a few ways that we cook with it. Pickled Chinese cabbage has been an important food in this area of China (Qinghai) for many generations (at least!). It was long one of the few veggies that the villagers could keep over winter, and it added it's wonderful flavour to the local dishes. I have personally come to love it, and it is very similar to what we in Sweden call "surkål" - also pickled cabbage (but not with the combination of ginger/chili/Sichuan pepper).
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@ginawiggles918 3 жыл бұрын

You're so lucky to have a mother-in-law who is kind and generous in helping you learn the Chinese culture. I remember the sad story she told about how she was treated by HER mother-in-law. She has a lovely smile and a beautiful heart. No wonder her son is a great husband and father.

@1c1pal 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!

@anelej001 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, such a beautiful family.

@jeanxu5697 3 жыл бұрын

Brought me to tears

@paecpc 3 жыл бұрын

Your mom in law is so hard working, respect,

@pongxin 3 жыл бұрын

and very simple nature woman 😍

@MarySmith-gu5nb 3 жыл бұрын

am the daughter of a master German baker and grewup in a German Bakery and I can tell you, your MIL's doughs are the best looking doughs I have ever seen. She is extremely talented!

@crystalwright1504 3 жыл бұрын

We are so fortunate to have you and your lovely family willing to show us your lives. Please thank them!! And thank YOU, Miriam!!

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

And thank you for watching! ❤️

@kateymateymusic1 3 жыл бұрын

Your mother in law is incredible!

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

She is!

@slb666 3 жыл бұрын

@@MiriamFollin hi Miriam. I also have a wonderful Mum and an incredible mil! I was born in northern Malaysia, my grandpa was from China, GuangDong PuNing. My parents hv taught me cooking various traditional Teochew dishes. I am glad to married a Singaporean man. My mil , who is now 94yrs old, has taught me alot of traditianal hokkien dishes too. One of her signature dish is stirfried pickled vegetable. She also has taught me how to pickle vegetable. Your videos have reminded is of my childhood in hometown as well as the close relationship between mil n i. Now you and family have moved to your homeland. Sure your parents in law miss you guys badly. Wish everyone stay safe and healthy.!

@thehighsandluos 3 жыл бұрын

Yum! My mother in law is Chinese as well, from Northern China and we pickle cabbage and make lots of yummy pickled cabbage dumplings and buns. So delicious! I'm close with my mother in law and love seeing the relationship you have with yours too!

@tineryn 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch your mother-in-law cook, I get hungry.

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

Haha me too!

@slb666 3 жыл бұрын

@@MiriamFollin Hi from Singapore, does your mil and whole family r vegetarian too? All food that you filmed looks so delicious and healthy...err except the rapeseed which were stepped by the dirty boots;p

@catarinasilva1331 Жыл бұрын

This is really wholesome: keeping traditions, teaching the new generation to preserve them, family union and the obvious love between all members…. Tasty food 😃You are very lucky! I hope that you all can enjoy your blessings for many many years ❤

@HoHoBa_Love 2 жыл бұрын

米粒中國媽媽👌好厲害👍 美食料理都會自己在家製作，看到可愛的三三，活潑開朗，影片中能看見米粒一家的溫暖嘴角微微一笑，感受幸福生活。

@davepsk7334 3 жыл бұрын

Miss so much these old traditional cooking. We used to do these back when I was still a kid. Now, I'm afraid after my mom passed, time seems to have slowly been eating into our cooking skills. Can't remember how to pickle vegetables till I saw your mother inlaw doing it. Brings back memories. Thanks Miriam. You are just wonderful.

@scottlacharite9610 3 жыл бұрын

This is how my great grandmother from Québec and my grandmother prepare food, no measuring cups, just a handful of this or a bowl of that. Even the old Québécois cookbooks don't use precise measurements and it all turns out great. Big greetings from cold, old Vermont! The sounds, landscape, ingredients, etc. is artwork onto itself.

@Zu-zu 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from a fellow québécoise! :)

@scottlacharite9610 3 жыл бұрын

Hello to you too! Le Québec me manque, j'espère que la frontière rouvrira bientôt!

@kennethl4172 3 жыл бұрын

Mariam, your mother in law is a great cook. I hope this tradition gets passed on to the next generation. Looks like Sansan is learning to make dumplings.

@kevinbrookehudson6575 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this video with your mother-in-law. I've missed her, and being a mother of adult children and a grandmother, I can only imagine how she must miss you all. Congratulations on the new baby 💗

@cetilly 3 жыл бұрын

I am going to miss your MIL in these videos. These vignettes of Chinese culture are so good, and she is the perfect subject! What an interesting woman she is.

@christinerobertson 3 жыл бұрын

Always a thumbs up for your Ma in law and her cooking

@thankfulheart4266 3 жыл бұрын

Your mother-in-law is a very kind wholesome down to earth beautiful soul.

@Dina52328 3 жыл бұрын

Your MIL is such a hard-working lady. She doesn’t need a modern kitchen or the latest kitchen gadgets to be able to cook delicious and traditional food. We are surely spoiled here in the western world. Those dumplings were making my mouth water, yum 😋.

@petercua6158 3 жыл бұрын

Your mother in law is a great cook.

@susanramnanan5884 3 жыл бұрын

I don't have your mother-in-law's patience....such a labour of love

@jerrycratsenberg989 3 ай бұрын

We make German saurkraut twice a year, when the cabbages are havested, once in the spring and once in the late fall. We also make Korean style pickled Chinese cabbage, kimchi. We have a small bowl of kimchi every mornng with breakfast. We have saurkraut at least once a week, on Sunday mornings with German potato rosti, sliced apples, and yogurt. We love your videos! Thank you for sharing.

@xiaoweic.8053 3 жыл бұрын

9:27, The happiness and smile warm my winter day.

@ll1602 3 жыл бұрын

Everything she makes look so delicious! 😋

@maryr8364 3 жыл бұрын

You should open a restaurant. Such a good cook.

@juliegoodwin6850 3 жыл бұрын

Thank-you for sharing this beautiful video. Yonghong is so much like his mother, they both seem so gentle. Best wishes to all of you!

@user-ex4dh8su2f 3 жыл бұрын

淳朴善良勤劳不善言辞的慈祥农村老人

@hueymiintai 3 жыл бұрын

Respect and love

@ancaspanu8667 3 жыл бұрын

We make (in Romania) pickled cabbage almost the same, but we use horseradish for a preservative instead of ginger, and less peppers :D. We cook it with oil, on the stove, adding tomato juice and then putting it in the oven, we eat it as is, like a salad with a little oil (accompanies meats usually) and, we make pies with it, and, most importantly, we use the leaves to wrap our famous sarmale (meat rolls, but the vegan option exists, you can use mushrooms instead of meat for the mixture). We pickle most veggies - carrots, cucumbers, green tomatoes, small watermelons, a species of bell peppers (rounder ones), cauliflower, you name it, we pickle it :D.

@jlogsdon1540 3 жыл бұрын

Country cooks are the same regardless of the country they call home. My grandmother and mom never measured and rarely used a recipe. If a recipe was involved, it was always just a suggestion because you modified it based on what you had on hand. And the food is always delicious. ❤️

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

I am so impressed by that! I'm Sweden most people I know follow recipes very strictly. Then I met my mother-in-law who has never ever followed one! I learned so much from her. I feel like when I don't follow a recipe, I get to know the food in a different way. The cooking becomes more intentional in a way!

@jlogsdon1540 3 жыл бұрын

@@MiriamFollin From my own experience in the US, most of the people I know who grew up in urban areas follow recipes but the people I know (including family) from rural areas might use a recipe as a basic guide or might not use one at all. If I’m baking I have a tendency to follow a recipe a little more closely but for everything else not so much. The bad part is when others want your recipe for a dish and you don’t know exact measurements. I’ll write it down as best I can but my daughter always says “mine never tastes like yours.” 🤔 Then she’ll say “you don’t really have a recipe for that do you?” I learned how to cook as a child from my mom and grandmothers who were both great cooks. I’ve watched a lot of cooking videos from other countries and the rural cooks all seem to do things the same way...much like your mother-in-law and my mom. Not saying everyone does it that way but it’s just my limited observation.

@tinalaoshi5485 3 жыл бұрын

@@MiriamFollin I am Chinese living in Finland for years, in my mind we Chinese never follow recipes when cooking at home, but the food is delicious all the time. Your video makes me miss my parents in China, hopefully I can go back to China asap!

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

@@tinalaoshi5485 In my experience, people in rural areas rarely use recipes, but I have Chinese friends from the city and who are my age or younger that often use recipes. So I think it's also a matter of being around people who cook a lot (rural areas) and those who eat out most of the time (the city), and also a matter of time. I think a lot of younger generations simple don't have time or interest in cooking.

@solomonhiachiakhee4667 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😆 from Singapore Toa Payoh Town 👍

@kellyy5834 2 жыл бұрын

婆婆也要跟着吃素了吗，开发出这么多素食的做法。赞👍。So much love in this family. This is candy on KZfaq 🥰🌍🕊️

@TheStoicMindset 3 жыл бұрын

This is such a beautiful video content. Love every sec of it. Hope you and fam are doing well Miriam! Have a safe and blessed week ahead.

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! And I wish you the same

@nikkiswenson54 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, wonderful food and great family! Tell your mother-in-law I admire her talents! Awesome!

@mada881010789 Жыл бұрын

Watching this makes me want to learn how to make pickles from my parents , I need to carry on the tradition 😂

@mx8081 3 жыл бұрын

i feel so homesick on the other half the world just watching this. Miss my mom. Thank you for sharing! very appreciate it.

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@ildiko1vt 3 жыл бұрын

YUMMY! I so love dumplings! I usually order them from the local Chinese restaurant. I love watching your relationship with your Chinese family. Your little boy is beautiful!

@karenchristenson4004 3 жыл бұрын

Miriam, I can’t tell you enough how much I look forward to and enjoy your videos. You have a real gift and we thank you for sharing it with us all ❤️

@emblarmoon 3 жыл бұрын

Your MIL is so amazing! She's lucky to have you too. What a beautiful family!

@user-rd8zc8sr4r 3 жыл бұрын

coming from BILIBILI！love you all（I had a roommate from QINGHAI too in college , miss him)

@lindylindybasicoceangirl 3 жыл бұрын

....so much talent...ty for documenting the wonderful family you have...such kindness...

@kaylita6446 3 жыл бұрын

Your mother in law is such a sweet heart. She cooks with love.

@alexiayuan2444 3 жыл бұрын

it make me miss my mother

@johnjojo1674 3 жыл бұрын

Genuine positivity always bring warmth into people’s heart and soul. And you’ve been always doing it for us. Thank you!

@ketochrissy575 3 жыл бұрын

I could watch you ,other cook all day long! What a treat to film her and share her recipes. Thank you!

@williamwang5601 3 жыл бұрын

非常棒，看了就像吃。

@smwk2017 3 жыл бұрын

Your mother-in-law is a good cook.

@jillipepper5353 3 жыл бұрын

It’s sort of like sauerkraut, do you think? We don’t put peppers and ginger in but everything else. We make a Lunenburg Dinner , Lunenburg is the name of an area around a the town of that name. Boil peeled potatoes and brown spicy sausage. Drain the potatoes, add the sausage and a heap of sauerkraut and simmer till the flavours meld, add pepper and whatever spices you’d like and serve with mustard. I like a sweet mustard but hot would be good for those who like the heat. I prefer Oktoberfest sausage but you could use black , spicy, apple, whatever sausage you like. There are a lot of People of German heritage in that area and this dish came from them originally. Your ways of preparing pickled cabbage look yummy too. 🙋🏼

@sandravelazquez1612 3 жыл бұрын

Your mother in law is so wise and she seems the swest person :) thank u for sharing!

@xueling02able 3 жыл бұрын

Your family is so blessed to have such a good cook in your MIL. She is so strong & skilful with her hands. Your MIL is fortunate too having you as her daughter in law who appreciates much of Chinese cooking & culture, adapting well to Chinese lifestyle & giving much respect to your MIL with this video & your husband's family with all the videos you have been making thus far. We really enjoy all your beautiful videos which have been so lovingly, beautifully & happily made👍👍👍👏👏👏

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I have learnt a lot from her both about life and food! ❤️

@JP-sg8ng 3 жыл бұрын

Peaceful family!..Beautiful family beautiful babies husband and wife..🥰🥰

@joyceparmenter3547 3 жыл бұрын

We shred cabbage with white onion and potato, garlic, salt & pepper. Fry in a skillet til potato is cooked through. Add some cured sausage cut into bite sizes. Very tasty and filling. Also make chicken with cabbage & carrot soup

@karenavey2183 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for lovely programming from Ontario, Canada!

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@ecco7207 3 жыл бұрын

Just came back from On, London lol

@aoifefitzgerald9396 3 жыл бұрын

This was so beautiful (and mouthwatering!) I hope you all are well, love from Ireland

@yvettey1159 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for filming this wonderful video!

@leechongkong1556 3 жыл бұрын

Lucky have a so wonderful, kind, understanding mother in law, happy's family , good family 👍👍👍

@leafgreen5390 3 жыл бұрын

祝福！生活就是柴米油盐！

@jennavencill7598 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so hungry now 🤤

@bobseetheworld3931 3 жыл бұрын

Long-term consumption of sauerkraut can easily lead to gastric cancer, and occasionally try fresh. There is a high incidence of stomach cancer among Chinese in the Northwest. My hometown is the Northwest.

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

I have never heard about this! I'll look it up! Thank you.

@Stargazer5516 3 жыл бұрын

Your mil is so adorable, u’re so blessed

@Jillybean620 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that looks yummy! Thanks to your MIL for sharing her masterpieces. Love, love, love.

@ysbh228 3 жыл бұрын

It's a sweet and lovely video Miss you all !

@MarySmith-gu5nb 3 жыл бұрын

I love these videos, of you cooking with your MIL.

@imsovane 3 жыл бұрын

I miss watching your Chinese family. I hope everyone is well.

@cshan5424 3 жыл бұрын

Your videa brings very warm calm feelings, touches my heart. make me tear. Remembered my grandma doing and cooking exactly same for us. Thanks

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@hijabigirl18 Жыл бұрын

She should be an example for all the mother in law out there. In my country, most mother in laws are evil and treat their daughter in law differently. But after seeing your mother in law I got a hope that I will have good relationships with my future mother in law

@ThisIsYourOnlyWarning 3 жыл бұрын

This made me so hungry lol

@meimeizhang7154 3 жыл бұрын

酸菜包子、酸菜饺子、酸菜蒸饺、炖酸菜(里面放猪肉、土豆、粉条、豆腐，炖半小时以上)、炒酸菜粉条。

@HibiscusHigh 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely lens into your world! Your mother in law is a delight. I was lost in the flow of your video. Stunning editing and visuals of the food. Please keep up the excellent work. Your vlogs are truly a joy. Best to you and your family -

@TheWyndrunner159 3 жыл бұрын

So nice yo see your mother-in-laws happy face! This is a combination of how we make saurkraut in America and how my Korean sis in law makes kimchi! Very interesting! We use the round head cabbage and crocks like your mom in law did. No rock but I think I will incorporate that in my next batch, so tell her her Chinese ways are mixing in with us! We just use kosher salt, layer the cabbage, (which is sliced on a 100 yr old kraut cutter) then my mother would place heavy dinner plates on it and cover with a cheese cloth tied on to keep it secured. After we processed it we would then can it in pint jars to keep. We would do 100lbs at a time. That recipe came from my German side. I grew up in a German, Swiss, Swedish area of the United States. Close to the Amish area. I am going to experiment with some peppers on a small batch! Stay healthy! Any chance you can translate your husband's KZfaq channel to English? Would increase his audience!

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

That's so interesting to hear! Especially about the storing part, I didn't think about how to later out it in smaller jars. When you do it first, what kind of pot do you use to make it? I'm thinking about trying to do it in Sweden too. So lovely to hear bout your experience, and that your ways have also been passed down (a 100 year old cutter, how amazing!!).

@MiriamFollin 3 жыл бұрын

We would love to add English subs, but there's just not enough time for it at the moment..

@TheWyndrunner159 2 жыл бұрын

@@MiriamFollin we use 50lb crocks and it processes in the crocks for a month. they line the walls of our farm house kitchen lol. she removed "juice' that would work up to the top and continue to push down her weighted plate. keep covered with cheese cloth. for canning she did a boiled bath and it boiled a set time. later i bought a pressure canner and it takes less time! will send you some links to canning!

@TheWyndrunner159 2 жыл бұрын

this is how we can it but we ferment it first kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtaCoNKa2Zvafqs.html

@TheWyndrunner159 2 жыл бұрын

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@photography-parenting 3 жыл бұрын

I grown up in small town of GUI Zhou province. How we make 酸菜 are totally different from outside of my hometown. I am suppose to record it when I back home. Thank you Miriam. Your video reminds me a lot.

@sarabaldeschwieler7763 3 жыл бұрын

I worked in Guiyang for two years! Where are you from in Guizhou?

@MsJune-sx4gj 2 жыл бұрын

拍得很有生活气息！音乐也配非常好！米粒太有才了！

@debbiemccallister1852 3 жыл бұрын

Simply delightful, lovely family, lots of smiles and laughter, perfect, take care Miriam. Xx

@rosedillon6178 3 жыл бұрын

Looks so yummy

@pongxin 3 жыл бұрын

祝福你們一家人♥ 🙂平安喜樂

@chaozhouhoa360 3 жыл бұрын

The sweetest MIL. Your husband is such a great guy. Always look forward to your video.

@cruzalmestica2505 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Miriam, for showing this kind of recipe. I tried to do it, but didn't work, just the filled dumplins.

@meiyang3185 3 жыл бұрын

The traditional Germans also love pickled cabbage, which is often cooked and eaten with pork knuckles.

@jeanxu5697 3 жыл бұрын

Your mother in law has beautiful working hands

@filaili_li 3 жыл бұрын

The mama's eyes are so beautiful.stay healthy ma...

@michaelhmar1646 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Miriam!You r so so so lucky to have such a beautiful and lovely family ....I like your mother-in-law..... She is so hard working.....God bless you and your family ...always love to see your videos and see you next video...stay safe and healthy from Delhi...

@junglekaka1 3 жыл бұрын

LOL this is my favorite, thank you for sharing.

@kinni143 3 жыл бұрын

宁静也是一种美

@joansmith3492 3 жыл бұрын

Your MIL has a bright wonderful light in her face. beautiful.

@tereseb6113 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this beautiful video, warmth is seeping through every shot

@injunnfuz6698 3 жыл бұрын

Woh wat a secret tradition reciepy must be yummy during winter

@yinggong8315 3 жыл бұрын

纯朴善良的妹妈～婆婆

@susanramnanan5884 3 жыл бұрын

I have the cabbage raw in a salad and also a vegetable stir fry.

@edithjohnson6835 3 жыл бұрын

Your mother in law is so precious. Wish I had had one like her. However, I did not. 😢

@moonlight65488 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos!!!!!! Top quality and expression

@barbara2692 2 жыл бұрын

Could you also do some videos how to prepare traditional food from Sweden please.

@MiriamFollin 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I would love to!

@missprettyonabudget 3 жыл бұрын

Noo 🥺 I missed the live chat with you friend! I am literary learning everything you have-showed today! One day I would loveto learn to cook from your mother in low! She seems such a sweet lady! I can definitely learn a lot by just observing her. Miri how much is the flour water ratio and do you add anything else to the baodzi dough? How long does it proof for? This is my favorite food in the whole world especially veggie ones nom nom. Look at little San-san he is adorable. Hope all is well in Sweden. We are still planing to get a cottage there, we just have no clue how yet. But time will teach us! Much love Nataliya!

@JohannaNorth 3 жыл бұрын

I love your MIL and I love everything pickled! 😍 And I’m soooo excited because we get Chinese cabbage even at our local veg market here in Kerala, India, so I get to actually try this authentic recipe. One of my goals this year is to learn more Asian cooking, not just Indian recipes 🥰

@lunachakraborty6211 3 жыл бұрын

Joanna and Miriam are my favourite youtubers Love from India, West Bengal

@JohannaNorth 3 жыл бұрын

@@lunachakraborty6211 i’m so happy to be counted in that with Miriam who is my favourite youtuber too ❤️