For Beijing seniors, storing up cabbage before the cold weather arrived was an annual tradition. The custom arose when Chinese cabbage was one of the few vegetables available in North China during the cold months. It's also cheap and easy to store. There are so many ways to use the green vegetables, from cabbage soup, steamed cabbage, cabbage salad to cabbage dumplings. [Photo/IC]

對北京老一輩人而言，在天冷之前囤大白菜是一種傳統。在過去，大白菜是中國北方每年冬天能吃到的為數不多的蔬菜之一，而且囤白菜既便宜又容易。大白菜能做成很多美食，白菜湯，蒸白菜，白菜沙拉，白菜餃子，等等。