Best response to trolls on threads is to ignore their posts to threads.

It has been several years since I lived with enough sun for a veggie garden, and have never had the time to tend a garden big enough to preserve, via canning or freezing, more than a few jars of tomatoes, tomato sauce or assorted veggie pickles for gifts.

Briefly lived out in the country in WV with a root cellar, and cabbage was the only thing that stored well there. Apples probably would have done well, but the deer tended to harvest the apples before they were anything approaching ripe.

My sis used to freeze shredded cabbage in a vinaigrette dressing that was quite tasty. (She also likes pickles better than do I.) But I do recall her recipe, which she has lost track of, was quite good and was also surprised the texture of the cabbage was quite close to that of fresh cabbage.

Touring google, have run across recipes, mostly from the UK, that incorporate mustard into slaw dressings. Sounds heretic to me, but I may have to try some of them.