Cabbage

Most cooks don’t think of serving cabbage as a hot vegetable, perhaps because they don’t realize that it must be cooked with meat, preferably pork and/or something smoky like bacon, to taste good. However you cook it, it is delicious served alongside rich meats such as pork or duck and is always best when livened up with vinegar. Juniper berries give it a distinctive martini flavor reminiscent of the sauerkraut served with sausages in France.