My granny would boil cabbage until white, that was her way of telling it was done. I used to hate cabbage.

Then I found that you can fry it with butter and bacon and black pepper. So good... although I'll admit that boiled was probably healthier 😁.

They did used to taste worse as well though, the ones you buy in the shops now are a different variety to the ones back in the day

I think in the 70s and 80s in the US people were boiling the shit outta vegetables as well. I don't know who thought turning every vegetable into watery mush was a good idea, but it's no wonder kids from that time grew up hating peas and brussel sprouts