ʻO ka'atipalapa he huapalaha palahalaha i kūkuluʻia i loko o nā kumukūʻau nui o ka honua, a he meaʻole ia. ʻO nāʻanoʻano keʻanoke (ka'ōmaʻomaʻo, keʻokeʻo, kaʻulaʻula, ka savoy, kepa, broccoli, nā pulupulu Brussels, kohlrabi, kale, a me nā kālepa) ua piha i nā antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, ua maʻalahi e ulu. he mea koho nui no ke koho kope (sauerkraut),ʻo ia hoʻi,ʻo ka waihoʻana i kahi waiho lōʻihi.
ʻO nā'ōpena kāpena kāpena ka mea hōʻailona o ka meaʻai. ʻO ka puaʻa a me ka pipi i hui pūʻia me ka laiki a me ka bale i hoʻopuniʻia i loko o ka lau kāpī a mīpalaʻia i ka umu a iʻole ma ka ipu aʻoluʻolu. ʻO nā Czechs a me nā Slovakaka e kāhea iā lākou he holubky , no Poles kona gołąbki , a me nā Serbs a me nā Croatian e pili ana iā lākou e like me ka sarm a .
He mea maʻalahi kēia hana kāpena kāpenaʻo Czechoslovakian, akā, ua hoʻohanaʻia ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola e paipai pono ai. Akā nō, he kakaikahi a maʻalahi nā meaʻai aʻo ka pāʻina kekahi mea nui i nā mōhai makana lehulehu. He mea hoʻopono maikaʻi kēia meaʻai no kahi mea kuke kuke.
ʻO kēia mea ho'āla no ka hīpī kāpīpī maikaʻi a Hīmeni a pau ka waihoʻana i ka meaʻaiʻole me ka momona a me ka nui o nā pipi o nā mea i puhiʻia. He kīʻaha nui nui pahaʻo ka meaʻai meaʻai.
ʻO ka'āpana Peas & Cabbage kahi kīʻaha maʻamau i ka wigilia a i kaʻaina ahiahiʻo ka Mele Kalikimaka. ʻAʻohe meaʻai ka pāʻina akāʻo kēia kīʻaha,ʻo ia ka nui o ka mākena me ka mea kanu, hiki ke lawelaweʻia me ka hoʻouluʻana o ka puaʻa puana iʻoleʻoe e hoʻokēʻai.
ʻO kēia'āpana kāpoki kāpokiʻulaʻula i hoʻokipaʻia i loko o kahi pahele, keʻoleʻoe e hoʻohana i ka papa hana meaʻai e kāohi i ke kāpī a me ka baʻiki. Kūlana nuiʻo Czerwona Kapusta Zasmazana e pili ana i kahi pālahalaha, akā he punahele ia me ka ham, puaʻa a me ka puaʻa.
ʻO kaʻohi a me ka mīkini manawa e hoʻopihapihaʻia me ka nālesniki Polish maʻemaʻe , i kapaʻia he polepo Polani a iʻole nā kī komo. I ka manawa e hoʻopihaʻia a'ōwiliʻia, hiki ke hana i ka paila a iʻole ka pani i kālaiʻia, aiʻole i kaomiʻia i loko o nā moa i'ōlaiʻia a me nā kuhū a me ka palani.