Things you never knew about rotten cabbage

There are not too many things that make me feel like I am going to throw up. (My children are past nappies so I can cross this off the list) There is one thing that is an almost guaranteed heave….the smell of rotting potatoes.

I recently spent days trying to track down a bad smell in the kitchen. It ended up being a ‘liquid potato’….you know the one….You go to remove said offending vegetable from the vegetable crisper only to have it instantaneously change states…from solid to liquid.

You can wash your hands 20 times and the smell lingers.

This was similar to God’s distaste at Israel’s behaviour. The prophet Isaiah delivers this little gem…..

God says, "Zion women are stuck-up, prancing around in their high heels, Making eyes at all the men in the street, swinging their hips, Tossing their hair, gaudy and garish in cheap jewellery."

The Master will fix it so those Zion women will all turn bald— Scabby, bald-headed women. The Master will do it.

The time is coming when the Master will strip them of their fancy baubles—the dangling earrings, anklets and bracelets, combs and mirrors and silk scarves, diamond brooches and pearl necklaces, the rings on their fingers and the rings on their toes, the latest fashions in hats, exotic perfumes and aphrodisiacs, gowns and capes, all the world's finest in fabrics and design.

Instead of wearing seductive scents, these women are going to smell like rotting cabbages;
Instead of modelling flowing gowns, they'll be sporting rags;
Instead of their stylish hairdos, scruffy heads;
Instead of beauty marks, scabs and scars. [1]

Some rotting cabbage facts that you probably never knew….

1. Rotting cabbage odour is added to LPG gas so that you can detect leaks (it’s actually Ethanethiol – CH3CH2SH)
2. The national dish of Korea - Kim Chi – is made from rotting cabbage
3. The national dish of Germany – Sauerkraut – is made from rotting cabbage
4. Methanethiol (CH3SH) is a natural substance that smells like rotten cabbages and is one of the main chemicals responsible for the smell of farts.
5. You can use rotten cabbages in prophecy.

[1] Isaiah 3:16-24 - The Message - Eugene rocks!