I get ya, cabbage for me is a filler vegetable. Case in point, I did long format Outward Bound. So for use hiking out for a week+ before the next resupply we would pack out ultra light.

So ramen was the goto, high caloric value, super light weight, etc. But we would forgo weight and carry a cabbage with use to add to the ramen the first few meals just to bulk it up. It made eating ramen day in and day our a bit more tolerable.

I asked why don’t we carry rice too as a bulking agent, but they could never give me a good answer why. Mind you this is the 80’s so there were no options like Mountain House. So we made do.