“A cook holding up a giant cabbage at a camp in Wairarapa[, New Zealand],” ca. 1890s, photographer unknown, via National Library of New Zealand.
One of my favorite coleslaws is made by tossing shredded cabbage, a chopped apple or underripe mango, and some chopped peanuts with the dressing part of Vietnamese green papaya salad (recipe here).
At Samoa, hardly unpacked, I commenced planting. . .
I plant cabbage by moonlight, set out more cacao.
The heart of a death’s-head moth beats a tattoo in my hand.
— Carolyn Kizer, from “Fanny“
enclos*ure 
I love these giant cabbage photos. My favorite veggie quote: A cauliflower is a cabbage with a college education.
I was a little afraid that it was a 19th century joke photo, but then I found this recent picture of one that may be even bigger: http://www.sheknows.com/home-and-gardening/articles/998213/very-large-vegetables