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- From: reid@decwrl.UUCP (Brian Reid)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Cole slaw
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- Date: 16 May 86 03:40:53 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE COLESLAW-1 SL "13 May 86" 1986
- .RZ "COLE SLAW I" "Coleslaw in many variations"
- My family loves to eat coleslaw. Unfortunately, we can never agree on the
- recipe. If I am making a slaw that my mother or sister will eat, I
- try to make a certain recipe with mayonnaise and lemon juice; if I make it
- for my lunch or for a picnic, I make an entirely different recipe loaded
- with onions and herbs. Craig Claiborne likes to put caraway seeds in
- coleslaw. Betty Crocker suggests pineapple and marshmallows.
- .PP
- The \fIJoy of
- Cooking\fR wants you to dress the slaw immediately before serving, while
- Betty Crocker and Spice Islands want you to refrigerate for several hours.
- The only rule seems to be to use fresh cabbage.
- .PP
- Here's the generic recipe, with several variations.
- .IH "Serves 8"
- .IG "1" "cabbage"
- .IG "1 cup" "mayonnaise" "220 g"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "onion," "50 g"
- diced very fine
- .IG "1 Tbsp" "lemon juice" "15 ml"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "black pepper" "2.5 ml"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Cut the core out of the cabbage and cut it into pieces. My mother likes to
- cut it into big pieces; I like to cut it into little pieces. I think she
- wants to make certain that nobody will accuse her of having used a food
- processor.
- .SK 2
- Mix the pepper and lemon juice and onion in with the cabbage.
- .SK 3
- Add the mayonnaise, mix well, and refrigerate.
- .NX
- Vary the amount of mayonnaise according to how much you are worried about
- calories. Vary the amount of onion if you do or don't like raw onion.
- .PP
- When I make coleslaw for my mother or sister, I leave out the onion and the
- black pepper, and put in
- .AB "1 Tbsp" "15 g"
- of sugar.
- .PP
- When I make slaw for a picnic or barbecue or someplace where
- subtlety will not be rampant, I add
- .AB "\(12 tsp" "5 ml"
- of dry mustard,
- .AB "2 tsp" "10 ml"
- of paprika, and
- .AB "\(12 tsp" "2.5 ml"
- of celery or caraway seed.
- If I'm trying to astonish somebody, I will add nuts, cheese,
- tarragon, whipping cream, chives,
- whole grapes, frozen peas, Tabasco sauce, coriander seed, diced apples, or
- other herbs or textural-contrast ingredients. I have not yet had the nerve
- to try the Betty Crocker suggestion of omitting the onion and then adding
- .AB "\(12 lb" "200 g"
- of chopped pineapple and
- .AB "\(12 cup" "30 g"
- of miniature marshmallows.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 10 minutes.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- Brian Reid
- DEC Western Research Lab, Palo Alto CA
- reid@decwrl.DEC.COM -or- {ihnp4,ucbvax,decvax,sun}!decwrl!reid
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