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    • SteamedHamberder [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Best with celery seed, but if unavailable, try thinly chopped celery and an overnight in the fridge so the flavors can mingle.

  • thefunkycomitatus [he/him,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I grew up with it in the South. All of our "good" slaw is just mostly mayo and sugar. It's pretty gross. I hated it as a kid. I still don't eat it much but when I do it has to be better than the shit at your church supper. I think the key to good slaw is backing off the mayo and relying on carrots for sweetness and using a fancier vinegar than white. The grandma stuff is just the cheapest shit available and is too heavy.

    I used to work for a restaurant where the owner used their highly coveted family recipe cole slaw. It was just green cabbage, no other veggies. Almost 1:1 mayo. Sugar but also artificial sweetener. Topped of with sweet bread and butter pickle juice. A little salt and pepper. That's it. Of course I had to taste it every time I made it to make sure I got it right to her tastes. Just awful old people, fucking 1970s cheap southern buffet shit.

    • asaharyev [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      There's something to be said for adding a little mayo or whipped oil and a touch of sugar to a coleslaw recipe. But as with every other sweet and/or mayo based dish in the south, I'm sure they take it waaaaaay too far.

      For example, homemade tea should not have more sugar than soda. I'm not even sure how they add that much sugar to iced tea and actually get it to form a solution....

      • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        You either make a simple syrup ahead of time, or you dissolve it while the tea is still hot

        • asaharyev [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I mean, still... There's basically more sugar than tea.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The key to good slaw is grating some onion into it imo

      Most recipes turn "acceptable" at worst if I do this and also don't use a soupy amount of dressing. I also like some celery seed in there

  • BlueMagaChud [any]
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    4 years ago

    I love cole slaw, but a lot of places think that mixing mayonnaise and cabbage is cole slaw, so i rarely get any that I didn't make myself

    • Woly [any]
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      4 years ago

      :cat-vibing: Sour Crowt :cat-vibing:

  • spicymangos51 [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Never really had cole slaw growing up so it wasn't something I experience till I was older. Often it always taste sweet :p don't like it much, same with the baked beans they give you with bbq, it's sweet for some reason

    Why does everything got to be sweet?!

  • MichoganGayFrog [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Coleslaw used to practically anchor a meal, now it just sits on the plate

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=INi4r2z7yGg