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[PickyPicky3]

There's no bagged cole slaw available, probably due to the listeria recalls. I don't own a food processor, but it seems with the right knife a cabbage head could be shredded easily.

Any tips?

[D Kay]

You might try a grater on the side with  the larger holes.   Some graters have horizontal slits that would slice cabbage instead of using the holes.  Depends on what size pieces of cabbage you want.  Would be easier for me than with a knife.

[Carmie]

My family owned a restaurant.  My mother made the best Cole slaw ever. She always used a knife to thinly cut a head of cabbage.  You need to cut the cabbage in half first, then in half again in quarters...remove the core. Lay cabbage quarter on the flat side, then cut slices into long thin pieces like ribbons. 

I always use fresh cabbage too.  The taste is so much better than the bagged variety.

[Etoile308]

I bought bagged cole slaw last night. I find I often have to search more than one store to buy everything I want.

[ECBG]

When making slaw before the bagged varieties, I used the large sides of a grater for dinner.  For my WW Cabbage soup, needing large amounts, I chopped it with a French chef's knife.  I can do a large head of cabbage in a few minutes.

[meem120]

I wouldnt buy anything bagged right now.  Two weeks ago I got terribly sick after eating the bagged sweet kale salad.  Not fun.  Of course I didnt realize what it was until last week.  There are over 400 items recalled between Fresh Express and Dole.  As i read the CDC list I also found store brands from Shoprite, Giant and Kroger. Also the clamshell lettuces from Natures Promise. Nothing seems safe.

[KKWA]

@PickyPicky3 I hope I don't sound like a snob, but I don't buy packaged anything.  How hard is it to chop up a little lettice.  If you like cabbage, I do, I'd invest in a mandolin.  K50008 is a little pricy, you should be able to get a shredder/chopper at a groc store cheeper.  If not, a good knife will do.  It is worth the effort.  Cabbage is good for you.  Those bags are not fresh and have unwanted chemicals.  Try this; shred cabbage, make dressing from Kraft Best Foods Real Mayo and sugar, and sliced bananas.  Kind of a cross between coleslaw and fruit salad.  A family favorite.  

[Sooner]

I have pretty much eliminated raw greens from my life.  Especially the bagged stuff.  

I will use raw cabbage taking off outer leaves and washing carefully, and occasionally iceberg lettuce.  

I cook greens now--collards, chard, spinach, kale. . . 

[ECBG]

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@KKWA wrote:

@PickyPicky3 I hope I don't sound like a snob, but I don't buy packaged anything.  How hard is it to chop up a little lettice.  If you like cabbage, I do, I'd invest in a mandolin.  K50008 is a little pricy, you should be able to get a shredder/chopper at a groc store cheeper.  If not, a good knife will do.  It is worth the effort.  Cabbage is good for you.  Those bags are not fresh and have unwanted chemicals.  Try this; shred cabbage, make dressing from Kraft Best Foods Real Mayo and sugar, and sliced bananas.  Kind of a cross between coleslaw and fruit salad.  A family favorite.  

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@KKWA 

You don't sound like a snob at all.

I quit pre made salad mix when I smelled one going bad and "google" was barely started, so we couldn't research why.

I got a salad spinner and still tear romaine!

[aroc3435]

@PickyPicky3   Do you have a blender.  Long, long ago--in the 1970s, Joy of Cooking had directions for blender cole slaw.  Simply core and quarter your cabbage and pullsee in batches that half fill the container.  For each batch fill with some cold water to withinn an inch of the topand pulse away to chop it very gradually into the size pieces you want and then continue with your recipe after drying the cabbage thoroughly by sieving it and then wring out any remaining moisture with a clean tea/kitchen towel.

A mezzaluna and a wooden chopping board also will work.  As will "ribboning" the cabbage quarters and then chopping more with a sharp chef's knife to get the size pieces you prefer.

I like the Kentucky Fried Chicken type of texture which is a very fine texture.

Best of luck!

aroc3435

Washington, DC