Kitchen

[bmorechick]

A head of Savoy cabbage can be chopped in minutes. I use the shredded carrots in a bag and a small head of red cabbage which can be sliced and chopped quickly too. 

[Mindy D]

@PickyPicky3 You can use a grater. 

[Mindy D]

[webbgarner1]

@PickyPicky3  I always used a  box grater.

[Desertdi]

I use a Sabatier butcher knife I've had for over 50 years...makes fast work shredding a cabbage

[PickyPicky3]

@KKWA   Actually, your question "How hard is it to chop up a little lettuce?" sounds a bit condescending. 

My post had nothing to do with difficulty or laziness. Many of us live alone and because of the pandemic have had to completely change how we food shop. Bagged salads allow me to have a wider variety of ingredients in smaller quantities. I'm not having guests over like I used to, so my grocery needs are very small. I do curbside and can't just run out for a few items. You have to wait for a curbside slot with dollar minimums for an order. Sometimes an order of 30 items ends up at 18 because things were out of stock and there were no substitutions.

Of course fresh greens taste better and are better for you. But if that were all I used, too much of it would end up in the garbage.  

[Sooner]

Sort of off topic I guess, but I prefer shredded cabbage to chopped or grated.  I like the crunch.

I you are serving slaw with a very spicy heavy flavored food like bbq, my favorite is a creamy but not heavy dressing, slightly sweet but with a little vinegar taste, and very very basic slaw.  No carrot shreds, no seeds, just salt and pepper.  And serve it ice cold!  

The contrast of the sweet, cool, crisp slightly acid cabbage and the hot spicy jucy bbq or ribs is heaven on earth to me!  

[walkingal]

I'm lazy I guess.  Two grocery stores in my area have have delicious cole slaw, potato salad, and macaroni salad in their deli section.  That's what I buy.

[PickyPicky3]

Thank you all. So many helpful responses to a kind of mundane topic.

[SurferWife]

@PickyPicky3 

Whatever you decide, may I recommend adding raisins to it?  When I first heard of that I though yuk!  However, after trying it I refuse to eat Cole Slaw without raisins!