"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Mon 21 Jan 2008 02:25:38p, chefhelen told us...
>
>>
>> "Charlotte L. Blackmer" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In article >, chefhelen
>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>"Sheldon" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>> Re the snipped part about raisins in slaw - I love them but only in
>>> Asian-style slaw (red cabbage, rice-vinegar based dressing, some
>>> shredded carrots, plus raisins, sometimes nuts ... pecans are especially
>>> good ... but NO MAYO.) I would probably regard them as deeply strange
> in
>>> standard yankee doodle coleslaw.
>>>
>>>>> Cabbage is a cold weather crop, there is no cabbage in Mexican
>>>>> dishes...
>>>
>>> This is not true; Ensenada-style deep-fried fish tacos have a shredded
>>> cabbage garnish.
>>>
>>>>>there is probably not a
>>>>>head of cabbage to be found from south of the Rio Grande all the way
>>>>>to mid South America. The concept of Mexican cole slaw is laughable,
> but
>>>>>in a grotesque farcical sort of way.
>>>
>>> Some of those recipes no doubt are, and would be better called
>>> "southwestern slaw".
>>>
>>> But my experience is that Mexicans like eating what's fresh, local, and
>>> inexpensive. Cabbage often qualifies and has the benefit of feeding a
>>> crowd. (It's usually shredded raw in something salady.)
>>>
>>>>Kool - (pronounced like the "cole" in cole slaw) = cabbage in Dutch
>>>>
>>>>Sla - (pronounced like the "slaw" in cole slaw) = salad in Dutch
>>>>
>>>>Koolsla = cabbage salad
>>>>
>>>>I'm certain that almost every other country in the world has a cabbage
>>>>salad too. I'm just fascinated by the fact that it's a literal
>>>>translation from the Dutch.
>>>
>>> No doubt one of the many gifts they gave at least the US language .
>>>
>>> Charlotte (with cookies. What's not to like?)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> It's like the expression "to strike while the iron is hot"....I never
>> understood it until I learned that when you iron (the verb) in Dutch it's
>> called striking. Now it makes sense because of COURSE you "strike" while
>> the iron (noun) is hot!
>>
>>
>> helen
>>
>>
>>
>
> I thought it was a blacksmith's phrase meaning to strike the hot iron with
> the hammer or mallet.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright
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Wellllll, it *was* a Dutch man who told me this soooooooo........

As usual, YMMV,
helen