On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:25:18 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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>I have yet to find a slaw that I can eat that I can make that I like. I
>can't have egg or dairy and most slaw dressing calls for one or the other.
>There was a Mexican place here that did a slaw in a vinegar dressing and it
>was good but... Since I don't digest cabbage well, eating any sort of slaw
>is not really a risk I'm willing to take. When we did dine there, I would
>give Angela most of my slaw (she loved it) and leave just a bite on my
>plate. I did try to recreate this slaw at home but had no success with it
>and that place is closed now. Don't know the particulars of that either.
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>I do make slaw for Angela once in a while. She still loves it but there are
>reasons why she shouldn't have much cabbage, IMO and the dressings are
>overly carby. Plus she did not like any of the less carby recipes that I
>tried. None of us did. So... I just buy the bottled dressing and make it
>a few times a year for her. Much better IMO to serve something people will
>eat than to torture all of us and waste my time and money making things that
>we decide that we don't like. Really can not tell you how many batches of
>slaw I have done that were epic fails.
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>Am going now to try a new potato salad recipe. I have liked some of those
>that I made but my other family members mostly did not. This one calls for
>orange bell pepper which I do not have. I do have red which is Angela's
>favorite. Also calls for green onion which I only have dried. Seems all of
>the recipes I found called for fresh chives, parsley or green onion and I
>have none of these fresh. But this one calls for Veganaise which I do have
>and is the only mayo I can eat. Well, the only one I can get here anyway.
>I keep hearing of an excellent Canadian mayo that is egg free but it isn't
>available here.

There's a better place for you than "The Home", the coal bin.