On 2017-08-05 9:58 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/5/2017 2:46 AM, dsi1 wrote:

>> I saw some guy today chopping up some cabbage with a knife. It looked
>> like a lot of fun. If I had a food processor, I probably wouldn't haul
>> it out to chop up a head of cabbage. It would be faster and simpler to
>> just do it by hand. Mostly, I just chop up half a head. I've tried
>> using a grater and a mandoline. Forget it! It's too much trouble!
>>
>
> Depends on what you want as a final result. The grating blade gives me
> a consistent cut the way we like it. You can get thinner that you will
> with a knife. It is not that one is better than the other, they are just
> different so make your choice. The machine makes easy work of carrots too!


I am not crazy about cole slaw, so on the rare occasion that I make it I
do it by hand. I slice the cabbage into thing slices with a big chefs'
knife and grate the carrots with a hand grater. If I was making a
full batch of the stuff I would most definitely use the FP with the
blade attachment.