On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 8:22:09 AM UTC-10, Cheri wrote:
> "dsi1" <dsi10yahoo.com> wrote in message
> ...
> On Friday, August 4, 2017 at 8:30:57 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> > On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 1:18:33 AM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > >
> > > I didn't think that people would make coleslaw in a food processor.
> > > Sounds like that would be some kind of mess. OTOH, I don't have much
> > > experience with food processors. I don't trust them! 
> > >
> > >
> > Using the shredding blade it would go through a head of cabbage
> > in mere seconds. If you add carrot to your slaw it would also
> > make short work out of those as well.
>
> 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!
>
> =====
>
> I don't need to haul mine out, it's always on the counter, not faster or
> simpler to do it by hand, and with the Cuisinart, the clean up is very
> simple. I don't like mandolines though.
>
> Cheri
My guess is that I can slice up half a cabbage faster using a knife than you can using a food processor. You might be able to beat me if you're slicing up one or more cabbages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMir0ucUOoU