On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 10:06:45 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>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.

For home consumption, I always make slaw by shredding the cabbage with
a knife. However, a couple of years ago, I was recruited to make
coleslaw for 150 people for a family reunion. I used my food
processor, shredding cabbage, onions, peppers, carrots, and celery.

I did the processing the day before the reunion. It was a bit soupy,
but I drained it before mixing in the dressing. The whole thing turned
out very well, and everyone liked it.

Doris