On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:09:32 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-10-18 2:44 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 10/18/2019 2:00 PM, wrote:
>>> without cabbage it's not slaw
>>>
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>> Others disagree.Â* Not cole, just slaw
>> https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/...slaw-and-slaw/
>>
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>I did some checking and I found that most sites indicate that slaw is
>coleslaw.... cabbage salad. Most of the cultures and their respective
>languages have other words for salad. If a deli or restaurant offers
>slaw on the menu you can be pretty sure it will be coleslaw.

You got it from Dutch. Cole (kool) means cabbage and slaw (sla) means
salad/lettuce. Cabbage salad.