On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 00:47:10 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> wrote in message
...
>> 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.
>
>True but for the cabbage, I prefer the knife. I don't add a lot of carrot so
>I had shred.

Only takes 30 seconds to grate a carrot with a box grater and a head
of caboge only needs one carrot.. there are rotary graters too for
larger amounts, I think they grate better than a food processor and
need minimal storage space:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...d=QYJ6A3Y0JCXR
I like diced bell peppers in my slaw, about half a red, half a green.
I seriously doubt people here make slaw in quantities to necessitate a
machine... and if I were making slaw to supply delis I'd invest in a
*real* food processor:
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/142...SAAEgKxJPD_BwE

On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 00:45:22 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
>> On Friday, August 4, 2017 at 1:21:56 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> >>On Thu, 3 Aug 2017 20:46:17 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> >>>On Thu, 3 Aug 2017 20:43:12 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> >>>> On Wed, 02 Aug 2017 08:39:29 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>> Have you folks come up with a solution to soupy slaw? I only make
>>> >>>>> slaw about once a year because my husband likes it and I really,
>>> >>>>> really don't. The only slaw that I know is the vinegar kind my
>>> >>>>> mother
>>> >>>>> made and I like that fine, I just don't care for the mayonnaise
>>> >>>>> kind.
>>> >>>>> Anyway, I always end up with soupy slaw especially as leftovers.
>>> >>>>> Fixes?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Salt the cabbage lightly, toss it up, weight it down, and let it
>>> >>>> weep
>>> >>>> in a strainer for a few hours beforehand. Rinse and proceed as
>>> >>>> normal.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>Duh. I should have checked other responses first.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>-sw
>>> >>that's o.k. More answers affirm the answer.
>>> >>Janet US
>>> >
>>> > That salting to remove moisture method will result in limp slaw. If
>>> > the slaw becomes soupy there could be something about the dressing
>>> > that's drawing out water, perhaps too salty... if holding slaw in the
>>> > fridge for more than a day don't salt until it's time to eat it.
>>> > It could also be that the cabbage is old and/or shredded with a dull
>>> > knife. Finely chopped cabbage will release a lot more water than
>>> > shredded, especially if chopped with a dull blade such as with food
>>> > processors... food processor blades tear and crush rather then cleanly
>>> > slice. I make slaw often with the cabbage I grow and I have no soupy
>>> > slaw, however I slice fine shreds with a keenly sharpened carbon steel
>>> > blade... I don't like chopped slaw that can be eaten with a spoon.
>>>
>>> Yay! Someone backing me up! I too use the knife and not the food
>>> processor.
>>
>> 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!
>
>A & W Rootbeer used to make a really good chopped coleslaw. I liked it so
>much that I once went there just for two orders of that. But something
>wasn't right with them that day. I think it was old or something. Didn't
>taste right and I felt unwell after eating it. I never had it after that but
>then the one I got it at closed and I've only been to one perhaps once after
>that. Don't remember it being on the menu.
>
>As for the food processor, I've seen recipes for making it that way but... I
>have found that using the food processor to chop veggies does result in a
>lot of liquid coming out and the chopping isn't necessarily even. I do prep
>veggies this way for meatloaf but rather than adding them right into the
>meat, I cook them down in a skillet with a little olive oil to prevent
>sticking. I tried putting them right in once but they gave off so much
>liquid as they cooked! Someone suggested this method. Really does work. I
>just keep cooking until the mixture is very dry. Gotta stir a lot towards
>the end. Usually use spinach, zucchini, peppers and onions. Might also add
>carrots and celery and tomato.

For meat loaf I add veggies to my meat grinder along with the meat...
saves a lot of knife work... doesn't waste the parsley stems either.

On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 9:16:41 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> OK, I've just got to ask. How would that turn out in the food
> processor if you didn't use the blade attachment?
>
>
You'd have to cut your cabbage into manageable pieces but by the
time the food processor chopped those pieces I'd guess you'd have
cabbage soup. The shredding blade would have to job done in just
a few seconds.

On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 9:25:52 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
>
> In article >, says...
> >
> > As for the food processor, I've seen recipes for making it that way but...
> > I have found that using the food processor to chop veggies does result in a
> > lot of liquid coming out and the chopping isn't necessarily even.
>
> FP Ignorance strikes again. Go stand in the corner with Sheldon and
> Dsil.
>
> Chopping is not slicing.
>
> A quality food processor has different kinds of blades for different
> functions (chopping, slicing, shredding, beating) The chopping blade
> chops, it doesn't slice. For slicing you use slicing blades. As with a
> knife, each slice is cut once. There's no soupiness or liquid because
> the SLICED vegetable doesn't get chopped up over and over.
>
> My FP blades offer a choice of three different slice thicknesses,
> here's a couple. As you can see, they cut perfectly even.
>
> https://www.magimix-spares.co.uk/Mag...et-for-Grande-
> Famille-3500-Offer/product/5510955110/5510955110/
>
> Janet UK
>
>
YES! YES! YES!

On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 10:11:21 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 8/5/2017 3:45 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> As for the food processor, I've seen recipes for making it that way
>> but... I have found that using the food processor to chop veggies does
>> result in a lot of liquid coming out and the chopping isn't necessarily
>> even. I do prep veggies this way for meatloaf but rather than adding
>> them right into the meat, I cook them down in a skillet with a little
>> olive oil to prevent sticking. I tried putting them right in once but
>> they gave off so much liquid as they cooked! Someone suggested this
>> method. Really does work. I just keep cooking until the mixture is very
>> dry. Gotta stir a lot towards the end. Usually use spinach, zucchini,
>> peppers and onions. Might also add carrots and celery and tomato.
>
>
>How much veggies do you use in the mix? It sounds sort of like a veggie
>loaf. Aside from some onion, I use no veggies in mine, just some bread
>crumbs.

With meat loaf I add onion, carrot, a raw potato, celery, parsley, and
whatever else in the fridge needs using, could be that lonely apple...
all goes into my meat grinder along with the meat... and at the end
old bread too... or perhaps that last tube of saltines or the last of
those flaky wakies, or some corn chips, or cheese doodles. For a
while I was grinding in Eggo waffles from the freezer that the grands
didn't get to. There are no meat loaf rulz other than garlic, can't
grind in clove garlic as no mater how hard one tries to mix it in it
stays in a clump... gotta do like saw-seege making, use granulated.

On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 12:35:02 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>
> You'd still need to use a knife for slicing a cabbage into small
> wedges to fit the processor chute, plus trim out the core, so may as
> well simply quarter the head and shred... and not have any more clean
> up than rinsing the knife.
>
You have to take out the core whether you're using the food processor
to make slaw or using the knife.

For myself, I like the shredding blade as it cuts that cabbage into
shredded pieces rather than long strings. The slicing blade produces
long pieces of cabbage (I hope that makes sense.) Using the knife
I'd still have to work on that cabbage so it wouldn't be stringy.
>
> I can do a better job with a 10" carbon steel chefs
> knife and faster than with a food processor...
>
No you can't.
>
> home style food processors are actually toys r us gadgets... they
cannot shred cabbage.
>
Wrong again. That's twice you're wrong in one thread; you should be
embarrassed. You don't even own a food processor, do you? Like Janet UK
said, go stand in the corner with Julie.

On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 12:38:51 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>
> Many years ago I was given a top o' the line food processor as a
> wedding gift, try as I might to like it I found it totally useless. I
> tossed it in the trash.
>
>
Uh-huh.

"dsi1" > wrote in message news:d8467ed2-2c55-442e-8fcf-

> 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!


I do, just attach the shredding blade and feed the cabbage into the chute.
Works great.

Cheri

> wrote in message
...
> 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.
>


Again, I should have read ahead.

Cheri

"dsi1" > 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

> wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 02:32:52 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>>On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 4:27:48 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> I'll have to take your word for it. I wouldn't mind using a food
>>> processor - just not in my house.
>>
>>Where _would_ you use it? In your car?
>>
>>Cindy Hamilton
>
> Many years ago I was given a top o' the line food processor as a
> wedding gift, try as I might to like it I found it totally useless. I
> tossed it in the trash.


Probably couldn't figure out how to use it, so then it was useless, sort of
like the fox and the grapes. LOL

Cheri

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> OK, I've just got to ask. How would that turn out in the food
> processor if you didn't use the blade attachment?


Using the shredding disc attachment. Also great for cheese shredding.

Cheri

On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 4:04:09 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/5/2017 4:27 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> >>>
> >> Yes, the food processor can be just something else to clean up but
> >> it is fast. I'd haul it out only if I had several things that needed
> >> sliced or shredded. I've made carrot salad using mine with the
> >> shredding blade several times and it's a LOT quicker than that knuckle
> >> scraper box shredder.
> >
> > I'll have to take your word for it. I wouldn't mind using a food processor - just not in my house.
> >
>
> That's silly, a fear of the unknown? It won't harm your house but you
> can use it outdoors if it makes you feel better about it.
>
> We don't use ours often, but I'll be making slaw this afternoon for
> dinner tomorrow. As for cleanup, it only takes seconds to rinse and put
> it in the dishwasher.

I don't want one of those things in my house because I don't have room for it. If I did have a lot of room, I'd probably have one of those things. I have a small chopper FP thingie. It's my daughter's but I've used it to chop up some pork. It works pretty good. If I had a Chinese cleaver, I wouldn't use it either.

On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 11:14:41 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 12:38:51 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>
>> Many years ago I was given a top o' the line food processor as a
>> wedding gift, try as I might to like it I found it totally useless. I
>> tossed it in the trash.
>>
>>
>Uh-huh.

How many times has he told that story.
You'll notice that "He" was given a wedding present, not "they". That
tells you all you need to know about Sheldon.
Janet US

On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 1:21:08 PM UTC-5, Cheri wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > 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.
> >
>
> Again, I should have read ahead.
>
> Cheri
>
>
Pshaw! No big deal.

On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 15:25:44 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >, says...
>>
>> As for the food processor, I've seen recipes for making it that way but... I
>> have found that using the food processor to chop veggies does result in a
>> lot of liquid coming out and the chopping isn't necessarily even.
>
> FP Ignorance strikes again. Go stand in the corner with Sheldon and
>Dsil.
>
> Chopping is not slicing.
>
> A quality food processor has different kinds of blades for different
>functions (chopping, slicing, shredding, beating) The chopping blade
>chops, it doesn't slice. For slicing you use slicing blades. As with a
>knife, each slice is cut once. There's no soupiness or liquid because
>the SLICED vegetable doesn't get chopped up over and over.
>
> My FP blades offer a choice of three different slice thicknesses,
>here's a couple. As you can see, they cut perfectly even.
>
>https://www.magimix-spares.co.uk/Mag...et-for-Grande-
>Famille-3500-Offer/product/5510955110/5510955110/

You have low standards. Home style food processor blades hack off
very short pieces, not shreds.... it actually butchers a cabbage (or
any veggie) with those blunt edged blades that whack like a guillotine
rather than slice. Home style food processors have a relatively
narrow feed tube, too narrow for producing properly long shreds...
commercial food processors don't use a feed tube... but still those
blades approach like an axe so beat on the food rather than slice...
and that's why commercially prepared slaws quickly become soupy too,
it's just that the deli periodically drains their slaw and adds fresh
dressing.

A method I use for shredding cabbage is to slice a head into quarters
through the core and then seperate out the center portion and use the
outer portion for shredding with a knife... the inner portion, about
1/4 of the head, consists of very small compact leaves that really
don't shred well but the center is very sweet and tender, cooks treat
along with the heart of the core.

No home cook needs to prep so much food that they need a food
processor... those who rely on home style food processors not only
have poor knife skills they are in fact ascared of a knife. Those
home cooks with good knife skills can easily out perform a food
processor, both in speed and especially quality. I tried a food
processor for about a year, the largest one Cusinart offered at the
time, I thought it sinful what it did to veggies.... my lawnmowers do
a neater job slicing flora.

On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 00:27:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
>> On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 16:21:28 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> That salting to remove moisture method will result in limp slaw. If
>>>> the slaw becomes soupy there could be something about the dressing
>>>> that's drawing out water, perhaps too salty... if holding slaw in the
>>>> fridge for more than a day don't salt until it's time to eat it.
>>>> It could also be that the cabbage is old and/or shredded with a dull
>>>> knife. Finely chopped cabbage will release a lot more water than
>>>> shredded, especially if chopped with a dull blade such as with food
>>>> processors... food processor blades tear and crush rather then cleanly
>>>> slice. I make slaw often with the cabbage I grow and I have no soupy
>>>> slaw, however I slice fine shreds with a keenly sharpened carbon steel
>>>> blade... I don't like chopped slaw that can be eaten with a spoon.
>>>
>>> Yay! Someone backing me up! I too use the knife and not the food
>>> processor.
>>
>> Practically everything he just said is wrong. So congratulations!
>
>Well... *Gets superior look on face* At least our slaw isn't soggy!

The dwarf finally admits he's totally devoid of any knife skills, and
in fact he's very ascared of sharps... at best he can prepare slovenly
sandwiches, and with presliced cheapo bread... the dwarf substitutes
his lack of ability with knife skills by hiding all his food under
fiery pepper sauce, pepper sauce he has to buy because he hasn't a
clue how to make his own... what a culinary loser!

wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 15:25:44 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> As for the food processor, I've seen recipes for making it that
> way but... I >> have found that using the food processor to chop
> veggies does result in a >> lot of liquid coming out and the chopping
> isn't necessarily even.
> >
> > FP Ignorance strikes again. Go stand in the corner with Sheldon
> > and Dsil.
> >
> > Chopping is not slicing.
> >
> > A quality food processor has different kinds of blades for
> > different functions (chopping, slicing, shredding, beating) The
> > chopping blade chops, it doesn't slice. For slicing you use slicing
> > blades. As with a knife, each slice is cut once. There's no
> > soupiness or liquid because the SLICED vegetable doesn't get
> > chopped up over and over.
> >
> > My FP blades offer a choice of three different slice thicknesses,
> > here's a couple. As you can see, they cut perfectly even.
> >
> > https://www.magimix-spares.co.uk/Mag...Set-for-Grande
> > - Famille-3500-Offer/product/5510955110/5510955110/
>
> You have low standards. Home style food processor blades hack off
> very short pieces, not shreds.... it actually butchers a cabbage (or
> any veggie) with those blunt edged blades that whack like a guillotine
> rather than slice. Home style food processors have a relatively
> narrow feed tube, too narrow for producing properly long shreds...
> commercial food processors don't use a feed tube... but still those
> blades approach like an axe so beat on the food rather than slice...
> and that's why commercially prepared slaws quickly become soupy too,
> it's just that the deli periodically drains their slaw and adds fresh
> dressing.
>
> A method I use for shredding cabbage is to slice a head into quarters
> through the core and then seperate out the center portion and use the
> outer portion for shredding with a knife... the inner portion, about
> 1/4 of the head, consists of very small compact leaves that really
> don't shred well but the center is very sweet and tender, cooks treat
> along with the heart of the core.
>
> No home cook needs to prep so much food that they need a food
> processor... those who rely on home style food processors not only
> have poor knife skills they are in fact ascared of a knife. Those
> home cooks with good knife skills can easily out perform a food
> processor, both in speed and especially quality. I tried a food
> processor for about a year, the largest one Cusinart offered at the
> time, I thought it sinful what it did to veggies.... my lawnmowers do
> a neater job slicing flora.

I have to laugh at this but fact is, you are kinda right in some ways.

I wouldnt mind a small (2 cups or so) 'food chopper' but my
expectations there are an uneven mash/chop for onions when it doesn't
matter if some are more mashed than chopped. A knife is generally
faster and easier for home use. I'll add it's a more 'green' item and
much of my kitchen is fairly 'green' in energy use. If I got a 2 cup
version, it would be apt to me manual and used for messy things like
tomatoes or sniffy things that make you cry, like onions.

--

Cheri wrote:
>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!
>
>I do, just attach the shredding blade and feed the cabbage into the chute.
>Works great.

I've not ever seen a food processor with a chute that can handle my
ten pound cabbages... and I ain't talking yoose gal's vaginas. LOL

> wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 00:27:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
>>> On Fri, 4 Aug 2017 16:21:28 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> That salting to remove moisture method will result in limp slaw. If
>>>>> the slaw becomes soupy there could be something about the dressing
>>>>> that's drawing out water, perhaps too salty... if holding slaw in the
>>>>> fridge for more than a day don't salt until it's time to eat it.
>>>>> It could also be that the cabbage is old and/or shredded with a dull
>>>>> knife. Finely chopped cabbage will release a lot more water than
>>>>> shredded, especially if chopped with a dull blade such as with food
>>>>> processors... food processor blades tear and crush rather then cleanly
>>>>> slice. I make slaw often with the cabbage I grow and I have no soupy
>>>>> slaw, however I slice fine shreds with a keenly sharpened carbon steel
>>>>> blade... I don't like chopped slaw that can be eaten with a spoon.
>>>>
>>>> Yay! Someone backing me up! I too use the knife and not the food
>>>> processor.
>>>
>>> Practically everything he just said is wrong. So congratulations!
>>
>>Well... *Gets superior look on face* At least our slaw isn't soggy!
>
> The dwarf finally admits he's totally devoid of any knife skills, and
> in fact he's very ascared of sharps... at best he can prepare slovenly
> sandwiches, and with presliced cheapo bread... the dwarf substitutes
> his lack of ability with knife skills by hiding all his food under
> fiery pepper sauce, pepper sauce he has to buy because he hasn't a
> clue how to make his own... what a culinary loser!

Hehehe.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/5/2017 3:45 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> As for the food processor, I've seen recipes for making it that way
>> but... I have found that using the food processor to chop veggies does
>> result in a lot of liquid coming out and the chopping isn't necessarily
>> even. I do prep veggies this way for meatloaf but rather than adding them
>> right into the meat, I cook them down in a skillet with a little olive
>> oil to prevent sticking. I tried putting them right in once but they gave
>> off so much liquid as they cooked! Someone suggested this method. Really
>> does work. I just keep cooking until the mixture is very dry. Gotta stir
>> a lot towards the end. Usually use spinach, zucchini, peppers and onions.
>> Might also add carrots and celery and tomato.
>
>
> How much veggies do you use in the mix? It sounds sort of like a veggie
> loaf. Aside from some onion, I use no veggies in mine, just some bread
> crumbs.

I have to be careful not to put too many veggies in or it will taste more
like veggies and not meat. Always one onion. About a handful of spinach. One
small zucchini, about one pepper. I do make a very big batch of individual
loves. Enough for 5-6 dinners.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> OK, I've just got to ask. How would that turn out in the food
> processor if you didn't use the blade attachment?

Hehehe. He's still working on it.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
news
> On 8/5/2017 4:27 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>>>>
>>> Yes, the food processor can be just something else to clean up but
>>> it is fast. I'd haul it out only if I had several things that needed
>>> sliced or shredded. I've made carrot salad using mine with the
>>> shredding blade several times and it's a LOT quicker than that knuckle
>>> scraper box shredder.
>>
>> I'll have to take your word for it. I wouldn't mind using a food
>> processor - just not in my house.
>>
>
> That's silly, a fear of the unknown? It won't harm your house but you can
> use it outdoors if it makes you feel better about it.

That needed beverage alert.
>
> We don't use ours often, but I'll be making slaw this afternoon for dinner
> tomorrow. As for cleanup, it only takes seconds to rinse and put it in
> the dishwasher.

"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 11:14:41 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
>>On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 12:38:51 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>>
>>> Many years ago I was given a top o' the line food processor as a
>>> wedding gift, try as I might to like it I found it totally useless. I
>>> tossed it in the trash.
>>>
>>>
>>Uh-huh.
>
> How many times has he told that story.
> You'll notice that "He" was given a wedding present, not "they". That
> tells you all you need to know about Sheldon.
> Janet US

When a male coworker of mine got married, we got him a wedding present. A
very nice beer stein. We knew him. His wife? Didn't know her.

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

"Cheri" > wrote in message
news
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>>
>
>
> Again, I should have read ahead.

I need a shower now.

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

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

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

===

Wow that is pretty neat. I have a slicer like that but a bit smaller! I
never thought of using it on a cabbage like that)

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http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On Sat, 05 Aug 2017 23:09:34 -0400, Doris Night
> wrote:

>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

I'd have omitted the onions, especially when preparing any salad for a
group... salad bars serve onions separately, not everyone appreciates
raw onions. I like onions but not in cole slaw, not in potato salad
either. I like onions in a garden salad but I much prefer to add
onions myself, and freshly sliced... onions prepared and added in
advance tend to become woofy. Whenever I prepare a tossed garden
salad for myself the onion is sthe last ingredient I prepare and I
prefer a sweet onion in a salad, mainly because I can add the entire
onion without it domineering, plus I never save part of an onion, no
matter how carefully wrapped it'll stink up everything in the fridge.
Onion trimmings don't go into my compost bucket or into the trash,
they get tossed outside into the woods.

wrote:
>
> plus I never save part of an onion, no
> matter how carefully wrapped it'll stink up everything in the fridge.

That's such nonsense. Never happens here in Virginia.
Learn to wrap. Heck, I just use a fold top baggie and
never any onion smell in my fridge. I often use part
of an onion and save the rest.

In article >, penmart01
@aol.com says...
>
> On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 02:32:52 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 4:27:48 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> >> I'll have to take your word for it. I wouldn't mind using a food processor - just not in my house.
> >
> >Where _would_ you use it? In your car?
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> Many years ago I was given a top o' the line food processor as a
> wedding gift, try as I might to like it I found it totally useless. I
> tossed it in the trash.

What happened was, someone gave you a crap food processor, probably
because they'd been to so many Sheldon weddings they were sick of
wasting their money on a present that would last longer than the
marriage.

Janet UK

In article >, says...
>
> "U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 11:14:41 -0700 (PDT), "
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 12:38:51 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Many years ago I was given a top o' the line food processor as a
> >>> wedding gift, try as I might to like it I found it totally useless. I
> >>> tossed it in the trash.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Uh-huh.
> >
> > How many times has he told that story.
> > You'll notice that "He" was given a wedding present, not "they". That
> > tells you all you need to know about Sheldon.
> > Janet US
>
> When a male coworker of mine got married, we got him a wedding present. A
> very nice beer stein. We knew him. His wife? Didn't know her.

You knew they were GETTING MARRIED. One beer stein, for a couple?

Janet UK

In article >, penmart01
@aol.com says...
> A method I use for shredding cabbage is to slice a head into quarters
> through the core and then seperate out the center portion and use the
> outer portion for shredding with a knife...

I do the same; then I feed it through the slicing blade of the FP.

Faster, finer and more even than your knife.

Janet UK

In article >, cshenk1
@cox.net says...
> I wouldnt mind a small (2 cups or so) 'food chopper' but my
> expectations there are an uneven mash/chop for onions when it doesn't
> matter if some are more mashed than chopped.

You're still confusing chop/mash with slice, but carry on making a
fool of yourself.

Janet UK

Janet wrote:
>
> says...
> > When a male coworker of mine got married, we got him a wedding present. A
> > very nice beer stein. We knew him. His wife? Didn't know her.
>
> You knew they were GETTING MARRIED. One beer stein, for a couple?

No doubt the bride was offended. :-(

Janet wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> In article >, cshenk1
> @cox.net says...
> > I wouldnt mind a small (2 cups or so) 'food chopper' but my
> > expectations there are an uneven mash/chop for onions when it
> > doesn't matter if some are more mashed than chopped.
>
> You're still confusing chop/mash with slice, but carry on making a
> fool of yourself.
>
> Janet UK
>

I am not confused at all Janet. The 'Food Chopper' is in quotes
because the one I look at which is small (2 cups or so) doens't do what
a normal knife does nor is it a fancy deal that would handle a whole
cabbage (even in pieces without making cabbage mush).

Why would you call me a fool because I chop with a knife and
occasioanlly look at a small manual chopper when the cut doesnt matter
and just doing 2 cups of onions?



--

Janet wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> In article >, penmart01
> @aol.com says...
> > A method I use for shredding cabbage is to slice a head into
> > quarters through the core and then seperate out the center portion
> > and use the outer portion for shredding with a knife...
>
> I do the same; then I feed it through the slicing blade of the FP.
>
> Faster, finer and more even than your knife.
>
> Janet UK

Perhaps you like your methid best as it matters to the eye appeal you
are looking for? Thats fine. I LIKE a more rustic cut going on in my
slaw.


--

Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> wrote:
> >
> > plus I never save part of an onion, no
> > matter how carefully wrapped it'll stink up everything in the
> > fridge.
>
> That's such nonsense. Never happens here in Virginia.
> Learn to wrap. Heck, I just use a fold top baggie and
> never any onion smell in my fridge. I often use part
> of an onion and save the rest.

I use a zip-lok baggie and never an issue.

--

Janet wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> In article >, penmart01
> @aol.com says...
> >
> > On Sat, 5 Aug 2017 02:32:52 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 4:27:48 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'll have to take your word for it. I wouldn't mind using a food
> > processor - just not in my house.
> > >
> > > Where would you use it? In your car?
> > >
> > > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > Many years ago I was given a top o' the line food processor as a
> > wedding gift, try as I might to like it I found it totally useless.
> > I tossed it in the trash.
>
> What happened was, someone gave you a crap food processor, probably
> because they'd been to so many Sheldon weddings they were sick of
> wasting their money on a present that would last longer than the
> marriage.
>
> Janet UK

Hi Janet UK,

Not all of us love the same appliances. Just take it that some of us
aren't into food processors.

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"cshenk" > wrote in message
...
> Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > plus I never save part of an onion, no
>> > matter how carefully wrapped it'll stink up everything in the
>> > fridge.
>>
>> That's such nonsense. Never happens here in Virginia.
>> Learn to wrap. Heck, I just use a fold top baggie and
>> never any onion smell in my fridge. I often use part
>> of an onion and save the rest.
>
> I use a zip-lok baggie and never an issue.

Me too, Sheldon has many odd things happening when it comes to the kitchen.
LOL

Cheri