Ginny Sher wrote:
> Questions, questions...
>
> Someone recently mentioned sweating cabbage in the preparation of
> coleslaw. What exactly does that mean or how is that accomplished?
> The recipe I'm using calls for pouring a lot of sugar over shredded
> cabbage. Is that the ticket?
>
I read sweating as salting, letting weep, rinsing and then patting dry.
blacksalt
whereas making risotto in the summer makes the cook sweat

Questions, questions...

Someone recently mentioned sweating cabbage in the preparation of
coleslaw. What exactly does that mean or how is that accomplished?
The recipe I'm using calls for pouring a lot of sugar over shredded
cabbage. Is that the ticket?

Thanks,
Ginny

Ginny,

Looks like the below response got it right. I'll add that the purpose is to
remove the water (which would eventually leave the cabbage when you season
it), so as to not result in a watery cole slaw which would be, to use a
fancy cooking term, quite yucky,

Doug from Massachusetts


"kalanamak" > wrote in message
...
> Ginny Sher wrote:
> > Questions, questions...
> >
> > Someone recently mentioned sweating cabbage in the preparation of
> > coleslaw. What exactly does that mean or how is that accomplished?
> > The recipe I'm using calls for pouring a lot of sugar over shredded
> > cabbage. Is that the ticket?
> >
> I read sweating as salting, letting weep, rinsing and then patting dry.
> blacksalt
> whereas making risotto in the summer makes the cook sweat

In article >,
wrote:

> Questions, questions...
>
> Someone recently mentioned sweating cabbage in the preparation of
> coleslaw. What exactly does that mean or how is that accomplished?
> The recipe I'm using calls for pouring a lot of sugar over shredded
> cabbage. Is that the ticket?
>
> Thanks,
> Ginny

Salt, not sugar -- though maybe sugar works, too. Salt is used to draw
liquid from cukes prior to pickling in some recipes.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Sweet Potato Follies added 2/24/05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>Salt, not sugar -- though maybe sugar works, too. Salt is used to draw
>liquid from cukes prior to pickling in some recipes.
>--
>-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Sweet Potato Follies added 2/24/05.
>"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
>say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
>performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.
I take it you're back home Barb? Glad you made it safely.

In article >, x-no-archive: yes
wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> >Salt, not sugar -- though maybe sugar works, too. Salt is used to draw
> >liquid from cukes prior to pickling in some recipes.
> >--
> >-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Sweet Potato Follies added 2/24/05.

> I take it you're back home Barb? Glad you made it safely.

Thanks. We've been back for a week. Uneventful until baggage-claim
time. I posted the story on my webpage. All's well that ends well.
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Arizona vacation pics added 3-24-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.