Reuben & Rachel

[A. Maberry]

FWIW, I checked Recipesource.com for various cole slaw recipes and found
84, only one of which included ketchup/catsup (Cajun coleslaw--a Justin
Wilson recipe which also has Worchestershire sauce, Louisiana hot sauce,
onions and green bell peppers) and none that included chopped pickle or
pickle relish. There are a number that omit the mayonnaise dressing in
favor of various vinaigrettes.

I'm not sure I'd care much for coleslaw on corned-beef, but it's delicious
on a pulled-pork sandwich, at least in my opinion.

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu



On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Laurence Horn wrote:
> >
> I'd agree with Jim if my experience with cole slaw bore out his claim
> as to the composition of its dressing.  I've been eating cole slaw
> off and on for half a century and I can never recall one of the main
> ingredients in Thousand Island dressing, viz. ketchup, being part of
> the dressing.  Most versions have combinations of mayonnaise and
> vinegar, with (hopefully not too much) sugar to offset the vinegar,
> maybe mustard, and so on.   If Thousand Island dressing intervened,
> cole slaw would be pink instead of white, and I wouldn't want it on
> my sandwiches either.  Or are there relevant idiocrunches for cole
> slaw and/or Thousand Island dressing that I need to know about?
>
> larry
>