I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?

A lot of times when a recipe doesn't have "it," the answer is a small
amount of plain salt.

--Lia


airraiders457 wrote:
I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?

Add onions (and I'd throw in some green pepper, too), 1/2 t. dry mustard,
and 1/2 C. vegetable oil, 1/2 C. cider vinegar. Place the vegetables in a
bowl, and pour 1 C. sugar over. Do not stir.

Bring to a boil everything but the vegetables and simmer for 5 minutes. Pour
the hot liquid over the vegetables. DO NOT STIR. Refrigerate for a couple of
hours before eating.

This SHOULD be soggy, but for some reason, it's not. Maybe the scientists
among us can explain this.

"airraiders457" wrote in message
om...
I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?

"airraiders457" wrote in message
om...
I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?

Shouldn't there be some "cabbage" in your slaw? Or at the very least some
"jicima" or "kholrabi"? Yellow peppers and carrots would add flavour but I
wouldn't build a cole slaw based on those 2 as my main ingredients. Thats
just my opinion...

"Tesoro" wrote in message
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Shouldn't there be some "cabbage" in your slaw?

LOL, I'd have thought so since the name derives from the Dutch kool meaning
cabbage and sla meaning salad; no cabbage in it is like no banana in a
banana split.

(airraiders457) writes:

I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

Proportions?

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?

Well dude, I don't see any cruciferous vegetables in that mix so I'd opt to add
at least one. Sheldon's suggest of about a year ago of Brussels sprouts
strikes me as good, but regular cabbage, or even shredded broccoli stalks would
balance out the peppers.

Best,

Marc

"MrAoD" wrote in message
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(airraiders457) writes:

I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

Proportions?

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?

Well dude, I don't see any cruciferous vegetables in that mix so I'd opt
to add
at least one. Sheldon's suggest of about a year ago of Brussels sprouts
strikes me as good, but regular cabbage, or even shredded broccoli stalks
would
balance out the peppers.

'
Are you wilting the cabbage? I think this is crucial. Shred the cabbage then
mix with the sugar and some salt. Let sit in a colander for 1-3 hours.
You'll see quite a bit of liquid drain off. Then continue with the recipe.


--
Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

"airraiders457" wrote in message
om...
I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?

I'm a little confused is there cabbage in the slaw or are you making a
marinated julianne of vegetables?

One entry found for coleslaw.

Main Entry: cole·slaw
Pronunciation: 'kOl-"slo
Function: noun
Etymology: Dutch koolsla, from kool cabbage + sla salad
: a salad made of raw sliced or chopped cabbage

From MW dot com.

Dimitri

Peter Aitken" writes:

"MrAoD" wrote:

yep, sho'ly did, ceptin' twas summin else who asked fo help.

I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

Proportions?

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?

Well dude, I don't see any cruciferous vegetables in that mix so I'd opt
to add
at least one. Sheldon's suggest of about a year ago of Brussels sprouts
strikes me as good, but regular cabbage, or even shredded broccoli stalks
would
balance out the peppers.

'
Are you wilting the cabbage? I think this is crucial. Shred the cabbage then
mix with the sugar and some salt. Let sit in a colander for 1-3 hours.
You'll see quite a bit of liquid drain off. Then continue with the recipe.

Way-ull I&I allus wilts the cabbage fust, 'n drains it. Ise tryin' t'figger
iff'n th'OP is using cabbage 't'all. Cain't hardly tell arse from snout of it
from the recipe it posted.

'Sides, that's a pure-D waste of a perfeckly good jalapeno iff'n twas t'ask me.

Best,

Marc, who's feeling a bit fey this afternoon and has been re-reading Huck Finn.

PS: How's the weather in coastal NC? I'm down to Avon in about 2 months.

Cabbage!

Paul

"airraiders457" wrote in message
om...
I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?

Paul M. Cook©® wrote:
Cabbage!


When I read the original poster's ingredient list, I assumed that
jalapeno cole slaw was something everyone else had heard of that I
hadn't. I figured that it had to be just like coleslaw but with
jalapeno peppers instead of cabbage. I do like somewhat spicy food but
not to the point of chomping on straight raw jalapenos. A little
Tobasco in a recipe is right for me. With that in mind, I said to
myself, well, I'll never make this, but the answer to the op's question
must be that he's missing salt. The obvious answer that he's missing
cabbage never crossed my mind!


--Lia

In article ojUlc.23840$_41.1690104@attbi_s02, Julia Altshuler
wrote:


When I read the original poster's ingredient list, I assumed that
jalapeno cole slaw was something everyone else had heard of that I
hadn't. I figured that it had to be just like coleslaw but with
jalapeno peppers instead of cabbage. I do like somewhat spicy food but
not to the point of chomping on straight raw jalapenos. A little
Tobasco in a recipe is right for me. With that in mind, I said to
myself, well, I'll never make this, but the answer to the op's question
must be that he's missing salt. The obvious answer that he's missing
cabbage never crossed my mind!


My brother and his wife took me to a chinese restaurant and ordered a dish
that was almost entirely jalapenos. It was marked as being very hot and
it was. I suspect it wasn't the jalapenos that made it so hot, though.
We couldn't eat half of it, and my SIL had the rest packed up and said
that she would give it to her niece who liked hot foods.

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS

airraiders457 wrote:

I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?


Cabbage would help, since it is the main ingredient in coleslaw.

airraiders457 wrote:

I'm trying to make a jalapeno coleslaw, so far I have the following
ingredients:

jalapeno
yellow bell pepper
carrots
sugar
cider vinegar
celery seed

For some reason it just doesn't have "it" yet. What should I put
in/take out to make it better?

Oh and besides the cabbage, leave out the sugar. With sweet peppers and
carrots, the salad will be sweeter than would taste good anyway.

Put in a generous amount of MSG. This is great stuff. Used in everything and
it is really good for you.

http://www.rense.com/general52/msg.htm

Farmer John