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"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "BlueBrooke" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:54:30 -0500, "Janet" >
>> wrote:
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>>>It is not uncommon to salt vegetables to draw out liquid and avoid
>>>wateriness. Zucchini, for example. I salt eggplant--only for certain
>>>ways of
>>>cooking it--to draw out the water.

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>> Yup -- that's how I solved my watery coleslaw problem. Salt the
>> cabbage, let it drain for awhile in a colander and rinse thoroughly.
>> Nice and crunchy, and no pool of liquid in the bottom of the bowl
>> when
>> I'm mousing around in the fidge for leftovers. Grandmas know
>> everything. :-D

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> Hey, I never thought to do that with coleslaw. I hate that pool, so
> will do it next time. Thanks.


I don't get it because I buy the packaged dry coleslaw, lol. I buy it
for snacks and a quick extra on a salad plate if I am low on other
greens. I don't think there is a fabulous amount of nutrition in dry
slaw so its just a filler for me really. I like to have a bowl of it
with Ranch for an afternoon snack.