To add on to the thread from last week, here’s another use for cabbage/cole slaw mix. This is surprisingly good - even my picky eater SIL like it and asked for the recipe. I’ve seen the recipe in a couple of places .... can’t tell whose it is so I’m just posting it. You could also easily use your own favorite cole slaw recipe and add the shrimp to that.
Shrimp Cole Slaw
½ cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon sugar
pepper to taste
4 cups cabbage, finely chopped (1 small head)
1 cup finely chopped celery
1-1/2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
2 cups fresh or frozen small shrimp, cooked and deveined (or 2 cups canned shrimp, drained and rinsed)
In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, lemon juice, sugar, and pepper & stir until well blended.
In a large bowl, combine cabbage, celery, onion and shrimp; add mayo mixture and stir until well blended.
Refrigerate until serving time.
Serves 4.
It’s been a weird day. I was looking at the name of the recipe I posted & wondering .... was it originally Cold slaw (which made more sense to me) & how did it the name ‘Cole’ slaw come about. So ... I finally quit thinking about it and looked it up. Here’s the link and the answer:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_coleslaw_come_from
Coleslaw was probably consumed, in its earliest form, in the times of the ancient Romans. Since then, it has been popularly adopted in many countries, including (but not limited to) the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Belgium, and Spain. However, the mayonnaise variety of coleslaw could not have arisen until the 18th century as mayonnaise was not yet invented. The term “cole slaw” arose in the 18th century as a partial translation from the Dutch term “koolsla”, a shortening of “koolsalade”, which means “cabbage salad”. It was commonly called cold slaw in Britain until the 1860s when “cole” (meaning cabbage) was revived. “Cole” originates from the Latin, colis, meaning “cabbage”, and is the origin of the Dutch word as well. In addition to calling it “coleslaw,” U.S. Southerners also refer to it as “slaw.” Today, coleslaw generally refers to the variation of the recipe with a mayonnaise-based dressing on the shredded cabbage and other vegetables.