Shelly’s Journal

My first attempt at homemade slaw. It was the usual Shelly fiasco. If there’s a way to do something wrong, I’m there.

I put the slicing disk in my food processor the wrong way so that half of my cabbage was a slimy mess. I was getting so frustrated. How could this be? This is a high quality processor. One up for user error. Once I flipped it over, it was a matter of a minute before my slaw was slawed. And the carrots shredded like a dream.

Next I added 1/2 cup mayo and 2 T White Vinegar. The mix didn’t seem right, so I added more of the mayo and vinegar. I ended up with too much vinegar. But when I put it together with the pork sandwiches, not so bad.

I got my pork recipe from Chris, here.

She had these ingredients:
1 12 oz can tomato paste
1/3 cup molasses
1/2 cup honey
4 cloves minced garlic
1 tsp dry mustard
2T sugar
2 tsp salt
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
2 cups water
1tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp cayenne powder (optional)

We liked it, but didn’t love it. But, it’s a good base recipe to start from. I’m thinking a little less vinegar and a little more sugar. And the above made about 2x what we needed, so I froze the rest and plan to use on some ribs next week.

Plus, how economical is this? The sauce probably cost about $3 to make. Pork Shoulder -$3. Rolls - $2.50. I think we had 8-10 sandwiches out of this, plus sauce left over for the ribs (does that make the sauce only $1.50???)

The Coleslaw cost me about $1.50 to make - and I could have had more if I’d not messed up so much cabbage. Next time I’m trying this version.

It’s great when you have the tools and the seasonings on hand to do what you need to do!