What are the advantages of using a food processor to make coleslaw?!
What are the advantages of using a food processor to make coleslaw?
I need to know the answer to this for my food-technology homework.
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Is this just for the cutting of the cabbage and stuff? My first thought is time, then second would be that it will mix things better and second is that the natural juices will come out better and then you can mix with the dressing and the dressing will then have the juices.
mixes faster.
Because if you're tweaking, you are less likely to cut yourself than if you used a chef's knife. Also, in that state, watching it whirl around is very mesmerizing.
less clean up less waste, even uniform pieces. quicker
smaller pieces, and its less lickley to choke the next person who eats it. even proportions, and yuk coleslaw is gross but i guess if its for school...thats a weird project>>> :-o
the cabbage gets cut up better, you don't get your fingers cut and you have more cabbage taste so the finished product is tastier. but that is only my opinion
None, a food processor doesn't shred lettuce to the texture you want. In fact, it depends on what kind of texture and how big you want your cabbage pices to be. KFC makes theirs with finely shredded pieces, while some grocery stores gives you long slices of cabbage for their cole slaw.
Use a sharp cutting knife and slice against the grain of the cabbage, and chop into pieces of your liking. You can add some chopped onion and shredded carrot and add miracle whip with lemon juice from 1/2 to whole lemon. Add pepper and salt to taste and you have your own homemade cole slaw.
Point One: Do you plan on using the steel blade (too fine) or
Point Two: One of the shredding discs.
I definitely would not use the steel blade to make the slaw ... only the coarse or fine shredding disc. However, you may end up with larger chunks of cabbage, which you will have to pick out and slice by hand anyway. The only advantage is possibly NOT cutting your finger(s) with a knife blade..
The cabbage shreds in uniform pieces and takes just a couple minutes to do an entire head of cabbage.
I also shred some green pepper along with the cabbage. A great color presentation.