Coleslaw - is it another marmite?

[Pippa]

I hadn't realised until recently that there are people who actually don't like coleslaw 

When it comes to coleslaw, I'm a bit of a tart and will eat it with pretty much most things, or equally, I'll eat it on its own. It is so versatile it almost deserves its own food group 

I have to admit I'm not a big fan of "re-worked" posh versions - just plain and simple carrot, cabbage, onion and mayo for me please.

So, are you a lover or a hater? C'mon people, 'fess up and tell me your weird and wonderful coleslaw food combinations that I may not have already considered.

[Kim]

Hater, obviously.  It's vegetables, innit.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Not exactly a hater, but I'm not a fan, mainly because I'm really not keen on mayo. I can eat it with cheese in a baked potato, because the cheesy goodness overpowers the mayo. But I wouldn't choose to eat it otherwise.

[Wowbagger]

Cole slaw is an abomination. That's the one big consolation when winter comes - good nourishing food, no more bloody salads.

[Woofage]

There's a little cafe in town that serves coleslaw as part of the salad garnish that comes with all its sandwiches, ploughmans' and baked potatoes etc. Thing is, their coleslaw is heavenly and I often ask for a double portion. Even better when we lunch there with the peeps as I grab their portions too .

Yes, I'm a lover, but I love Marmite as well .

[border-rider]

big fan, but only when made fresh, with low-cal mayo.  The full-fat stuff is too sickly for me.

[Woofage]

Cole slaw is an abomination. That's the one big consolation when winter comes - good nourishing food, no more bloody salads.

But coleslaw is a winter as well as summer salad, innit .

[Efrogwr]

Mrs E makes it with additions; chopped apple (usually Braeburn), sultanas (presoaked in wine vinegar), sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, and dresses it with a mixture of full fat mayo and Greek yogurt. We usually eat it with baked potatoes.
A mate who owns a cafe makes normal coleslaw, but substitutes red cabbage for white. With great success.

[Adam]

Nothing wrong with coleslaw.  Aldi do a very nice cheesy coleslaw.

But then again, I'll eat just about anything.

About the only thing I can't stand is rice pudding or semolina (reminds me of school dinners).

[Cudzoziemiec]

It's ok, but I can't get too worked up about it. I'm another one who's not too keen on mayo. But I do like coleslaw with sultanas, and it does go well with baked potatoes. So, for me it is another Marmite - I like that but can't get too love-hate about it either.

[nicknack]

big fan, but only when made fresh, with low-cal mayo.  The full-fat stuff is too sickly for me.

If we're talking abominations - that has to be one of the worst.

Max fat coleslaw FTW.

[Rhys W]

I used to hate it, mainly based on school dinners and pub meals in the 70s and 80s. I quite enjoy it now, but only in small portions as an adjunct to the main meal.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Coleslaw with sultanas? That's the most twisted thing I've ever heard. For the record, fruit does not belong in curries, pizzas, coleslaw or anything else savoury. Sickos.

[Biggsy]

I used to enjoy coleslaw in a crusty ham sandwich, but have gone off it.  No one goes off Marmite, do they?

[Biggsy]

..I've changed my mind.  I'm fancying a crusty ham sandwich with coleslaw right now.

[bobb]

Colelsaw is a bit dull, no? All that chasing it around the plate for not much reward. Poncified rabbit food....

[Riggers]

It's crap is what it is. Fact.

[Ariadne]

I love coleslaw! It drives J mad that you get coleslaw on the side of just about every dish in Scotland, but I just hoover his up after my own. In fact, I want some for lunch now!

[clarion]

It's OK, I suppose.  Cheap coleslaw is an abomination, it's true, being very finely shredded and watery, but the posh stuff tends to get too chunky, which is also wrong.

[Riggers]

Don't beat about the bush Clarrers. It's crap.

[Jakob]

I'm making my own at the moment (including the mayo) and it's easy and tasty.

[Tim]

Home made stuff is good, particularly tailored to personal tastes - it's all about adding just the right amount of mustard and sweetening it just so.

[Efrogwr]

..I've changed my mind.  I'm fancying a crusty ham sandwich with coleslaw right now.

My mates red coleslaw is brilliant in a ham sandwich!

[Efrogwr]

Coleslaw with sultanas? That's the most twisted thing I've ever heard. For the record, fruit does not belong in curries, pizzas, coleslaw or anything else savoury. Sickos.

I'd better not mention my sweet and sour red cabbage...

[Charlotte]

Fast food coleslaw (so often offered as "sides" with pizza and so forth) is foul stuff, not worthy of the name.  Made down to a price with cheap components, it's usually limp, over-sweetened and unappetising mush.

A proper, home made 'slaw with fresh, well-chopped ingredients and good mayo is a thing of beauty and a crunchy joy forever.  Well, until I've nommed it all, anyway