Actual Southern style coleslaw is great. The problem is that most people have only had fast food side dish coleslaw, which is utter garbage. Long John Silvers or KFC is frozen yak vomit. Coleslaw shines as an accompaniment to barbecue, where the palate is cleansed of heavy fatty meat with bites of crunchy, vinegary cabbage.
Here's a recipe that works really well and is easy to make. I knew it was the real deal as soon as I added the celery seed. It just immediately smelled like coleslaw and it was a hit when people ate it. You know it's good when people are scraping the bottom of the bowl for more and then dipping their bread in the leftover dressing.
Disclaimer: I haven't had KFC in the US but I've had other fast food in the US, and there is a huge difference between American fast food and elsewhere. This story talks about kfc coleslaw outside the US.
That being said, I don't have much of a sweet tooth, so whenever I rarely eat fast food I don't get ice cream or anything like that. I liked the KFC coleslaw, but I found it extremely sweet, like you know this has more sugar per 100g than some candy bars.
So naturally, next time I got KFC, I got one of those little mini tubs of coleslaw and ate it after the meal like I would a sundae or some dessert.
It's not like big chain fast food is by any means "good", but American fast food is considerably worse than the one I've had in other places, it's crazy.
Actual Southern style coleslaw is great. The problem is that most people have only had fast food side dish coleslaw, which is utter garbage. Long John Silvers or KFC is frozen yak vomit. Coleslaw shines as an accompaniment to barbecue, where the palate is cleansed of heavy fatty meat with bites of crunchy, vinegary cabbage.
Here's a recipe that works really well and is easy to make. I knew it was the real deal as soon as I added the celery seed. It just immediately smelled like coleslaw and it was a hit when people ate it. You know it's good when people are scraping the bottom of the bowl for more and then dipping their bread in the leftover dressing.
My grandma makes a combination of creamy and sweet-sour that is divine
I like KFC coleslaw :(
:gulag:
Disclaimer: I haven't had KFC in the US but I've had other fast food in the US, and there is a huge difference between American fast food and elsewhere. This story talks about kfc coleslaw outside the US.
That being said, I don't have much of a sweet tooth, so whenever I rarely eat fast food I don't get ice cream or anything like that. I liked the KFC coleslaw, but I found it extremely sweet, like you know this has more sugar per 100g than some candy bars.
So naturally, next time I got KFC, I got one of those little mini tubs of coleslaw and ate it after the meal like I would a sundae or some dessert.
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I'm also not in the US. It may be that US coleslaw is just particularly shit
It's not like big chain fast food is by any means "good", but American fast food is considerably worse than the one I've had in other places, it's crazy.
I will give it a shot, thanks comrade! I've only ever seen the kind with mayo, even at German-themee restaurants!