• Pepper Slaw, Pickled Cabbage

    3 days ago - By Researching Food History

    The sugar and vinegar makes this a sweet and sour side dish that was found in Pennsylvania Dutch and German meals. It is different from creamy coleslaw.
    A few new talks have been added, including Saturday, so I am putting out a fast post before Sunday.
    My grandmother's one set of grandparents came over from Germany in 1870, her other grandparents' families were also Germans from much earlier. So she did alot with sweet and sour (pickled beet eggs, hot bacon dressing on dandelion leaves, etc). Her Pepper Slaw had shredded cabbage, green bell pepper and a carrot chopped fine, stir in salt...
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