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myLot reputation of 93/100. sedel1027 (12402)   ranked 39 out of 11,092 in cooking2 years ago

My Mom & Aunt went to a St Patrick's parade last weekend and caught a ton of veggies (I am sure this is just a New Orleans thing). We went up with more carrots, onions and potatoes then 3 people could ever eat as well as one cabbage (they actually caught 20). We do not eat cabbage cooked at all, so I made cole slaw to go with our burgers. I know the first thing my hubby is going to say is that the cabbage is thinly sliced, not all chopped up like it would be if you had it from a restaurant. Personally, I live the sliced look because it looks home made.

Do you like your foo d to look like it came out of a pack even if it is home made?

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 98/100. lilybug (15200)   ranked 4 out of 11,092 in cooking   2 years ago

I like my food to look nice, but tt does not need to look like it came from a store pre-made for me. What is more important to me is how the food tastes. I personally do not like most store bought cole slaw. It never has enough flavor for me.


myLot reputation of 93/100. sedel1027 (12402)   ranked 39 out of 11,092 in cooking  2 years ago

He likes his food to look refined LOL I have my own recipe for making the cole slaw dressing, all home made. I only eat coleslaw from one place - Popeyes.

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2. myLot reputation of 94/100. enchantedleppard (1338)   ranked 377 out of 11,092 in cooking   2 years ago

If its homemade then I am all about the taste!! I think taste is more important than appearance and I think theres something special about having something home made versus store bought. I think the catching veggie thing is very New Orleans-- I had never heard of it until this discussion. How fun!


myLot reputation of 93/100. sedel1027 (12402)   ranked 39 out of 11,092 in cooking  2 years ago

Parade around here are always throwing weird thing LOL I believe fr St Joseph's day they have food parades as well as the ones where the "club" (ie people that hang out and drink) walk down the street and hand out flowers. Looks like they have a lot of fun, but I don't like being kissed by drunk guys.

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3. myLot reputation of 98/100. roniroxas (5937)   ranked 293 out of 11,092 in cooking   2 years ago

i like my food to look presentable enough to eat. i always cook, and i cook a lot for i have four children. if we will have a picnic a pack the food good enough to look like somehow like from the take outs. but sometimes my children dont care about how it looks they are more concern on how it taste.

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4. myLot reputation of 93/100. carmelanirel (6313)   ranked 138 out of 11,092 in cooking   2 years ago

As long as it taste good, it doesn't matter if it looks home made or not to me.. I am sure it was good and making me hungry, I haven't had home made coleslaw in a long time..


myLot reputation of 93/100. sedel1027 (12402)   ranked 39 out of 11,092 in cooking  2 years ago

We don't eat coleslaw very often because of all the mayo that goes into it. Since we don't eat cabbage, we don't keep it in the house.

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5. myLot reputation of 89/100. desertdarlene (5842)   ranked 196 out of 11,092 in cooking   2 years ago

I like the "homemade" look. But, as like other people have said above me, I really just like to have the food look presentable and taste good. It doesn't matter if it looks different than a restaurant meal to me.

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6. myLot reputation of 98/100. jennybianca (5860)   ranked 23 out of 11,092 in cooking   2 years ago

How do you "catch" veges?
I try to get the homemade look with foods. I rarely buy packaged food anyway.
I would slice my cabbage finely.


myLot reputation of 93/100. sedel1027 (12402)   ranked 39 out of 11,092 in cooking  2 years ago

Oh, at the parades they throw veggies off of the floats like they would throw beads & trinkets at Mardi Gras.

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7. myLot reputation of 95/100. cblackink (801)   ranked 650 out of 11,092 in cooking   2 years ago

I think the taste is more important than the appearance, but looking homemade sometimes is better, because it looks fresher and more appealing. And I really don't like the way store bought coleslaw looks anyway, all diced into these tiny pieces. I prefer it shredded in a food processor and I like to be able to taste the individual ingredients, like if you add carrot, I don't want it minced up so small I can't tell it's carrot. Does that make sense? Presentation is important to some degree, but taste and nutrition are more important.

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8. myLot reputation of 84/100. oneandonemakesix (24068)   ranked 77 out of 11,092 in cooking   2 years ago

I woudl prefer that my food looked home made and not pre made, and what a great thing to throw instead of candies, vegetales,

I'm sure the kids didn't love it as much....

I've had stuffed cabbage before, and it turned out really really good....

Alton brown just recently done a segment on cabbage on his Good Eats show,

And while it may be fun to try to fool people about home made looking store bought, I like my food to look home made.

Mooch


myLot reputation of 93/100. sedel1027 (12402)   ranked 39 out of 11,092 in cooking  2 years ago

The kids just like having stuff to catch. The vast majority of what they throw is veggies, but they do throw bags of chips and more kid friendly items.

I just can not bring myself to eat a meal of any type of cooked cabbage. The texture doesn't work for me. I always try it though, but I don't like it.

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9. myLot reputation of 70/100. subha12 (16450)   ranked 2,498 out of 11,092 in cooking   2 years ago

Actually when we are making some food at home. you always like it to look good. may be like that in restaurant. it is because we think when somebody eats those, the appearance if like restaurant makes it look good.

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10. myLot reputation of 98/100. moneyandgc (3084)   ranked 282 out of 11,092 in cooking   2 years ago

I miss New Orleans! I used to go there all the time when I lived in Mississippi. I went the Mardi Gras parades there but never the St. Patrick's Day ones.

I like my food to taste good! It doesn't matter to me whether it looks store bought or home made. All that matters to me is that it has good flavor.

I don't think my husband has ever complained about anything that I have made him. A pretty good realization after 5 years. happy


myLot reputation of 93/100. sedel1027 (12402)   ranked 39 out of 11,092 in cooking  2 years ago

Between the two of us, my husband is a better cook, but I do the vast majority of the cooking. He never complains really, more comments on whatever he thinks is an issue, but he still eats the food. Last night he didn't say much about the coleslaw except that is was really good and he wanted me to make more. Good thing I have a half a cabbage left. LOL

I can't say that when I have ever moved away that I missed New Orleans. I think it is a great place to visit, but I am ready to move away at any time.

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