Crunchy Cabbage And Apple Slaw

Nearly every coleslaw served at home is watery, and none of them are watery because of the dressing.

Raw cabbage is around ninety per cent water and gives most of it up within an hour of being cut. The only question is whether it does so in the colander or on the plate.

Salt the cabbage, wait thirty minutes, squeeze it out. That step is what stops a slaw dressed at noon from sitting in a pool of water by one.

It also seasons the cabbage from the inside, which no amount of dressing will do.