Every summer my local fire house has a barbecue fundraiser. We sell tickets and then make a ton of food based on that number. The menu is pretty basic, consisting of barbecued chicken, baked beans, corn on the cob, and coleslaw.
The coleslaw is my job, and every year the number of people that attend seems to go up. It’s definitely a good thing because it raises a good amount of money for our fire department, but making that much coleslaw can be really time consuming.
If you can believe it, I used to cut everything by hand. Literally all of the cabbage was cut by a knife, and I would grate the carrots. Then one year we had a crazy amount of tickets to sell, and I nearly fell over. I had no idea how I would pull off making enough coleslaw to accommodate that many people.
I sat down to see if there were any hacks to make large quantities of coleslaw. I’m glad I didn’t mention it to anyone yet, because I was embarrassed by what I discovered which did not even dawn on me. I could easily make coleslaw in a food processor! Thank goodness!
It had been quite some time since I had used my food processor, and I wasn’t even sure if it still worked. I pulled it out and it turned out that it still ran, but it seemed that I was missing my regular chopping blade and the grating blade. That wasn’t going to fly.
I thought about it, and realized I should probably just buy a whole new food processor rather than trying to replace the blades on this old one. I was going to put it through the wringer when it came to making all of this coleslaw, so I needed to be sure it would be reliable.
I researched different brands and models to see what would best suit my needs. I was on the KitchenWorksInc website and found the Cuisinart DFP-14BCWNY Food Processor. It seemed to have everything I needed and would be super helpful in making that amount of coleslaw.
When it arrived I was anxious to get started. I was putting a lot of faith into this appliance. I had to make up all of the coleslaw the night before because I didn’t want the mayonnaise to spoil. I knew this was a gamble.
Well, thank goodness because it came out perfectly! I could hardly believe how much easier this method was and I once again kicked myself for not thinking of this on my own. The cabbage and carrots were the perfect consistency for coleslaw.
The barbecue went swimmingly, and I had more than enough coleslaw to feed everyone, so our volunteers got to take some home with them too, which is really nice. Now I’m super prepared, even if we get an unexpected amount of people who attend. I’m so thankful for my Cuisinart food processor. I don’t think I could handle this job without it.