Ever Ready Slaw
- Title
- Ever Ready Slaw
- Subject
- celery seed
- sugar
- vinegar
- water
- celery
- cabbage
- salt
- bell peppers
- carrots
- Description
- EVER READY SLAW
2tablespoons celery seed 2 med. head of cabbage
4 cups of sugar 2 tablespoons of salt
2 cups of viniger 3 red mangoes
1 cup of water 3 green mangoes
2 stalks ofcelery 4 carrots
Boil 5 minutes celery seed, sugar, viniger, and wa-
ter. Keep in ice box over night. Next morning cut cab-
bage, sprinkle salt, and let set for two hours. Then
squeeze out salt brine. Cut mangoes, celery, and carrots,
and mix together. Pour viniger mixture over and let set
in ice box for 12 hours.
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# Ever Ready Slaw
## Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp celery seed
- 4 cups sugar
- 2 cups vinegar
- 1 cup water
- 2 stalks celery
- 2 medium heads of cabbage
- 2 Tbsp salt
- 3 red mangoes (bell peppers)
- 3 green mangoes (bell peppers)
- 4 carrots
## Instructions
1. Boil celery seed, sugar, vinegar, and water for 5 minutes. Keep in refrigerator overnight.
2. Next morning, shred cabbage, sprinkle with salt, and let set for two hours. Then squeeze out salt brine.
3. Finely slice mangoes (bell peppers), celery, and carrots, and mix together with the cabbage.
4. Pour vinegar mixture over and let set in refrigerator for 12 hours.
Editors Note: "Mangoes" are a regional Midwestern term for bell peppers, not tropical fruit. 3 red + 3 green bell peppers. - Creator
- Paula Guffey
- Source
- RCA0003 - VTG LG Wood Recipe Box Dove Tail w/Metal Hinges Full Of Recipes & Handwritten (eBay)
- Date
- 1950s
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Typed recipe card
- Identifier
- RCA0003-20260513-0119
- Coverage
- Indiana, US
Dublin Core
Tags
Citation
Paula Guffey, “Ever Ready Slaw,” Recipe Card Archive, accessed June 30, 2026, https://recipecardarchive.com/items/show/700.