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This is an old family recipe that comes from my paternal grandmother out in Nebraska. In hot, humid weather, it is simple to make and is good, solid food but does not overload your appetite, and might even perk it up a bit. It’s simple food, made the old-fashioned way, with elbow grease and a little bit of “happy smiles” thrown in for good measure. And the cost? Modest, even at its worst.<\/p>\n
Tomato\/onion cole slaw<\/strong><\/p>\n Chopped tomato – preferably not too ripe, but just nice and firm and juicy.<\/p>\n Shredded cabbage: use both green and red if you like, but slice it and dice it into a good coarse chop.\u00a0 About one-half of a green cabbage will do for starters, but if you have a crowd, increase the amount.<\/p>\n Chopped onion: any kind, any color: red, white, yellow \u2013 doesn\u2019t matter: onion adds sip and flavor to this simple dish<\/p>\n Salt & pepper to taste<\/p>\n Any other ingredients, as pictured in that photo up top, can be included at your discretion, too, but sometimes, cutting them up as finger food for a summer food fest is good, too. And kids love that stuff.<\/p>\n Do all the chopping and prepping first, maybe the night before, to save some time. Mix the ingredients together in a single bowl (preferably one that you can chill by setting it in a bowl of cracked ice), and let it sit for a bit. The volume of this should depend on how many people you have and whether or not they like the contrast in flavor between this and the ordinary hamburger and corn on the cob.<\/p>\n Oh, did I say corn on the cob???\u00a0 You do know that you can boil or roast sweet corn, right? Boiling it briefly is best, in my view, because hot water won’t make the fructose in the corn go starchy on you, and when you add butter to it, so that it can drip off your chin, is there anything better?<\/p>\n If you prefer to roast the corn ears, go for it. I just happen to like the way sweet corn pops all that flavor into me when I have butter dripping down my 10-year-old chin.<\/p>\n What???\u00a0 When you’re 10, roasted chieken, foil-wrapped baked taters and sweet corn with butter are pure heaven… aren’t they?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"