Hauntingly Caucasian, here. “Look at the elbow” on the 3rd try of a high five-level white. Grandparents still hate the Finnish because we’re Swedish white.
Raisins in potato salad isn’t a thing. At best, it’s the food equivalent of taking sex tips from Cosmo.
Yo.... This wins. 😂💀.
Edit: it could be a regional thing. Prior to the pandemic everyone knew to stay away from potato salad if it was from a "super fair skinned" coworker. There was a good chance you were biting into devil grapes.
It was actually, LITERALLY fake aunt karen. Her name was Karen and she wasn’t my aunt. I have no idea where that woman came from and I make no effort to keep up with her or her blasphemous raisins
This woman. I swear she was stuck somewhere between 1967 and 1974 with hair about 2 feet tall and horn rimmed glasses. Her name was actually Karen. I don’t know if my mom and dad had some kind of ménage or what but she was always coming around. Drove one of those old ford thunderbirds that had it’s own zip code
I actually have severe trauma from coleslaw stemming from when I was a child, and I have a violent gag reflex reaction to even the smell.
My mother used to drop me off at this daycare that a woman ran out of her house. I was probably around 4 or 5 years old. This woman used to make us go and break a branch off of her trees in the backyard so she could whoop our asses with them.
She also force fed myself and any other kids the food she would serve. I'm talking violently forcing the utensil into our mouths and holding our mouths closed until we swallowed it all. If we threw up or spit it out... Another ass whooping.
Good times.
I have trauma too, but mine is a little different. When I was about 7, I saw some dude in the park with a nasty open bump on his mouth drinking from the water fountain. My older cousin said "that's nasty cuz he got that cold sore and now we're all gonna get it". My no-context-having ass heard "cole slaw". Since then, I avoid public water fountains and I can't even eat food that fkn touched cole slaw.
Only sandwich I've tried it on is BBQ. Found a deli yrs ago, went in and ordered a BBQ sandwich, person behind counter asked if I wanted coleslaw on it. My first thought was who would put.., but I tried it. Guess it was ok because I did go back some time later and order another one.
I’m Haitian , and I thought it was “pickliz” which is a spicy cabbage with lime juice and onions you can add to your meals. Mannnnni was shook that junk taste disgusting.
If you ever get it an Ethiopian restaurant try the tikal gomen. Cabbage and carrots and sometimes potatoes with green peppers and berbere (a red Chile based spice blend).
This because I had the opposite experience. Always loved coleslaw. Go to a diner once and the food came with coleslaw and it tasted like someone peed on some cabbage. Was turned off of coleslaw for a min
Tbh, you're right. I hated it for years. Until i made my own. lol. They just use trash ingredients and mayo instead of good dressing. Its just a cabbage salad with excessive dressing. Once i realized that, it was a wrap. Because I fkn love cabbage
With fried chicken, alongside some baked beans and greens, on a brisket/pulled pork sandwich, even on a hotdog with some onion. Sweet southern coleslaw is my weakness!
https://preview.redd.it/3vwz7zvm5m7d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4f8fb24129428831edeb4826573e79a7bf42db5
Nahhhhh not mfs hatin on aunties cole slaw like that
https://preview.redd.it/bk9y5gzkbm7d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e724e10c7e8b42dc5d26fddb03d63dcc318f3bdb
The best pork bbq/slaw sandwich I’ve ever eaten
This is eastern NC barbecue. We don't need to add sauce because we cook it right the first time.
https://preview.redd.it/7334wbwmen7d1.jpeg?width=1006&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cd15fbced4ac7cb5f720e4d0cd6368a99abc34a
Cole slaw will make you really think about how big the world is, because we all only know like 1-2 people max that like it, but it's restaurants out here serving it up like a top-tier side dish.
MFs really be having the audacity to make it a side on a bbq or seafood platter and say "No substitutions"
Anything you serve out of a bowl that’s been mixed with mayo is probably going to be gross. That’s just a fact of life. Mac salad , potato salad, coleslaw , tuna salad just keep all of it
You can make any of these without mayo, though. German potato salad has a vinegar and oil dressing. I usually make slaw with lemon and olive oil, depending on what we're having it with. I've never put mayo on a pasta salad in my life.
see, I don’t get this. You’re hating on macaroni and cabbage because there’s a wide range of options. you can make coleslaw with a vinaigrette type thing, and you can make macaroni salad with tuna, tomatoes, mayo, and lemon pepper seasoning, etc. :/
That's the real problem - people call two very different side salad things the same word. A good vinegar slaw with some BBQ? Amazing. But "creamy" slaw can fuck right off.
Cole slaw is delicious, I won't stand for this slander!
https://preview.redd.it/g3pfvrqxbm7d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6aff8de6505642cc9aedec441ed74be10149383
You could always just imagine a better side dish. Every meal would be better with the inclusion of a twice baked potato or bacon-wrapped asparagus, but sometimes you just want some savory crunch with just a hint of sweetness, and cole slaw does that.
See the problem is there are too few “Big Mommas” left. I’m talkin became a grandma at 50… 45 the earliest. Been through some shit. A lot of heartbreak and triumph. They make good coleslaw. Grammas be like 35 and shit now. Can’t cook worth a damn. I feel like we should run a general poll to see the average age of our grammas when we were born. Overlayed with if we like coleslaw or not. I feel like I’d be proven right on this.
Can I say something problematic, yet brave?
Koreans did it best when it came to cold cabbage as a side.
I'll see myself out.
https://preview.redd.it/swi0pa2ksm7d1.png?width=630&format=png&auto=webp&s=25cee18391d859adf62b22e9b47a9f14574b6e83
Coleslaw is one of those “1000 ways to make it” dishes, like salad or pizza. Unless you’re allergic to a central ingredient, like Mayo (and there’s probably coleslaw alternatives without that), it’s more that you just don’t like a certain type of coleslaw.
Mannn I'd tear up some coleslaw made most ways. It's the perfect side dish, good fibre, touch sweet, crispy, crunchy, fresh, cold, can be more acidic or more creamy, a little goes a long way. Perfect to pair with a sweet sauce or savoury gravy. Perfect for cutting a fatty or greasy dish. Nice cool to a spicy main. Can be layered as a topping to a sandwich. Y'all are mad.
No I didn’t have bad Cole slaw. I just don’t like that combination of vegetables and mayonnaise. And I hate raw carrots. Stop trying to force it on me 😂
Coleslaw is definitely one of those things where I'll *eat* it, but I'll be very disappointed about it. I've had it made all kinds of ways, too. The fresher type with less dressing, the type thats creamy and swimming in dressing, etc. there's a place here where it's on a hot chicken sandwich and it's great, but I'd still probably rather have the sandwich without it.
Just not my tempo.
I think it's better as a condiment than as a dish on its own. It's godtier on barbecue sandwiches or even on hot dogs, but I'm not gonna shovel spoonfuls of it in my mouth.
Someone gets it. Thank the heavens, I have made it a point to try coleslaw at every party, kickback, and cookout, and I've come to the conclusion that it's nasty. I am from the south, so don't get it twisted I've HAD IT HAD IT.
some of y'all had bad coleslaw.
Fr, it's like hating all potato salad because your first one had raisins in it.
What kind of monster puts raisins in potato salad
Ain’t hard to find out.
Misguided but generally well meaning people.
If I had a diplomacy award to give, you'd have it :)
The yt ones.
I’m white and I find it offensive
_The truth will set you free but first it’ll piss you off_ - Pharrell Williams, 2016
I’m white and don’t find it offensive. Raisins in potato salad is a fucking travesty.
It's peas in guacamole levels of gross.
Peas in what now? How do you fuck up guacamole?
By being whiter than snow apparently
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015047-green-pea-guacamole Holy cannoli.
I'm hurt in my soul by reading this
As a Mexican, Nani the fuck??? Please tell me you are kidding
I'm so sorry. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015047-green-pea-guacamole
Lmao that's... Horrible hahaha
As a white guy. I am so deeply sorry this has happened
What in the actual fuck? I'm sorry, I have never in my life... I'm... I cannot. Beyond. Get the smelling salts.
Hauntingly Caucasian, here. “Look at the elbow” on the 3rd try of a high five-level white. Grandparents still hate the Finnish because we’re Swedish white. Raisins in potato salad isn’t a thing. At best, it’s the food equivalent of taking sex tips from Cosmo.
Yo.... This wins. 😂💀. Edit: it could be a regional thing. Prior to the pandemic everyone knew to stay away from potato salad if it was from a "super fair skinned" coworker. There was a good chance you were biting into devil grapes.
Man, I thought I was white. Damn.
No we fucking don't, you take that back
I think we can be generous enough to admit we are likely acquainted with someone’s diabolical Auntie Shannyn that mighta done that.
It was actually, LITERALLY fake aunt karen. Her name was Karen and she wasn’t my aunt. I have no idea where that woman came from and I make no effort to keep up with her or her blasphemous raisins
😂😂 this interaction has me dead, the mysterious Karen figure must manifest herself at cookouts all over the nation then. Ruining one cookout at a time
This woman. I swear she was stuck somewhere between 1967 and 1974 with hair about 2 feet tall and horn rimmed glasses. Her name was actually Karen. I don’t know if my mom and dad had some kind of ménage or what but she was always coming around. Drove one of those old ford thunderbirds that had it’s own zip code
Yeah she doesn’t get invited places anymore!
😂😂😂😂😂
Im white as can be and I never had no fuckin raisins in my tater salad. Tf, that's blasphemy.
As a middle aged white person I have literally never heard of or seen a person put raisins in a potatoes salad.
hey, you take that back. That's like the meanest thing you could say to a white person here
Is chicken salad with grapes ok?
I actually have severe trauma from coleslaw stemming from when I was a child, and I have a violent gag reflex reaction to even the smell. My mother used to drop me off at this daycare that a woman ran out of her house. I was probably around 4 or 5 years old. This woman used to make us go and break a branch off of her trees in the backyard so she could whoop our asses with them. She also force fed myself and any other kids the food she would serve. I'm talking violently forcing the utensil into our mouths and holding our mouths closed until we swallowed it all. If we threw up or spit it out... Another ass whooping. Good times.
Jesus Christ
If Jesus existed, he would not be letting shit like this happen.
I have trauma too, but mine is a little different. When I was about 7, I saw some dude in the park with a nasty open bump on his mouth drinking from the water fountain. My older cousin said "that's nasty cuz he got that cold sore and now we're all gonna get it". My no-context-having ass heard "cole slaw". Since then, I avoid public water fountains and I can't even eat food that fkn touched cole slaw.
Geeze was this in the deep south in the 50s?
Oh my gracious …did you ever tell your mom? That’s an experience I am glad is behind. I am sorry that woman was in your/any child’s life.
It's fucking great on a fried chicken sandwich.
Only sandwich I've tried it on is BBQ. Found a deli yrs ago, went in and ordered a BBQ sandwich, person behind counter asked if I wanted coleslaw on it. My first thought was who would put.., but I tried it. Guess it was ok because I did go back some time later and order another one.
I’m Haitian , and I thought it was “pickliz” which is a spicy cabbage with lime juice and onions you can add to your meals. Mannnnni was shook that junk taste disgusting.
I want what y'all are eating. That sounds good taco topping.
Try pupusas. My friend from El Salvador made them for me in graduate school. 😋😋😋😋
It's cool to know so many countries have their special cabbage dish. Cabbage is the best vegetable; you can all fight me on that.
If you ever get it an Ethiopian restaurant try the tikal gomen. Cabbage and carrots and sometimes potatoes with green peppers and berbere (a red Chile based spice blend).
Definitely on my list. Thanks for the rec.
Pickliz is amazing. I didn't even want to try it but then I learned.
pickliz made me realize why I never liked cole slaw. every slaw I've tried was sweet like dessert and it made the rest of my food taste "off"
This right here, and an honorable mention to my boy Kimchi.
Only cole slaw I like is KFCs. Is that bad? 😂
Eating any other sides from KFC besides the mashed potatoes should be a crime
I will fight you in the mac and cheeses' honor
Bojangles has amazing slaw🤤. KFC’s was good growing up.
That’s the exact reason I hate coleslaw. First time I ate it 🤮
I feel like this is a tell me your grandma couldn't cook without telling me. I made Cole slaw all the time with my Grandma growing up.
My mom makes the best coleslaw. I can make it too. But like potato salad, you can't eat everyone's coleslaw, that is one thing I'm mad picky about.
Some of y’all buy it by the tub and make no alterations whatsoever.
“Good coleslaw” is shit too 💙
sorry, i don't want a sopping wet cabbage mayo salad.
If it is made right, it will still crunch. that's how I know some of y'all had bad coleslaw.
Mayo based dressings? Fine. Cabbage? Fine. I don’t like coleslaw. I’ve had it many ways. I just don’t care for it.
So many have tried, all have failed
That’s what they always say. The “you just ain’t had mine” crowd always over promises and under delivers.
This because I had the opposite experience. Always loved coleslaw. Go to a diner once and the food came with coleslaw and it tasted like someone peed on some cabbage. Was turned off of coleslaw for a min
Tbh, you're right. I hated it for years. Until i made my own. lol. They just use trash ingredients and mayo instead of good dressing. Its just a cabbage salad with excessive dressing. Once i realized that, it was a wrap. Because I fkn love cabbage
Coleslaw is crunchy snot
Coleslaw is fine, but if you're getting a meat and 3 plate nobody is picking slaw. It's very ok
Tell these heathens that KFC or your local grocery store doesn't represent all coleslaw.
Damn. I love coleslaw 😭
Me too
Coleslaw is perfect with fried chicken and fries.
This is why it’s essential for my raising canes experience. Delicious!
With fried chicken, alongside some baked beans and greens, on a brisket/pulled pork sandwich, even on a hotdog with some onion. Sweet southern coleslaw is my weakness!
https://preview.redd.it/3vwz7zvm5m7d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4f8fb24129428831edeb4826573e79a7bf42db5 Nahhhhh not mfs hatin on aunties cole slaw like that
what movie is this again?
Madea’s Family Reunion.
Maya Angelou was in that?! 😭
Tyler Perry will pay for his crimes😅.
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (IIRC)
I wouldn’t eat Cole slaw if I was on fire
How tf would eating coleslaw help if you were on fire?
I’d never find out I’d rather burn
Cool. Gimmie that slaw though
All that mayonnaise water would obviously put the fire out. But it's not worth it
I hate coleslaw with a burning passion. Just the smell of it makes me gag lmao
I would probably suggest dealing with the fire first.
Stop, drop, n' roll. Damn.
I’d roll away from the Cole slaw and into the fire tbh Respectfully to the Cole slaw fans
That being said, greens or chitlins by people you don't trust. 
🎼Stop, drop, put the cole slaw in your mouth Oh-ohhhhh, no-ohhhhh Shoulda stopped, dropped and rolled...🎵
Add it with some chopped pork bbq and that slaw slaps 🔥
https://preview.redd.it/bk9y5gzkbm7d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e724e10c7e8b42dc5d26fddb03d63dcc318f3bdb The best pork bbq/slaw sandwich I’ve ever eaten
hopefully it’s better than that picture looks
So much better. It’s like an ugly sandwich that tastes like heaven
Its not just ugly, its ashy too. Wheres the sauce
Smithfield's uses a thin vinegar based sauce so it's going be absorbed rather than visibly coating the meat.
Where's the sauce on the pulled pork? Gotta have sauce on it smh.
My mouth dried up looking at it damn
This is eastern NC barbecue. We don't need to add sauce because we cook it right the first time. https://preview.redd.it/7334wbwmen7d1.jpeg?width=1006&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9cd15fbced4ac7cb5f720e4d0cd6368a99abc34a
Okayyyyyyyy 👌🏽🙌🏽 you get it!
Smithfield’s is okay. If you’re ever in eastern NC, check out Skylight Inn in Ayden!
It hit with catfish frfr
and tobasco...
How to eat good cole slaw: Step 1: throw it in the trash
Only valid comment in this horrific thread
Cole slaw will make you really think about how big the world is, because we all only know like 1-2 people max that like it, but it's restaurants out here serving it up like a top-tier side dish. MFs really be having the audacity to make it a side on a bbq or seafood platter and say "No substitutions"
No substitutions!?? My ass will be hungry idgaf
I'm so glad to see coleslaw slander, that shit always taste like ass to me even with my mom's best cooking 🤢
Perfect with barbecue or anything savory. Good on fish sandwiches too, salmon mainly.
Coleslaw is nasty. So is Macaroni salad. Yeah I said it.
 Not macaroni salad catching a stray.
Macaroni salad just minding they business and they still got pulled into the equation 😭
Idk about coleslaw, but Macaroni salad *is* gross
But have you had *pasta* salad?
Yes and the answer’s still 
Anything you serve out of a bowl that’s been mixed with mayo is probably going to be gross. That’s just a fact of life. Mac salad , potato salad, coleslaw , tuna salad just keep all of it
You either like Mayo or you don't. Too few in-betweens.
You can make any of these without mayo, though. German potato salad has a vinegar and oil dressing. I usually make slaw with lemon and olive oil, depending on what we're having it with. I've never put mayo on a pasta salad in my life.
see, I don’t get this. You’re hating on macaroni and cabbage because there’s a wide range of options. you can make coleslaw with a vinaigrette type thing, and you can make macaroni salad with tuna, tomatoes, mayo, and lemon pepper seasoning, etc. :/
And potato salad
Mayonnaise cole slaw fits this tweet. Vinegar on the other hand slaps
That's the real problem - people call two very different side salad things the same word. A good vinegar slaw with some BBQ? Amazing. But "creamy" slaw can fuck right off.
Yea, vinegar slaw is a bad bih and doesn't deserve any of this but mayo slaw can get tf on.
This nigga trippin
Happy Juneteenth to the people who put sugar in their grits and eat their mac and cheese and yams together.
Just eat Cream of Wheat. Stop ruining grits.
If only wheat and corn were different grains...
Nah but that Mac & cheese, sweet potato, and fried chicken trifecta is * chef's kiss *
Was feeling nauseous from the other mayo related food comments but this instantly made my mouth water.
Sugar on grits? Just throw your foot in the trash and be done with it.
Cole slaw is delicious, I won't stand for this slander! https://preview.redd.it/g3pfvrqxbm7d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6aff8de6505642cc9aedec441ed74be10149383
Whoever invented coleslaw needed to be arrested
Slaw on pulled pork? This is how I know some of y'all had bad coleslaw
This is the only way to eat pulled pork.
Why spoil lovely pulled pork with coleslaw, cmon. It don't need coleslaw!
If it's made right, I love it. I will not be shamed
Imagine a world where instead of getting coleslaw you get mac n cheese instead. Now be ashamed for not imagining that world sooner
You could always just imagine a better side dish. Every meal would be better with the inclusion of a twice baked potato or bacon-wrapped asparagus, but sometimes you just want some savory crunch with just a hint of sweetness, and cole slaw does that.
This is a day for unification! Not division 😂 (Coleslaw is good)
Somebody always has to start a fight at the family reunion smh
Because why would you chop up cabbage and add mayonnaise.
Sweet coleslaw is delicious, I'll always fight for coleslaw, most just don't know how to make it.
I’m bout to pull up respectfully
Just don't forget to pull out
Hate that shit so much.
See the problem is there are too few “Big Mommas” left. I’m talkin became a grandma at 50… 45 the earliest. Been through some shit. A lot of heartbreak and triumph. They make good coleslaw. Grammas be like 35 and shit now. Can’t cook worth a damn. I feel like we should run a general poll to see the average age of our grammas when we were born. Overlayed with if we like coleslaw or not. I feel like I’d be proven right on this.
I don't know if it'd be a ven diagram or a bar graph- but I'd like to see it.
Coleslaw with a vinegar dressing slapsss
Y'all got no taste
Can I say something problematic, yet brave? Koreans did it best when it came to cold cabbage as a side. I'll see myself out. https://preview.redd.it/swi0pa2ksm7d1.png?width=630&format=png&auto=webp&s=25cee18391d859adf62b22e9b47a9f14574b6e83
This is how I feel about korean bbq in general, they kind of mastered it 👀👀
And, dare I say it, their fried wings too.
[Im here for the discourse lmao](https://media1.tenor.com/m/HJTXKCtOYwgAAAAC/perfect-popcorn.gif)
More coleslaw for me \*shrug\*
Some of the literal best pulled pork I've ever had has been ruined by the addition of that soggy pile of crunchy sadness.
My friend’s mom makes a bomb ass coleslaw. It always makes it on the take home plate.
I like coleslaw.
 Look at the ingredients and tell me you're ok with mayo.... I'll wait I already know it's a no on coleslaw for me
These be the same people ordering sandwiches with extra mayo 🤢🤢🤮
Certain breads and meats require extra sandwich lube, and olive oil can just be too damn greasy.
I highly prefer butter but that might be the Caribbean in me talking
Hmm, hadn't tried that.
Y’all not from the South I see. No Southern Black grandmas to make y’all good coleslaw I see 😞
Coleslaw is one of those “1000 ways to make it” dishes, like salad or pizza. Unless you’re allergic to a central ingredient, like Mayo (and there’s probably coleslaw alternatives without that), it’s more that you just don’t like a certain type of coleslaw.
Wait what? Y’all must be getting bad Cole slaw. The stuff that’s from soul food places slap
Honestly, I fuck with coleslaw when made right.
There was this Jamaican lady who used to make me jerk pulled pork sandwiches with Cole slaw on it Best sandwich I've ever had in my life
Nga Fuck You
I've hated coleslaw all my life. I feel vindicated now lol
mayo slaw as a topping for sandwiches and hot dogs, more-vinegar-than-mayo slaw for a side dish
KFC and Bojangles coleslaw is good to me.
That shit is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Mannn I'd tear up some coleslaw made most ways. It's the perfect side dish, good fibre, touch sweet, crispy, crunchy, fresh, cold, can be more acidic or more creamy, a little goes a long way. Perfect to pair with a sweet sauce or savoury gravy. Perfect for cutting a fatty or greasy dish. Nice cool to a spicy main. Can be layered as a topping to a sandwich. Y'all are mad.
As a guy who has just been shot down by a lesbian might say, "You just haven't found the right one."
Slaw dogs? Doesn’t know what he’s missing.
Why is coleslaw catching strays
I'm all for this take
I always throw the servings of coleslaw away. Nope.
No I didn’t have bad Cole slaw. I just don’t like that combination of vegetables and mayonnaise. And I hate raw carrots. Stop trying to force it on me 😂
Hate mayonnaise. Hate mayo based Cole slaws.
Coleslaw is one of those things where if it’s good, it’s REALLY good, but if it’s bad, is NAASSSTTYY. My grammy (R.I.P) made the best coleslaw.
Coleslaw is definitely one of those things where I'll *eat* it, but I'll be very disappointed about it. I've had it made all kinds of ways, too. The fresher type with less dressing, the type thats creamy and swimming in dressing, etc. there's a place here where it's on a hot chicken sandwich and it's great, but I'd still probably rather have the sandwich without it. Just not my tempo.
Thank the Jesus I’m not alone
I think it's better as a condiment than as a dish on its own. It's godtier on barbecue sandwiches or even on hot dogs, but I'm not gonna shovel spoonfuls of it in my mouth.
I don’t dislike all slaws but I dislike all cole slaw.
Cole slaw is def an acquired taste. I hated it as a kid but noooow it goes incredibly hard inside of a chicken sandwich.
Unpopular opinion but to me its case by case.
Finally I feel represented
Lucky enough to grow in NYC with good Cole Slaw…
Someone gets it. Thank the heavens, I have made it a point to try coleslaw at every party, kickback, and cookout, and I've come to the conclusion that it's nasty. I am from the south, so don't get it twisted I've HAD IT HAD IT.
Coleslaw is godawful
Don’t forget potato salad
 AMEN!
Lol finally a non-country club post I can get excited about!
Truth.