Backpacker's Coleslaw

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cabbage, washed & finely shredded
• 1 stalk celery, shredded
• 1 carrot, shredded
• 1/2 green pepper, shredded
• 3/4 cup vinegar
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seed
• 1 cup sugar (or to taste)

Recipe

• 1 dissolve the salt in the water in a large bowl, then soak the cabbage in the
• 2 salt water for an hour. add the next 3 ingredients and let them soak another 20 minutes, then drain and rinse thoroughly.
• 3 meanwhile, combine the vinegar, mustard seed, celery seed, and sugar in pan and bring it to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
• 4 pour the dressing over the rinsed vegetable mixture in the bowl and marinate, covered, for at least 24 hours before dehydrating.
• 5 divide the dried slaw into plastic bags (1/3 cup of dried salad is adequate as a side dish for one person).
• 6 to use: add an equal amount of water to each portion of salad (1/3 cup of water to 1/3 cup of salad) and allow it to reconstitute for at least half an hour.