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Easy
Published 1977
Winter salads are really no more difficult to make than summer ones; it is just a question of using different raw ingredients. Crisp cabbage with crunchy peanuts added has lots of flavour and texture and makes a lovely salad to serve with cold turkey, ham or chicken.
Cabbage needs careful preparation to get really fine shreds. About a quarter of a head should provide 225 g (8 oz) shredded cabbage. Choose a firm cabbage. Quarter it and cut away the stalk. Press the cut side firmly on a chopping board and shred across the leaves very thinly with a sharp knife. For a really crisp salad, soak the shredded cabbage in a bowl of iced water for about 1 hour. Drain