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Last September, my family visited England. We ate at many wonderful places. One particular favorite of ours was some cole slaw we had. My Dad swears he ate it at the Old Weavers Restaurant but I remember that he ate roast beef and had peas with gravy for his meal and I don't think that he had cole slaw with it. Now we are going crazy trying to have this settled between us! Does anyone know if they serve cole slaw there and if they do, would they serve it with a meal of roast beef? I appreciate any insight anyone might have in bringing peace to our family.
Sincerely,
E Byrne
California
Erm.........England has some interesting food, and some interesting food combinations, but I doubt if anywhere would serve coleslaw with what sounds like a roast beef dinner (meat/gravy/roast potatoes/veg etc). Coleslaw is fairly common as part of a salad though; is it possible you were eating at somewhere with a 'carvery' where you add your own vegetables etc to the roast meat from a buffet? If that was the case, your dad might have decided to add coleslaw I suppose. Perhaps this compromise solution might pour a bit of oil on your troubled family waters? :-)
I agree, coleslaw wouldn't be served with a roast beef meal.
It was horseradish surely.
It must be illegal to eat coleslaw with roast beef. If not then it should be. I will write to my MP.
I know the restaurant but don't think I have eaten there, lovely building next to the river and lots of beams. They would probably serve coleslaw and definitely roast beef but wouldn't expect it together. There are loads of restaurants in Canterbury, did you eat in any others.
Maybe make your own coleslaw I think it always tastes better that way, my favourite is to finely slice white cabbage, grate a carrot (although not strictly a coleslaw ingredient but appears in all the shop bought versions and many other recipes) finely slice a large onion andmix them all together with a couple of large spoons of mayo and a small one of aioli (garlic mayo) and some black pepper and my secret ingredient poppy seeds. Gorgeous.
It must be horseradish. Only a mad demented fool like an evil villain from James Bond would eat coleslaw with roast beef!!
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