What size should a side of slaw be?
 

This has happened before and I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more.

I picked up an order of steamed clams and a cheeseburger to go. I get home and open the styrofoam boxes. Inside one, as promised, are 30 littlenecks and a small container of garlic butter (maybe 3 ounces - sufficient for our purposes). Inside the other is a 1/2 pound burger, a good portion of fries and a small container of slaw about 1/3 the size of the butter container! Maybe an ounce. Might hold 2 coffee creamers or six quarters. Appropriate for tartar sauce maybe. A Reagan era serving of vegetables, maybe. A forkful. I'd be embarrassed to put this in front of a customer.

So what's the correct size for a side of slaw? I like at least an ice cream scoopful, if not two. I want a side, not a condiment.

Your thoughts?

Size zero.

Nasty stuff.

:D

I would say a cup of slaw is about right.

+1

You probably put ketchup on your hot dogs. :D

Thinking of the "Foods you hate" thread and the huge number of mayonnaise haters there I guess it's not surprising. I love the stuff and would say that KFC's serving is about right. I'm guessing it's about 4-5 ounces. I'm seriously jonesing for some No. Carolina pulled pork w/coleslaw now. A combination made in heaven.

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+1

:shudder:

No, never. Wrong wrong very wrong.

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I'm admiring the rest of your lunch (supper?). After I've downed a 1/2 lb burger, a "good portion of fries", and 30 littlenecks with garlic butter, I'll usually want a healthy portion of slaw to soothe that small little voice in the back of my mind that keeps saying, "you should have some vegetables with that". A large ice cream scoop seems about right. ;)

Enough to put on my pulled pork sandwich, plus a couple of forkfuls extra.

+1...An Ice Cream scoop is perfect. You can drop it on a pulled pork sandwich, slap it as a side with your steak, or just eat it by itself. Probably about a 1/3 of a cup.

And slaw (mayo) haters....eat it with greek yogurt and cumin...you'll never scoff again. ^

Agree that an ice cream scoop sounds about right. Oh, and I love slaw.

To me it would be a half to full cup..but I love slaw.

I'd say whatever size the owner of the joint wants it to be?

Unfortunately, that is correct. I love slaw... and hate it when I get a small portion....

WE have a great barbeque joint near us... but they give the smallest serving of slaw. Only about two bites.