# Is KFC coleslaw all that great? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014 "2013-07-31T19:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/41 "2013-08-01T02:03:23Z")
I had to go grab some Marie’s Cole Slaw dressing and Dole’s CS mix tonite. Twernt KFC but it was tolerable. Thanks OP. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/42 "2013-08-01T02:12:09Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It’s always been sweet to me, but I was surprised, too, that there’s more sugar in the dressing than oil by weight. Ballparking it by looking at that info and the nutritional information, it seems like sugar and oil are used in approximately equal parts by volume for the dressing. So, basically, you could start with a half cup of sugar and a half cup of mayo, add water to thin it out, add your coleslaw spices (salt, mustard flour, and paprika are listed, but there are also other “natural and artificial flavors”–that parts up to you) and you should get close. Wait. I thought we were talking about the Canadian version, which contains no paprika or mustard. It’s not sweet. It’s vinegary, despite the ingredient list. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/43 "2013-08-01T02:19:36Z")
I think it’s horrid. Glow in the dark green, micro chop like ore chewed and not nice taste. I am pleased to learn it’s not like this everywhere. Especially as so many posters seem to thinks it’s middling to good! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/44 "2013-08-01T02:39:06Z")
I don’t much care for the Canadian version of KFC coleslaw; it has an aftertaste that I can’t quite pin down. I find it odd that it doesn’t contain carrots; most/all other coleslaw I’ve had does. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/45 "2013-08-01T03:41:50Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That and eating the skins. I was pretty excited about the latest boneless chicken (“I ate the bones!” :rolleyes:) until I heard it is skinless. Drat. And yes, I love the cole slaw. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/46 "2013-08-01T03:49:17Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Wait. I thought we were talking about the Canadian version, which contains no paprika or mustard. It’s not sweet. It’s vinegary, despite the ingredient list. I’m not familiar with the Canadian version, but if that ingredient list you presented is correct and in the same order (ingredients by weight) as the US, then it should be similar, minus the spicing. ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/47 "2013-08-01T03:50:48Z")
I make my own and sometimes I make it to taste like KFC coleslaw. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/48 "2013-08-01T03:59:44Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I’m not familiar with the Canadian version, but if that ingredient list you presented is correct and in the same order (ingredients by weight) as the US, then it should be similar, minus the spicing. I should have also added to my original post that you will probably also need to add a bit more vinegar, not just the amount that is in the mayo. So your proportions will be, by weight, sugar = oil \> vinegar. To give you an idea, when I make “vinegary” cole slaw, I use about 2 tablespoons of sugar for a cup of vinegar. (See [this recipe for example](http://www.food.com/recipe/north-carolina-style-pulled-pork-sandwiches-and-coleslaw-343807)). Maybe up to a 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) if I’m really trying to mellow it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/49 "2013-08-01T07:53:17Z")
I don’t know whether I’d like it by itself, but it makes a pretty good complement to the greasy chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/50 "2013-08-01T13:38:03Z")
I like KFC’s coleslaw. I far prefer creamy coleslaw to the vinegary kind. Unfortunately, it seems you can never tell before ordering, other than at a fast food restaurant, what kind of coleslaw they’re gonna give you. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/51 "2013-08-01T14:54:26Z")
I love it - especially when it’s really, really cold. My perfect KFC Meal would be chicken skins (extra crispy), coleslaw, and KFC mashed potatoes. I could live on that. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/52 "2013-08-01T15:03:07Z")
> [@Missy2U](#): > > I could live on that. Not for long. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/53 "2013-08-01T16:14:10Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Not for long. 😉 Take your pick: scurvy or heart attack? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/54 "2013-08-01T16:48:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > In Canada the KFC coleslaw is different; it’s a homogeneous pale green colour and tastes like it’s vinegar-based. In Montreal last week I ate at Schwartz’s, their famed “smoked meat” deli. The coleslaw there matched that description closely. It was barely OK. The Roy Rogers coleslaw I ate at a rest stop was a heck of a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/55 "2013-08-01T19:26:25Z")
It is sweet, delicious crunchiness. ---
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/56 "2013-08-01T19:36:03Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > In Canada the KFC coleslaw is different; it’s a homogeneous pale green colour and tastes like it’s vinegar-based. I had no idea. Now I feel ripped off. The kind we get in these parts is an almost artificial colour. Go here and find the cole slaw on this page: [http://www.kfc.ca/menu/Menu.aspx?menu=Sides](http://www.kfc.ca/menu/Menu.aspx?menu=Sides) They also used to have this awesome mixed vegetable salad that was the shit but I haven’t seen that in years. Do they still do that one is the USA? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/57 "2013-08-01T19:42:43Z")
> [@baileygrrrl](#): > > I had no idea. Now I feel ripped off. The kind we get in these parts is an almost artificial colour. Go here and find the cole slaw on this page: [http://www.kfc.ca/menu/Menu.aspx?menu=Sides](http://www.kfc.ca/menu/Menu.aspx?menu=Sides) > > They also used to have this awesome mixed vegetable salad that was the shit but I haven’t seen that in years. Do they still do that one is the USA? Yeah, I remember that vegetable salad in Canada. I used to order it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/58 "2013-08-01T19:49:11Z")
> [@baileygrrrl](#): > > I had no idea. Now I feel ripped off. The kind we get in these parts is an almost artificial colour. Go here and find the cole slaw on this page: [http://www.kfc.ca/menu/Menu.aspx?menu=Sides](http://www.kfc.ca/menu/Menu.aspx?menu=Sides)… The KFC coleslaw that I’ve enjoyed in the USA, all of it in the Midwest now that I think of it, is white and not green. But I have seen coleslaw like that elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/59 "2013-08-01T19:56:14Z")
It’s definitely the best salad available at KFC and I love it. Something about the combination of it and greasy chicken just feels like childhood. Best coleslaw? Not by a long shot. In fact I refer to it as fake coleslaw. Doesn’t stop me from loving it just reclassifies it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014/60 "2013-08-01T20:35:11Z")
It goes OK with their food. Sweet vs massively salty I guess. One supermarket chain where I live sells a facsimile they call Dixie Cole Slaw, diced fine, sweet. I tend to like that sweet kind of slaw with barbecue, but not with deli sandwiches. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kfc-coleslaw-all-that-great/665014.md?page=4)