New Netherlands Cole Slaw

First introduced to America by the Holland Dutch when they settled in New York in 1624. They called it "koolslaa." It was their "great salad dressed with vinegar." 

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup mild vinegar
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1/2 tsp. mustard
• 1 tbsp. butter
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 2 tbsp. cream
• 3 cups finely shredded cabbage

Directions:

1. Heat vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, mustard, and butter in a saucepan. Add some of the hot mixture to the egg; stir into hot vinegar mixture in saucepan. Cook until mixture thickens and boils. Remove from heat. Beat in cream.
2. Pour hot mixture over shredded cabbage. Chill and serve cold.

Submitted by Anna Restivo from Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book, published in 1950