Cabbage Salad (Mona’s Salad of Anguish)

Description

Mona Das, a friend that I worked with at Now Software (the late 90s in Portland), brought this to a party. In an attempt to toast the sesame seeds under the broiler, she went through three $8 jars before getting some that weren’t burnt. It cost a lot of money and stress. This is what Chuck called the salad after hearing the story. I set the recipe difficulty as "hard," but that’s just for anyone that doesn’t pay attention to the broiler. Also, you can toast seeds in a skillet.

Following her career online, wondering if it should be updated to be Senator Das’ Salad of Anguish.

Ingredients

Salad

• 1 large cabbage head, chopped
• 10 ounces slivered almonds, toasted under the broiler
• 1/2 jar sesame seeds, toasted under the broiler
• 5 scallion, chopped
• 2 packages of Ramen Soup – chicken flavor, crushed
• reserved flavor packets for dressing

Dressing

• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 8 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 3 teaspoons accent® seasoning mix[^1]
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 flavor packets from Ramen Soup

Directions

Mix salad ingredients in a large bowl.

Mix together the dressing ingredients and Pour over the cabbage mixture. Toss well.

Source

Deborah Mundorff from Mona Das

[^1]: Mona suggested for best results, make the day before and toss periodically (then skip the accent).