Living at My Farmhouse

Made 5 pints of canned coleslaw.  Read so many blogs and comments about how great the canned coleslaw is that I just had to give it a try. One medium cabbage shredded Two large carrots shredded One small onion minced Sprinkle with a teaspoon of salt and let it sit for one hour before canning with the syrup The syrup recipe and the amounts I used 2 cups white vinegar 1/2 cup water 3 cups sugar 2 tsp celery seed 2 tsp mustard seed Heat to boiling then remove from heat and let syrup cool completely  Sterilize jars and wash seals and rings Rinse cabbage mixture and drain Add 1/2 of syrup mixture to cabbage mixture Pack in pint jars Pack fairly tight in jars leaving 1 inch head space Add syrup to cover Put in water bath canner  Be sure water covers jars by a couple of inches Waterbath jars for 15 minutes To make cole slaw drain syrup from cabbage mixture and add mayo.