Sounds bizarre to me also, Steve, but game for trying it due to being startled and pleased with recipes that sounded atrocious to me based on my own food assumptions and prejudices in the past. All I need is some one to invite over for supper, as I am not inclined to put much effort into preparing food for me, myself and I.

Still haven't found the courage to go sort through my disorganized recipes for that gorganzola slaw recipe from my former sis-in-law. Being a good guest I volunteered to help make it, thinking, 'ugh, it sounds awful.' Was terrific and I should have known it would be, given what I knew about my sis-in-law's culinary skills and tastes. Have found some similar recipes on-line, most of which call for apples, which I don't recall being included, but may have been. Otherwise, gorganzola, walnuts, golden raisins, and a mayo or yoghurt based dressing all ring a bell. The cabbage was chopped or shredded, not grated.

Now trying to think of fresh salad recipes other than coleslaw that call for grated vs shredded or chopped veggies. Shredded, yes. Grated, no, unless a little grated citrus or ginger is included. I know hashbrowns often call for grated potatoes, but that is a cooked recipe, and I don't like hashbrowns. Nor am I fond of potato pancakes or latkes. When younger and poorer would make them to get rid of leftovers if nothing else. One does what one needs to do. But have never much liked them. Probably have a lousy gall bladder that makes me averse to fried foods.

I remember spending many a Sunday afternoon at a friend's house down the street after high school. Her Mom was in many ways a great country cook, and made dinner rolls from scratch every Sunday. I do recall, however, that when they made coleslaw, they used a blender. Water in the blender to cover the wedges of cabbage. Awful stuff. Way too fine, plus there is no way one is gonna get all the water squeezed or drained out of the cabbage before suppertime and time to add the dressing.

Don't know about that 70's thing regarding grated veggies. I'm kind of a waste not want not person. Not averse to peeling and shredding, vs grating, broccoli stems or other trimmed parts of veggies into a fresh salad.