We have a state bird, a state fruit, and a state dog, but there’s one category that is surprisingly empty. There’s an effort underway for something else to officially represent the state.
Laney Callaway and Priscilla Morris worked in the kitchen of their Cleveland business.
“Lucy and Ethel would be a pretty apt description,” Priscilla laughed.
A lot of time in there is spent discussing the singers of the 70s.
“Partridge Family!” Priscilla said. “We love some Bee Gees. If it’s 70s, we love it.”
So, what is that they were making?
“Basically, cabbage, onions, peppers, use a little mayonnaise, mustard,” Laney said, scooping the combination into a small container.
It’s called hot slaw. People put it on hamburgers and hotdogs.
“The proportion of peppers that we use, it has a real kick to it,” Priscilla smiled. “Laney and I did it to memorialize her dad’s legacy.”
Laney’s dad, Lloyd Callaway, went by Fuzz. The business is named after him, Fuzz’s Hot Slaw. While hot slaw has long been a tradition in Cleveland, it’s now being discussed somewhere else.