What is a salad?

@sallypup (61636)
Centralia, Washington
July 18, 2018 5:03pm CST
Hubby's work place had a salad contest today. Their Wellness Committee promoted this idea. I wasn't there so I only got a second hand report on what was what. BLT salad: bacon, lettuce and tomato salad, I presume? The other salad that got my brain and mouth going was the Cookie Salad. Yes. Yum. But is a broken up cookies in pudding concoction really a salad? Can I then grab a bowl of ice cream, stick a piece of broccoli in its middle and declare that to be my salad for the day? I'm glad hubby's co-workers had fun. I remember my Mom grating carrots into lime Jello and calling that salad. My hubby hated it. I kind of liked the mix of carrots and raisins all swollen in sweet fake Jello. But that was then and well, this is now.
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AKRao24
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
18 Jul 18
In India when we say Salad that means small pieces of some fresh vegetables without adding any type of fats to it! Some people squeeze half a lemon on these pieces! Otherwise nothing is added to it!
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AKRao24
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
18 Jul 18
@sallypup , As per the Wikipedia there are many variations, so there is no harm if you use tofu as a substitute for fatty salad!
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61636)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jul 18
@AKRao24 I like your idea. I have been thinking about using tofu as a substitute for fatty salad dressings.
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ihasaquestion
@ihasaquestion (8275)
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18 Jul 18
That's nice. My idea of a salad is a fusion of vegetables with breadcrumbs, chicken strips, a thousand island dressing as well as boiled eggs mixed.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61636)
• Centralia, Washington
18 Jul 18
@ihasaquestion Bread crumbs! I like that addition.
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ihasaquestion
@ihasaquestion (8275)
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19 Jul 18
@sallypup Me too, it's so yummy!
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much2say
@much2say (56053)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Jul 18
Did you see @Corbin5 's post on salad cakes? My mother in law makes those ambrosia salads - jello with who knows what in there . . . I don't how that is a salad .
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much2say
@much2say (56053)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jul 18
@sallypup It's very rich - yes, more like a dessert. I think of veggies as the main make-up of a salad.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61636)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Jul 18
@much2say I've not seen that interesting post. I'll check it out. Thanks. Ambrosia salad sounds like dessert to me.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112979)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Jul 18
You mean no egg salad or tuna salad or chicken salad??? Oh damn, now I want egg salad. Hmmm, I does have spaghetti and eggs so I could put that together with some salsa
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112979)
• El Paso, Texas
19 Jul 18
I am an omnivore so I do need my proteins @sallypup
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61636)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Jul 18
@rebelann Beans!! Think beans and OMG tofu.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61636)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Jul 18
@rebelann Your versions of salad are so versatile. You can eat them as just salad or stuff the glop into tasty breads or tortillas. Score!
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
27 Jul 18
You mean my chocolate covered carrots and broccolini in a lettuce cup is not a salad? Bummer!!!
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
27 Jul 18
@sallypup lol That is one way to make veggies appealing, I may need to really try it lol
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61636)
• Centralia, Washington
28 Jul 18
@BelleStarr I guess its just a step past drowning vegies in Ranch dressing.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61636)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Jul 18
@BelleStarr I'll be right over. Wowser.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247184)
• United States
19 Jul 18
Some people do interpret salads differently than we do, but that must have been a fun wellness day!
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (168327)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Jul 18
Usually cold with mixed vegetables. I don't like carrots in things. By themselves only.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (108197)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Jul 18
I usually think of lettuce with other veggies added and maybe egg or ham. But I like their ideas
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Margaret Mwangi
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Jul 18
I think it is such a field to explore but i believe it should have alot vegges and little carbs
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Cindy Tolbert
@cintol (11261)
• United States
19 Jul 18
That sounds like a fun salad contest to go too, think of the possibilities! My mom used to make the jello and carrots strips as well, I didn't care for it either. lol
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Angie
@andriaperry (117146)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Jul 18
When I hear salad I think about veggies. When there is fruit, I call it fruit salad. then we got chicken & tuna salad. Yes there are many salads.
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (120136)
• United States
18 Jul 18
I think some people think just mixing a bunch of stuff together is a salad. . . think of pasta "salad" or potato "salad". Ambrosia "salad". Stuff like that. I tend to think of salad as more of a vegetable/greens based thing myself. . . at least for something that a wellness committee would want to see.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61636)
• Centralia, Washington
19 Jul 18
@NJChicaa I've had cous cous salads that were tasty.
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ARM
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
18 Jul 18
I used to think salad was all raw veggies and fruits but now there seem to be so many variations
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Jessa Bumagat
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
19 Jul 18
That's nice! Salad contest sounds fun..
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