~Ghetto Report post Posted July 25, 2011 Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes, including vegetable salads; salads of pasta, legumes, eggs, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads.[1] They may include a mixture of cold and hot, often including raw vegetables or fruits. Green salads include leaf lettuce and leafy vegetables with a sauce or dressing. Other salads are based on pasta, noodles, or gelatin. Most salads are traditionally served cold, although some, such as south German potato salad, are served warm. Green salads including leaf lettuces are generally served with a dressing, as well as various garnishes such as nuts or croutons, and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta, cheese, eggs, or whole grains. Salads may be served at any point during a meal. They may be: Appetizer salads, light salads to stimulate the appetite as the first course of the meal. Side salads, to accompany the main course as a side dish. Main course salads, usually containing a portion of protein, such as chicken breast or slices of beef. Palate-cleansing salads, to settle the stomach after the main course. Dessert salads, sweet versions usually containing gelatin or whipped cream. Contents [hide] 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Types of salads 3.1 Green salad 3.2 Vegetable salad 3.3 Bound salad 3.4 Main course salads 3.5 Fruit salads 3.6 Dessert salads 4 Examples of salads 4.1 World Salads 4.2 Other Salads 5 Dressings 6 Toppings and garnishes 7 Salad records 8 See also 9 References 10 External links [edit]Etymology A Crab Louie salad is typically composed of romaine lettuce, crab meat, hard boiled eggs, tomato, asparagus, and cucumber and served with a Louie dressing based on mayonnaise and chili sauce with peppers on the side. The word "salad" comes from the French salade of the same meaning, from the Latin salata (salty), from sal (salt). (Other salt-related words include sauce, salsa, sausage, and salary). In English, the word first appears as "salad" or "sallet" in the 14th century. Salt is associated with salad because vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times.[2] The terminology "salad days", meaning a "time of youthful inexperience" (on notion of "green"), is first recorded by Shakespeare in 1606, while the use of salad bar first appeared in American English in 1976.[2] [edit]History Food historians say the Romans ate mixed greens and dressing, and the Babylonians were known to have dressed greens with oil and vinegar two thousand years ago.[3][4][5] In his 1699 book, Acetaria: A Discourse on Sallets, John Evelyn attempted with little success to encourage his fellow Britons to eat fresh salad greens.[6] Royalty dabbled in salads: Mary, Queen of Scots, ate boiled celery root over salad covered with creamy mustard dressing, truffles, chervil, and slices of hard-boiled eggs.[4] The United States popularized salads in the late 19th century and other regions of the world adopted them throughout the second half of the 20th century. From Europe and the Americas to China, Japan, and Australia, premade salads are sold in supermarkets, at restaurants (restaurants will often have a "Salad Bar" laid out with salad-making ingredients, which the customers will use to put together their salad) and at fast food chains. In the US market, fast food chains such as McDonald's and KFC, that typically sold "junk food" such as hamburgers, fries, and fried chicken, now sell packaged salads to appeal to the health-conscious customers. [edit]Types of salads [edit]Green salad A Green Salad The "green salad" or "garden salad" is most often composed of leafy vegetables such as lettuce varieties, spinach, or rocket (arugula). Due to their low caloric density, green salads are a common diet food. The salad leaves may be cut or torn into bite-sized fragments and tossed together (called a tossed salad), or may be placed in a predetermined arrangement (a composed salad). [edit]Vegetable salad Vegetables other than greens may be used in a salad. Common vegetables used in a salad include cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, spring onions, red onions, avocado, carrots, celery, and radishes. Other ingredients, such as olives, hard boiled egg, artichoke hearts, heart of palm, roasted red bell peppers, green beans, croutons, cheeses, meat (e.g. bacon, chicken), or seafood (e.g. tuna, shrimp), are sometimes added to salads. [edit]Bound salad American-style potato salad with egg and mayonnaise A "bound" salad can be composed (arranged) or tossed (put in a bowl and mixed with a thick dressing). They are assembled with thick sauces such as mayonnaise. One portion of a true bound salad will hold its shape when placed on a plate with an ice-cream scoop. Examples of bound salad include tuna salad, pasta salad, chicken salad, egg salad, and potato salad. Bound salads are often used as sandwich fillings. They are also popular at picnics and barbecues, because they can be made ahead of time and refrigerated. [edit]Main course salads Main course salads (also known as "dinner salads"[7] and commonly known as "entrée salads" in North America) may contain grilled or fried chicken pieces, seafood such as grilled or fried shrimp or a fish steak such as tuna, mahi-mahi, or salmon. Sliced steak, such as sirloin or skirt, can be placed upon the salad. Caesar salad, Chef salad, Cobb salad, Greek salad, and Michigan salad are types of dinner salad. [edit]Fruit salads Fruit salads are made of fruit, and include the fruit cocktail that can be made fresh or from canned fruit.[7] [edit]Dessert salads Dessert salads rarely include leafy greens and are often sweet. Common variants are made with gelatin or whipped cream (oftentimes with the brand products Jell-O and / or Cool Whip); e.g. jello salad, pistachio salad, and ambrosia. Other forms of dessert salads include snickers salad, glorified rice, and cookie salad popular in parts of the Midwestern United States.[7] [edit]Examples of salads Sesame noodle salad Fruit salad [edit]World Salads Click here for a List of salads around the world. [edit]Other Salads The following is a list of additional salads: Bean salad Broccoli slaw Caesar salad Candle salad Caprese salad Chef salad Chicken salad Chinese chicken salad Coleslaw Congealed salad Cookie salad Crab Louie salad Egg salad Eggplant salad Fattoush Fruit salad Gado-gado Greek salad Ham salad Israeli salad Larb Macaroni salad Niçoise salad Panzanella Pasta salad Potato salad Salad Olivier Salmagundi Seven-layer salad Shopska salad Somen salad Som tam Gỏi ngó sen - a Vietnamese salad Tabouli Taco salad Tuna salad Waldorf salad Watergate salad [edit]Dressings A dish of American-style Italian dressing. Thousand Island dressing on a salad Cardini's brand bottled Caesar salad dressing. Sauces for salads are often called "dressings". The concept of salad dressing varies across cultures. In Western culture, there are three basic types of salad dressing: Vinaigrette Creamy dressings, usually mayonnaise-based, but which may also contain yogurt, sour cream, buttermilk, milk, or crème fraiche Cooked dressings, which resemble creamy dressings, but are usually thickened by adding egg yolks and gently heating. Vinaigrette /vɪnəˈɡrɛt/ is a mixture (emulsion) of salad oil and vinegar, often flavored with herbs, spices, salt, pepper, sugar, and other ingredients. It is used most commonly as a salad dressing,[8] but also as a sauce or marinade. There are many commonly used salad dressings in North America. Traditional dressings in France are vinaigrettes, while mayonnaise is predominant in eastern European countries and Russia. In Denmark, dressings are often based on crème fraîche. In southern Europe, salad is generally dressed by the diner with oil and vinegar. In Asia, it is common to add sesame oil, fish sauce, citrus juice, or soy sauce to salad dressings.[citation needed] The following are examples of common salad dressings: Blue cheese dressing Caesar dressing Extra virgin olive oil French dressing Ginger dressing Honey Dijon Hummus Italian dressing Louis dressing Ranch dressing Russian dressing Tahini Thousand Island dressing Vinaigrette Wafu dressing [edit]Toppings and garnishes Popular salad garnishes are nuts, croutons, anchovies, bacon bits (real or imitation), garden beet, bell peppers, shredded carrots, diced celery, cress[disambiguation needed], sliced cucumber, parsley, sliced mushrooms, sliced red onion, radish, sunflower seeds (shelled), real or artificial crab meat (surimi) and cherry tomatoes. Various cheeses, berries, seeds and other ingredients can also be added to green salads. Cheeses, in the form of cubes, crumbles, or grated, are often used, including blue cheese, Parmesan cheese, and feta cheese. Color considerations are sometimes addressed by using edible flowers, red radishes, carrots, various colors of peppers, and other colorful ingredients. [edit]Salad records Largest lettuce salad in the world. The moshav (settlement) of Sde Warburg, Israel, holds the Guinness World Record for the largest lettuce salad, weighing 10,260 kg. The event, held on 10 November 2007, was part of the 70th anniversary celebration of the founding of the moshav. The salad was sold to participants and onlookers alike for 10 NIS per bowl, raising 100,000 NIS (over $25,000) to benefit Aleh Negev,[9] a rehabilitative village for young adults suffering from severe physical and cognitive disabilities. Major General (Res.) Doron Almog, Chairman of Aleh Negev was present to accept the donation and commended the residents, who had grown the lettuce and prepared the salad on the moshav. The volunteer effort to prepare the salad itself took all day and most of the residents, ranging from many of the original founders of the moshav to young children, participated. Discuss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Johny` Report post Posted July 25, 2011 Did you just copy this from wikipedia or something? I dont even... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
~Ghetto Report post Posted July 25, 2011 Did you just copy this from wikipedia or something? I dont even... Yes I did. Zeros|Rob was interested, I provided him with valuable information. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
h0z Report post Posted July 26, 2011 Aite good shit, keep it up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
shots Report post Posted July 26, 2011 Wow bro very amazing salad is so delicious I eat it all the time Ps : get out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Rcms Report post Posted July 26, 2011 You are more likely to die from swallowing a plastic spork while eating a salad, then the aftereffects of radiation. TROLOLOLOLOLOL nice topic tho :blush: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
Livvii Report post Posted July 26, 2011 I like salads Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
l Kreiger l Report post Posted July 26, 2011 I just eat lettuce alone, I don't believe in salads, the dressings can actually make a salad unhealthy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
chris Report post Posted July 31, 2011 good shit salad good shit keep it up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 0
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