A Salad Isn't a Salad. . .

[IggytheBorg]

I like salads to be savory, for the most part (sweet tomatoes notwithstanding). So I'm not into the addition of apples/fruit or candies nuts. But that's just me.

[PHEDG]

mandarin oranges, craisins

[Lisa]

I'm with Billy and Russ - it has to have at the very least chicken, maybe some shrimp. If it doesn't, it's just a side dish. Add some meat, and that's lunch.

[IggytheBorg]

That's why I like a good antipasto; lots of cold cuts, pepperoncini almost a given, and if you're lucky, some giardinera.

[Martin]

Croutons.

Need that crunch.

Cheese

That entirely depends on the salad, but it's motherfucking CHEESE.



Lettuce ain't always necessary (see: Greek Salad).

And WTF is that trend with fucking FRUITS IN EVERY SALAD THAT'S NOT A DESSERT? It's cool for some salad to have a fruit to punch it up, but there's an overload right now.

[Lola]

Grape tomatoes seem to have a tougher skin than cherry tomatoes,IMO.

[Captain Russ]

WTF is that trend with fucking FRUITS IN EVERY SALAD THAT'S NOT A DESSERT? It's cool for some salad to have a fruit to punch it up, but there's an overload right now.

Mandarin oranges are cool. The double whammy of strawberries and purple onions are surprisingly good.

But I draw the line at the more exotic things. I fear change.

[Martin]

Some salads, like the Waldorf, are cool with those fruits. It's just that now 90% of salads have fucking fruits in them.

[Captain Russ]

It comes in cycles. One day it'll go back to the basics. You'll see.

Or it will get much worse. Soon a parfait will be called a salad.

Wait, that's not worse. BRING ON THE FUTURE.