Salad

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Salad Salad History The diarist John Evelyn wrote a book on salads, Acetaria: A Discourse on Sallets (1699), that describes the new salad greens like "sellery" (celery), coming out of Italy and the Netherlands. Recently, salads have been sold commercially in supermarkets for those who do not have time to prepare a homemade salad, at restaurants (restaurants will often have a "Salad Bar" laid out with saladmaking ingredients which the customer will use to put together their salad) and at fastfood chains specialising in health food. Fastfood chains such as McDonalds and KFC, that typically sell "junk food" such as hamburgers, fries, and fried chicken, have begun selling packaged salads in order to appeal to the health-conscious. Salad platter Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes including: green salads; vegetable salads; salads of pasta, legumes, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads.[1] They include a mixture of cold or hot foods, often including vegetables and/or fruits. Green salads include leaf lettuce and vegetables with a dressing. Other salads are based on pasta, noodles, jelly, or even Cool Whip. Most salads are traditionally served cold, although some, such as German potato salad, are served hot. The word "salad" comes from the French salade of the same meaning, which in turn is from the Latin salata, "salty", from sal, "salt", (See also sauce, salsa, sausage). Vegetables seasoned with brine was a popular Roman dish.[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.[3] Green salads including leaf lettuces are generally served with a dressing, as well as various toppings such as nuts or croutons, and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta, cheese, eggs, or whole grains. Salad is often served as an appetizer before a larger meal, but can also be a side dish, or a main course. 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 calorie density, green salads are a common diet food. The salad leaves are cut or torn into bite-sized fragments and tossed together (called a tossed salad), or may be placed in a predetermined arrangement. Other common vegetable additions in a green salad include cucumbers, peppers, mushrooms, onions, spring onions, red onions, avocado, carrots, celery, and 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia radishes. Other ingredients such as tomatoes, pasta, olive, hard boiled egg, artichoke hearts, heart of palm, roasted red bell peppers, cooked potatoes, rice, sweet corn, green beans, black beans, croutons, cheeses, meat (e.g. bacon, chicken), or fish (e.g. tuna, shrimp) are sometimes added to salads. Salad Entree salads Entree salads or "dinner salads"[4] 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. Dressings The concept of salad dressing varies across cultures. There are many commonly used salad dressings in North America. Traditional dressings in southern Europe are vinaigrettes, while mayonnaise is predominant in eastern European countries and Russia. In Denmark dressings are often based on crème fraîche. In China, where Western salad is a recent adoption from Western cuisine, the term salad dressing refers to mayonnaise or mayonnaise-based dressings. Many light edible oils are used as salad dressings, including olive oil, corn oil, soybean oil, safflower oil, etc. • Balsamic vinegar • Caesar dressing • Blue cheese • Louis dressing • Ranch dressing • Russian dressing • Honey Dijon • Thousand Island dressing • French dressing • Italian dressing • Vinaigrette • Wafu dressing • Tahini • Hummus Barbecue and picnic salads American-style potato salad with egg and mayonnaise Pasta salads, potato salads, and egg salads are often served at barbecues and picnics. These salads can be made ahead of time and refrigerated. [4] Fruit salads Fruit salads are made of fruit and include the fruit cocktail that can be made fresh or from canned fruit.[4] Toppings and garnishes Popular salad garnishes are anchovies, bacon bits (real or imitation), garden beet, bell peppers, shredded carrots, diced celery, cress, croutons, sliced cucumber, parsley, sliced mushrooms, sliced red onion, radish, sunflower seeds (shelled), real or artificial crab meat (surimi) and cherry tomatoes. Various cheeses, nuts, berries, seeds and other ingredients can also be added to green salads. Blue cheese, parmesan cheese, and feta cheese are often used. Color considerations are sometimes highlighted by using edible flowers, red radishes, and other colorful ingredients. Dessert salads Dessert salads are made with jello and or cool whip and often include no leafy greens. These salads include jello salad, pistachio salad, and ambrosia. There are also regional versions such as snickers salad, glorified rice and cookie salad popular in parts the Midwestern United States and Minnesota. [4] Types of salad Salads that include ingredients other than fresh vegetables are: 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • • • • • • • • • • • 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 Salad Salad records Sesame noodle salad Greatest lettuce salad in the world. Sde Warburg 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, 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 participated ranging from many of the original founders of the moshav to young children. Fruit salad • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bean 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 Greek salad Ham salad Israeli salad Larb Niçoise salad Panzanella Pasta salad Potato salad Russian salad See also • Antipasto • List of salads 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Salad [4] ^ Melissa Barlow, Stephanie Ashcraft Things to Do with a Salad: One Hundred One Things to Do With a Salad Gibbs Smith, 2006 ISBN 1423600134, 9781423600138 128 pages page 7 [1] References [1] Encyclopedia Britanica [2] Online Etymology Dictionary [3] Online Etymology Dictionary Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad" Categories: Salads, Garde manger This page was last modified on 22 May 2009, at 14:29 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) 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