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Old 08-05-2012, 08:41
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Old 08-05-2012, 08:49
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No not just you. I like lettuce, cucumber, even the odd beefsteak tomato now and again, but as a meal no. With oily vinegary dressings ? Hell no! Don't get me started on flipping rocket and radicchio!




OK salad rage over
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Old 08-05-2012, 09:19
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i will eat it but begrudgingly
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Old 08-05-2012, 09:22
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I'm not a fan of boring salad but I quite like an exciting one.

I need a salad with lots of variety. stick in plenty of different things and I am happy.
Lettuce, tomato, onion, capsicum, courgette, cucumber, radish, grated carrot and toasted nuts and seeds - now that is what I call a salad
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Old 08-05-2012, 10:30
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I do like salads, but only without tomatoes and rocket. Bleugh.
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Old 08-05-2012, 10:45
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I only eat it as an accompaniment with lunch or dinner, so for me it must be served with meat.

Mixed leaves with a tiny bit of caesar dressing, plus garlic flavoured croutons or crispy dried onions is my salad of choice at the moment.

My mum does a 'bacon salad', which is chopped cold bacon, mixed raw peppers, raw onions, cucumber, tomato and her famous house dressing - oil, malt vinegar, salt and black pepper. It is amazing.
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Old 08-05-2012, 12:27
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I love salad!

I just had salad for lunch, tho it's not boring...

Lettuce, red cabbage, home pickled onions and beetroot, cherry tomatoes, avacado, home made couscous, olives and fetta cheese & tuna on top! YUM!!
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Old 08-05-2012, 12:37
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I like a side salad but rarely buy any salad items as it's a bit too costly for one. I do buy the odd half a cucumber for sarnies.
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Old 08-05-2012, 12:49
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Dear me. Be adults and eat it. It is not going to poison you and if you eat enough then you will develop the taste for it.
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Old 08-05-2012, 12:51
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I have just had salad for dinner but I cannot stand raw tomatoes, yuck, the rest, I love it all.
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Old 08-05-2012, 13:27
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I never eat salad
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Old 08-05-2012, 13:34
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I often watch Nigella, Jamie O et al whip up some lovely looking salads and often thought to myself i'd eat that quite happily.
I eat a salad if it's got some naice ham, a boiled egg, coleslaw, raw pepper, red onion, rocket, cucumber, a nice cherry toms on the vine
Not very adventerous I know


I watch these reality programmes and they are munching healthily on leaves and nothing else, just leaves, sorry that wouldn't fill a hole for me
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Old 08-05-2012, 13:36
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Apart from peas on a Sunday dinner, I never eat any fruit or veg, ever.

Surprised I'm still alive TBH.
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Old 08-05-2012, 13:47
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The 'traditional' British salad of boiled egg, cucumber, tomato, iceberg lettuce (yuk), onion, pickled beetroot (yuk) and salad cream (triple yuk) is something that would never come near me now.

Boring and awful.

Different, and tasty, leaves, varied, and tasty, vegetables, maybe a nice interesting cheese, an interesting pickle/chutney perhaps and a proper dressing = whole different ball game.
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Old 08-05-2012, 13:50
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I only eat it as an accompaniment with lunch or dinner, so for me it must be served with meat.

Mixed leaves with a tiny bit of caesar dressing, plus garlic flavoured croutons or crispy dried onions is my salad of choice at the moment.

My mum does a 'bacon salad', which is chopped cold bacon, mixed raw peppers, raw onions, cucumber, tomato and her famous house dressing - oil, malt vinegar, salt and black pepper. It is amazing.
Do you know the measures for this (how much of what)? And presumably it's olive oil?
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Old 08-05-2012, 14:38
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I love salad but my Turkish in law's of 31 yrs still assume I eat communal salad - not that I wouldn't , it's just I can't digest certain oils and they pour it on - ok they like it but I do feel awkward dishing a portion for myself - then when we eat at relations houses they think I'm ok - as a veggie yes, I am but raw oil makes me sick. so I go without - there's not much left after that so I look forward to my toast when we arrive back at our apartment.
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Old 08-05-2012, 16:21
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I love salad, with a nice bit of ham and some cheese and loads of mayonnaise. Sadly with all that, its no longer healthy!
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Old 08-05-2012, 16:26
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I love salad, not the healthy kind, the one that involves coleslaw, potato salad, ham, pickles and beets, leaves with cherry toms and cubes of cheese, egg marie rose and wheaten bread amongst other things. My salads probably have more calories than a KFC :/
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Old 08-05-2012, 17:57
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Do you know the measures for this (how much of what)? And presumably it's olive oil?
Yes olive oil, I think it's two parts vinegar to one part oil, pinch of black pepper and pinch of salt...oops I don't actually know how much oil and vinegar though

I really should pay more attention next time she makes something, I need to learn it myself as well!
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Old 08-05-2012, 18:15
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I love salad, not the healthy kind, the one that involves coleslaw, potato salad, ham, pickles and beets, leaves with cherry toms and cubes of cheese, egg marie rose and wheaten bread amongst other things. My salads probably have more calories than a KFC :/
I'm with you, I love all those foods. I'll eat salad foods from any country I come across.

Then again, on foodie TV, they seem to call pretty much anything a salad, including meats ??!!??
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Old 08-05-2012, 18:47
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Love salad. When I was growing up 'salad' was literally lettuce (iceberg), cucumber (in rounds) and tomato (quartered).

It was all served freezing cold and with no dressing (you could add your own salad cream or later, when we were trying to be middle class, Hellmans mayonnaise)

It was only when I went on a French exchange trip and tasted the French mum's salad did I realise that salad could actually be TASTY! Simply by adding SEASONING and DRESSING! This was a revelation.

Nowadays I often lazily buy a bag of watercress, spinach and rocket and dress it simply with extra virgin, white wine vinegar (or lemon juice), bit of Maldon Sea Salt and a twist of black pepper.

In the summer, for barbecues etc, I like to do a Spanish inspired salad with little gem lettuce leaves, diced red and green pepper, grated carrot, sliced green olives, sweetcorn, diced tomato, finely diced red onion and diced cucumber all layered in a dish and drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and white wine vinegar. It's really nice and very refreshing with lots of flavours.

I also love a chicken caeser salad with hearts of Romaine, big chunky home-made croutons, crumbled up crispy baked pancetta and a battened-out, pan fried chicken breast on top.
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Old 08-05-2012, 19:08
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I love salad, not the healthy kind, the one that involves coleslaw, potato salad, ham, pickles and beets, leaves with cherry toms and cubes of cheese, egg marie rose and wheaten bread amongst other things. My salads probably have more calories than a KFC :/
I have this problem too! My favourite salad is spinach, rocket, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions and avocado, with warm roast chicken, crispy chorizo and home made honey and mustard dressing, often with home-made bread on the side. Delish!
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Old 08-05-2012, 19:10
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A sprinkling of pomegranate seeds and pistachios are a nice way to perk up a salad.
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Old 08-05-2012, 19:26
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Yes olive oil, I think it's two parts vinegar to one part oil, pinch of black pepper and pinch of salt...oops I don't actually know how much oil and vinegar though

I really should pay more attention next time she makes something, I need to learn it myself as well!
Surely its mostly the oil? So 100ml of olive oil, tbl or 2 of balsamic vinegar etc?
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Old 08-05-2012, 20:24
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I thought the usual ratio of vinegar to oil was 1 part vinegar to 3 parts oil.
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