A Commonplace Book

Category: salads...

  • the restorative powers of green salad have been celebrated since antiquity
  • preparing a salad lovingly, with 20 different ingredients
  • green salads, vegetable salads; salads of pasta, legumes, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads
  • Eat cress and gain wit. (Greek proverb)
  • the earliest salads were wild greens and herbs seasoned with salt; these were the first vegetable foods available in the spring
  • To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar. (O. Wilde)
  • salad is a term derived from the Latin sal (salt) which yielded the form salata "salted things" such as the raw vegetables eaten in classical times with a dressing of oil, vinegar, or salt
  • Finally, I put the salad back into the salad bowl and let my servant toss it. And I let fall on it, from a height, a pinch of paprika. (Alexandre Dumas)
  • American contributions such as Waldorf salad and Caesar salad
  • Cardini did not approve of adding anchovy to his original list of six ingredients: romaine lettuce, garlic, olive oil, croutons, parmesan cheese, and Worcestershire sauce

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