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How many ingredients does it take to call it a salad? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My significant other ate cucumbers and onion with some ranch. I called it a cucumber onion salad. She says there aren't enough ingredients to call it a salad, because "it takes multiple ingredients". I pointed out she had three and asked what the minimum is. She refuses to answer so I ask Lemmy.

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[–] Saraphim@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Two ingredients must be present for something to be a salad - a vegetable and a dressing. I make all sorts of salads. Some have lettuce, some don’t. I make salad with just fennel and an oil/vinegar dressing. I make salad with tomatoes & cucumbers with a dressing. What she ate was 100% a salad. This is a weird fight.

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Alright buddy. Here's your "whole carrot dipped in ranch" salad.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

But sticks are more crudite than salad

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, my favourite!

[–] Brekky@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I dont do dressings. What do you call 15 ingredients and no dressing? A fryless stir fry? Genuinely curious if there's a word now!

[–] Chobbes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do you feel about chicken or tuna salad?

[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even fruit salad is out by this definition.

[–] Brekky@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Usually dressed with a simple syrup

[–] ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What? I've never heard of adding simple syrup to fruit salad.

[–] Saraphim@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like that’s a grey area because it’s called salad but only in the context a product with dressing (the mayo). but it’s not really a salad, it’s just called chicken salad the way Kraft dinner isn’t really a dinner but it could be a dinner. I say if it only has chicken and mayo, that’s not a salad, that’s a sandwich filling. If it has celery, onion, etc, you could make the argument it was salad.

[–] Chobbes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I feel the same way about cheesecake. It’s really more of a pie if anything.