RamonAtila Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 99% of people eat salad as an entrée. But I prefer to eat salad after my meat because the lettuce raps around the other food and helps me digest. It's just...better. Your views? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Human Torch Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I think it's best when salad comes before dinner, so I always eat it first. I love salad, could eat it everyday. Often I just want to eat salad then call it a night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumberSix Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 In my youth, at home we sometimes served a small salad at the end. When I got older and found out the rest of the world has salad first, that took a while to wrap my head around. Nowadays, if I'm having salad, I prefer to get to it while the refrigerated ingredients are still crisp and freshly out of the fridge. Let it sit for too long and it turns to meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Caesar salad is badASS.Is that a night salad or a day salad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I never thought I would see THT and Six post in a thread with this title. Today is a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamonAtila Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Caesar salad is badASS. Is that a night salad or a day salad?You ever eaten a Caesar salad at noon? WAKE UP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 & 6 years to go... Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I've always eaten salad first. During dinner or lunch. It is almost like an appetizer, to me. I am sure that I am not alone. I believe I have seen those type of choices on menus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolence Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I find tossing a salad is largely a matter of preference as to what type of dressing you prefer. Pre-game you sort of get your choice. If you do it post-entree, you are sort of forced to have a creamy, Ranch-like dressing oozed over that salad-- no other way around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 99% of people eat salad as an entrée. But I prefer to eat salad after my meat because the lettuce raps around the other food and helps me digest. It's just...better. Your views?Wait... Do you swallow your lettuce whole? How does it wrap around the food. Maybe I shouldn't be talking about masticated food. Nevermind. I like salad with meat as a full meal. For example, lettuce and diced grilled chicken with red onions and bell peppers and tomato with dressing are good. But if salad is served as a course I'm forced into eating the salad first because that's how they know when to serve the next course. At home salad as a side is eaten last because salad is cold and will keep but hot food is better hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I LOVE salad. Salad is second only to sandwichwes. I eat salad for breakfast sometimes. I love salad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I toss my salad directly in the trash. I love veggies but lettuce is the worst. Spring mix is also nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 So use spinach or escarole or jicima or beet greens or endive or kale or collard greens or mustard greens or bok choy or arugula or swiss cahrd or watrcress or radicchio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashmere Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Some of those are yummy, but I prefer them cooked. I'm just not a salad person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 yeah i'd rather have a bowl of sliced cucumbers and tomatoes than in a salad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Jade Skywalker Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I'm not a vegetable or a salad person. I wish I was, because I eat way too many carbs with only rice and potatoes as side dish options. I've tried, but I can't get over the texture of salad and I've never been able to stand eating vegetables on their own unless they're stir-fried and covered with garlic butter and sauces. Yes, I have the palate of a five-year-old. But I've gotten a lot better as I've gotten older! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeygirl Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I LOVE vegetables. I don't think there's one I don't love. Cooked, raw, steamed, sauteed. I also love chicken and most seafood or I'd probably be a vegetarian. I ate about a pound of roasted Brussels sprouts last night for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I hate spinach and collard greens. Cooked or uncooked. Beets are also kind of a yucky thing for me unless super cold. But the WORST vegetable ever is sweet potatoes. GUH. Also guys I am at work but cannot focus. It's teacher work day and I'm supposed to be working on stuff related to the teaching of students but meh. I'm looking for recipes for green beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I actually really like vegetables, now that my husband buys fresh and not canned like my parents always used to have. It's like they wanted me to hate veggies. WTF.I hate spinach and collard greens. Cooked or uncooked. Beets are also kind of a yucky thing for me unless super cold. But the WORST vegetable ever is sweet potatoes. GUH. Hate uncooked spinach. But sweet potatoes? Get out, woman! yeah i'd rather have a bowl of sliced cucumbers and tomatoes than in a saladThrow some feta in there, and you have a Real Greek salad. NOM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I eat way more veggies as adults than I ever did as a child. I think a lot of it has to do with them not being canned. But also, my son is practically a vegetarian. He's actually started asserting his vegetarianism at restaurants lately by ordering just the sides he wants and no "main course"/meat. He will eat some chicken and occasionally meatballs. But that's really it. My husband hates it. Just absolutely HATES it. We have salad with dinner about once or twice a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 You guys should see how much veggies get chucked in the school cafeteria. Carbs carbs carbs! I grew up on fresh veggies because my Mom was a gardener. So canned tastes aweful to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 My mother only at at restaurants and my dad didn't eat. My grandmother's fed, and both were 50s housewives so even the veggies were generally cooked to oblivion or drown in something that would eliminate all nutritional properties. In high school or cafeteria offered veggies, but no one at the,. My entire senior year I think my lunch was either nachos or one o those those barely cooked giant cookies that came on a sheet of wax paper. i didn't really discover or appreciate veggies until I got married and the former Mrs. Tank and I got tired of eating all our meals from boxes. This was also the beginning of the "foodie" era where veggies done up fancy suddenly started happening everywhere. I'd say now pretty much every meal I have is half fruit or veggies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 F*ck iceberg lettuce. Spinach and romaine lettuce is where it's at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 F*ck iceberg lettuce. Spinach and romaine lettuce is where it's at.Different leaves for different salads. As long as it's fresh, I don't care. Slimy salad is grosssssssss omg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I just threw up in my mouth a little bit thinking about slimy salad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 F*ck iceberg lettuce. Spinach and romaine lettuce is where it's at.Different leaves for different salads. As long as it's fresh, I don't care. Slimy salad is grosssssssss omg Yeah, but iceberg lettuce is for livestock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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