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I don't like it. I like salads that have tasty, fresh, delicious vegetables (and often fruits and/or nuts) where the dressing just adds some pizazz and tartness

I don't like it. I like salads that have tasty, fresh, delicious vegetables (and often fruits and/or nuts) where the dressing just adds some pizazz and tartness. To me caesar salad is just dressing where the lettuce is only there to act as scaffolding.

LambdaComplex 1y ago
Agreed. The things with "salad" in the name that I've gotten at Mediterranean restaurants have been delicious combinations of multiple ingredients. The things with "salad" in the name that I've gotten at American restaurants have been bowls of lettuce with a few other things thrown in.
- malnourish 1y ago
  Sure, that's true at bad American restaurants. There are many great salads to be found in America.
- vel0city 1y ago
  Never had potato salad? Carrot salad? Pasta salad? Egg salad? Three-bean salad? Fruit salad? Ambrosia salad? Barley salad? Corn salad? Pimento cheese salad? I've had all of these served in restaurants in the US serving "American" food.
  - giardini 1y ago
    vel0city says "* Three-bean salad? Fruid salad? Ambrosia *" Got me at the "fruid salad: searched for it but found only "Freud" which sounded distinctly unappetizing.
    - vel0city 1y ago
      Haha yes typo, my bad. Just edited, fruit salad.
    - IAmBroom 1y ago
      Sometimes, my dear, a cucumber salad is just a salad.
bryanmgreen 1y ago
I make my Caesar with kale and arugula, shave broccoli with a peeler then roast them, and add pine nuts plus roasted garlic lemon chickpeas in addition to croutons for even more and healthier crunch. It’s also delicious with just oil.
- AlecSchueler 1y ago
  So not Caesar salad then.
- nkrisc 1y ago
  That sounds like a delicious salad that is not a Caesar salad.
- asdfasvea 1y ago
  ..and blackjack and hookers. In fact forget the salad.
windowsrookie 1y ago
This is exactly why I love Cesar salads. I have always disliked vegetables, trying many times in my life to eat them more because that's what health "experts" say we need to do. I don't like vegetables fresh, I don't like them grilled, I don't like them stewed. Cover them in Cesar dressing tho and I can eat an extra large salad (hopefully with some protein too).
- shigawire 1y ago
  >because that's what health "experts" say we need to do. You remain unconvinced that vegetables are good for you?
- jajko 1y ago
  Its not health "experts" but literally whole nutrition science, or science in general. Its like saying "experts" claim evolution, but I know better. Jeez, I know this is predominantly US forum which is a place with its own fucked up nutrition and general eating problems that whole world sees, but this? You simply have some (easy to dispose of if actually tried) mental barriers when food needs to be salty, greasy, sweet etc. and rest is untolerable, and salads are a rabbit food (or variant of these, heard it many times in many cultures). This all can be unlearned and new things learned, human mind is not that complex and can be molded like clay with a tiny bit of resolve, it doesn't even take a long time.
  - amanaplanacanal 1y ago
    Nutrition science is a cesspool. We know there are essential vitamins, amino acids, and fatty acids, beyond that it's all "well, we asked people what they ate and tried to match it with some health outcomes." Bodies are complex, determining causation is hard, and we are mostly not there yet.
giardini 1y ago
Anything with fruit and nuts in it isn't a salad (and is certainly not an American salad).
- hn_throwaway_99 1y ago
  OK salad gatekeeper. So I'm guessing you've never had a spinach salad, which is nearly always prepared with something like slivered almonds or walnuts and a slightly tart fruit like strawberries or sliced apples?
  - giardini 1y ago
    My feelings (and digestive outcome) of such salads: "You shall not pass!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bReJswiMGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bReJswiMGM

LambdaComplex 1y ago

Agreed. The things with "salad" in the name that I've gotten at Mediterranean restaurants have been delicious combinations of multiple ingredients. The things with "salad" in the name that I've gotten at American restaurants have been bowls of lettuce with a few other things thrown in.

malnourish 1y ago
Sure, that's true at bad American restaurants. There are many great salads to be found in America.
vel0city 1y ago
Never had potato salad? Carrot salad? Pasta salad? Egg salad? Three-bean salad? Fruit salad? Ambrosia salad? Barley salad? Corn salad? Pimento cheese salad? I've had all of these served in restaurants in the US serving "American" food.
- giardini 1y ago
  vel0city says "* Three-bean salad? Fruid salad? Ambrosia *" Got me at the "fruid salad: searched for it but found only "Freud" which sounded distinctly unappetizing.
  - vel0city 1y ago
    Haha yes typo, my bad. Just edited, fruit salad.
  - IAmBroom 1y ago
    Sometimes, my dear, a cucumber salad is just a salad.

bryanmgreen 1y ago

I make my Caesar with kale and arugula, shave broccoli with a peeler then roast them, and add pine nuts plus roasted garlic lemon chickpeas in addition to croutons for even more and healthier crunch. It’s also delicious with just oil.

AlecSchueler 1y ago
So not Caesar salad then.
nkrisc 1y ago
That sounds like a delicious salad that is not a Caesar salad.
asdfasvea 1y ago
..and blackjack and hookers. In fact forget the salad.

windowsrookie 1y ago

This is exactly why I love Cesar salads. I have always disliked vegetables, trying many times in my life to eat them more because that's what health "experts" say we need to do. I don't like vegetables fresh, I don't like them grilled, I don't like them stewed. Cover them in Cesar dressing tho and I can eat an extra large salad (hopefully with some protein too).

shigawire 1y ago
>because that's what health "experts" say we need to do. You remain unconvinced that vegetables are good for you?
jajko 1y ago
Its not health "experts" but literally whole nutrition science, or science in general. Its like saying "experts" claim evolution, but I know better. Jeez, I know this is predominantly US forum which is a place with its own fucked up nutrition and general eating problems that whole world sees, but this? You simply have some (easy to dispose of if actually tried) mental barriers when food needs to be salty, greasy, sweet etc. and rest is untolerable, and salads are a rabbit food (or variant of these, heard it many times in many cultures). This all can be unlearned and new things learned, human mind is not that complex and can be molded like clay with a tiny bit of resolve, it doesn't even take a long time.
- amanaplanacanal 1y ago
  Nutrition science is a cesspool. We know there are essential vitamins, amino acids, and fatty acids, beyond that it's all "well, we asked people what they ate and tried to match it with some health outcomes." Bodies are complex, determining causation is hard, and we are mostly not there yet.

giardini 1y ago

Anything with fruit and nuts in it isn't a salad (and is certainly not an American salad).

hn_throwaway_99 1y ago
OK salad gatekeeper. So I'm guessing you've never had a spinach salad, which is nearly always prepared with something like slivered almonds or walnuts and a slightly tart fruit like strawberries or sliced apples?
- giardini 1y ago
  My feelings (and digestive outcome) of such salads: "You shall not pass!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bReJswiMGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bReJswiMGM