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Nice recipes for winter salads and a question
By: Hmmm Date: January 10, 2024, 11:43 am
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I thought this list of salads using winter produce sounded
great. I've gifted the article so you should be able to access
it past the WaPo pay wall.
HTML https://wapo.st/48QI4yP
Now for my question spurred by the two chopped salad options
here... are you a fan of the chopped greens or do you prefer
larger pieces of greens or do you care? I'm happy with either
depending on what it is an the other ingredients but my son and
husband are not fans on the chopped salads.
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Re: Nice recipes for winter salads and a question
By: EmmaJ Date: January 10, 2024, 1:12 pm
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[quote author=Hmmm link=topic=2581.msg80829#msg80829
date=1704908587]
I thought this list of salads using winter produce sounded
great. I've gifted the article so you should be able to access
it past the WaPo pay wall.
HTML https://wapo.st/48QI4yP
Now for my question spurred by the two chopped salad options
here... are you a fan of the chopped greens or do you prefer
larger pieces of greens or do you care? I'm happy with either
depending on what it is an the other ingredients but my son and
husband are not fans on the chopped salads.
[/quote]
Thank you so very much! I’m a huge salad fan and have at least
five a week. I was getting a little bored with my same old
recipes so these recipes are really welcome and all look
delicious. I’ve printed every one of them and updated my
grocery list so I can make them soon.
Chopped salads please! Large chunks of greens are hard to eat
gracefully and can be messy. And I have TMJ so opening my mouth
wide enough to eat the larger pieces can be painful.
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Re: Nice recipes for winter salads and a question
By: lowspark Date: January 10, 2024, 2:00 pm
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I like both kinds. If they are not chopped, though, the greens
should be at least cut in small enough pieces such that I don't
have to get my knife out to cut them or else look like a glutton
trying to stuff a too-large leaf into my mouth.
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Re: Nice recipes for winter salads and a question
By: jpcher Date: January 10, 2024, 3:10 pm
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Thanks for the recipes, Hmmm!
I'm questioning the term "chopped" because I'm honestly in the
dark about this. I assume it's the greens being chopped with a
knife.
For some reason I have it in the back of my mind, instilled long
ago, that you're never supposed to chop lettuce or salad greens
with a knife because it somehow damages the greens.
I always tear the greens with my hands into bite sized pieces.
Is this an old wives tale? Or has anybody else heard of this?
And I agree that large pieces of greens are difficult to
elegantly eat.
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Re: Nice recipes for winter salads and a question
By: lowspark Date: January 11, 2024, 11:15 am
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I've heard of it but I've never actually witnessed it and I have
cut lettuce with a knife many times.
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Re: Nice recipes for winter salads and a question
By: Rose Red Date: January 11, 2024, 2:13 pm
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I prefer chopped salads over the ones with bigger veggies. If I
have a salad with bigger pieces of food stuff, I cut them to
bite size pieces and mix it up before eating. For more formal
events, I watch what others do and follow their lead.
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Re: Nice recipes for winter salads and a question
By: Hmmm Date: January 11, 2024, 3:10 pm
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HTML https://www.bonappetit.com/story/-chopped-salad-celebrity-obsession
I started thinking about when the popularity of the chopped
salads from Puck's restaurants and CPK and was curious about
where they started and found this interesting article.
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Re: Nice recipes for winter salads and a question
By: Rho Date: January 11, 2024, 10:02 pm
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you're never supposed to chop lettuce or salad greens with a
knife because it somehow damages the greens.
Is this an old wives tale? Or has anybody else heard of this?
Yes my Foods and Nutrition teacher passed this along in College.
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Re: Nice recipes for winter salads and a question
By: Wanaca Date: January 12, 2024, 6:47 am
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It's been a long time since I've heard about not using a metal
knife on lettuce, but I think it was because the metal would
cause the lettuce to turn brown. A ceramic or plastic knife was
okay to use. Just not metal when the lettuce would sit a while
before being consumed.
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Re: Nice recipes for winter salads and a question
By: Hmmm Date: January 12, 2024, 8:44 am
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[quote author=Rho link=topic=2581.msg80840#msg80840
date=1705032176]
you're never supposed to chop lettuce or salad greens with a
knife because it somehow damages the greens.
Is this an old wives tale? Or has anybody else heard of this?
Yes my Foods and Nutrition teacher passed this along in College.
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My mom with a degree in Home Ec believed that the only lettuce
it was ok to shred or cut with a knife was iceberg. She believed
all others got slightly bruised. I think it did because people
didn't keep really sharp knives as home and they were bruising
the more tender lettuces if chopping. But I've found that if I
use a really sharp knife and proper slicing method, there is no
bruising.
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