Salad
A dish of mixed ingredients, often vegetables, served with dressing.
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Salads range from simple green mixtures to elaborate main-course or dessert dishes.[1][2] The English word "salad" first appeared in the 14th century, coming from the French salade, which itself derives from the Latin salata meaning "salted," because in Roman times vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings.[3]
Key facts and history
A 1665 letter from Curaçao to the Director of New Netherland requested seeds for greens such as cabbage, carrots, lettuce, and parsley.[4] The phrase "salad days," meaning youthful inexperience, was first recorded by Shakespeare in 1606.[5] The term "salad bar" first appeared in American English in 1937.[5] Salad restaurants earned more than $300 million in 2014, and at-home consumption shifted toward bagged greens and salad kits.[6]
Mixed greens with dressing were consumed by ancient Greeks and Romans, constituting an early form of mixed salad.[7]
What the cited sources add
The Food Timeline resource lists numerous salad varieties including Caesar salad, chef's salad, Cobb salad, and Waldorf salad.[8] It also catalogs dressings such as Caesar, French, Green Goddess, and Thousand Island.[8] The Food Network recipe collection includes wedge salad variations like Pork Chops with Wedge Salad and Watermelon Wedge Salad.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Salad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Paula Deen, "Wedge Salad", Food Network (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Salad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Melissa Barlow, Stephanie Ashcraft. Things to Do with a Salad: One Hundred One Things to Do With a Salad. Gibbs Smith, 2006. . 128 pages, page 7. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Salad" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Salad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Council Minutes page 78"; "Curaçao Papers page 234" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Salad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; "Definition of SALAD BAR", www.merriam-webster.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Salad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Birth of the salad bar; Local restaurant owners may have invented the common buffet," The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL), 28 December 2001, Magazine ; Lam, "America's $300 Million Salad Industry", The Atlantic, 3 July 2015; "As Bagged Salad Kits Boom, Americans Eat More Greens", NPR.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Salad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Olver, "The Food Timeline: history notes--salad", The Food Timeline; "salad-recipe.net" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Olver, "The Food Timeline: history notes--salad", The Food Timeline. facts only, no text reused. foodtimeline.org
- Paula Deen, "Wedge Salad", Food Network. facts only, no text reused. foodnetwork.com
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