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.

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    One. But it needs to be a vegetable AND have dressing AND be chopped into bite sized parts AND be raw.

    If any of the previous conditions isn’t met, then you need at least two ingredients.

    So, yes, cucumbers and onion with ranch most definitely is a salad.

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    1 year ago

    Can we first define “salad”?

    If it’s cold ingredients, mixed together, then wilted iceberg lettuce and a gas station dressing packet is salad.

    So two.

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        1 year ago

        I‘m German and have eaten a lot of potato salad during my entire life. Not once has it been served hot

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          1 year ago

          Not hot but „lauwarm“ or „lukewarm“ is very typical for same day fresh potato salad

          At least down here in the south

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    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.

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    1 year ago

    Merriam Webster says :

    *any of various usually cold dishes: such as

    a: raw greens (such as lettuce) often combined with other vegetables and toppings and served especially with dressing

    b: small pieces of food (such as pasta, meat, fruit, or vegetables) usually mixed with a dressing (such as mayonnaise) or set in gelatin*

    As such, even just cucumber would suffice.

    Edit: in dutch, a “salade” has to accompanied by a dressing or vinaigrette, thus very much limiting what a salad is.

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      1 year ago

      Just cucumber with yoghurt, some chopped dill, salt pepper and olive oil is a great salad. Add lots of garlic and it’s a simple Zaziki Tsaziki Zatziki greek garlic dip.