I miss salads!

@kdemo What difference does it make what size the red onion is? If it’s a big red onion, just add less of it to the salad and you’ll be all set.

You’re welcome.

@kdemo Get the butter lettuce from TJ’s. It’s worth the splurge when romaine isn’t available.

@kdemo
https://nuvooliveoil.com/

@pitamuffin - That’s actually my plan. Didn’t make it today though. It’s good, tender instead of crisp.

@Cerridwyn - Unicorn tears? Vampire killer? Lol!
Looks great, but a bit beyond my $ comfort zone.
The blends look awesome!

@kdemo
they are, but their olive oil is overall awesome, the best I’ve ever had.
And Josh is great, they actually go to our local farmer’s market, and I’m addicted.

The blood orange is good for making a blend of carrots, onions and apples as a side dish. I cook a lot with the olive.

My current favorite is myer lemon olive oil and green apple balsamic (not on the site yet) with a bit of ginger, shake and pour

@CaptAmehrican - I made kale chips that were really good. You have to massage the kale leaves to eat it raw, right?
I get most of those, but iceberg? Must have been a typo.

@kdemo i am too lazy to massage. I shred my kale in a food processor

@CaptAmehrican I agree with those with the exception of Iceburg. Iceburg to me is pointless, no flavour, it’s like biting solid pale green water.

@CaptAmehrican @kdemo I love kale chips but they make my entire house stink.

@CaptAmehrican @OnionSoup
Iceberg is good for a wedge salad.
Blue cheese dressing, and bacon crumbles.
Good to go every now and then to mix it up.

@moondrake - Spinach is def healthier, but I like crispier salad. I use spinach with eggs and in lots of recipes. I add spinach or broccoli to mac and cheese to up the nutrition.
Sometimes I crave salad for breakfast.

@fjp999 - Yuck, E. coli sounds brutal.
Maybe the supply chain has to catch up, or maybe they have to grow more before they can ship it?

@kdemo it’s all about labeling… if the mixes had origins for each part of the mix they could restore all the non cali sourced ones.

@sammydog01 - My favorite is the mini romaine heads I’ve only seen at Costco. Leaves are just the right size for sandwiches, and one head makes a good sized salad for one.

@lseeber - Wish we had a Whole Foods around. Spring mix seems to be missing from store shelves around here too - must be more demand as substitution.

@kdemo I think maybe spring mix has baby romaine in it because it all disappered here too.

@kdemo @sammydog01 Well, they still have spring mix here so some of them don’t. I do recall some that did tho. But yeah it’s disappearing off the shelves fast here because of the lack of romaine, I’m sure.

@kdemo Yeah… it’s nice. I have a few of that type store available now (since I moved a few months ago) but never did until now.

@JT954 -

More for me.

@kdemo We were on a loooong road trip last week and I couldn’t get a salad at the usual places.
/giphy I was sad

@sammydog01 - Tragedy! Poor baby.
Maybe Santa will fill our stockings with juicy crispy romaine heads?

The real shitty thing was that I was growing my own romaine and butter lettuces but we had some extra hot weather so it all bolted to seed and was super bitter.

@RiotDemon - Sorry about your garden. I imagine growing lettuce in Fla is trickier than most places. Bet most other veggies grow well though?

I heard a hydroponic grower from Canada on the radio saying their lettuce was safe. Maybe that’s the way to go.

@kdemo @RiotDemon I’ve been thinking about moving to Trudeau country anyway. This is interesting.

@kdemo this is definitely a learning experience for me. I lost all my squash and zucchini plants as well. Apparently the packet that tells me when to grow is not good enough. Cuz it was just way too hot. But I’m going to try again now that it’s getting a little cooler.

I’m not sure what gives the romaine ecoli. Maybe it’s the water in the certain counties? Or is it the fertilizer? As far as I know most homegrown things are usually okay.

@kdemo @RiotDemon I think it’s the poop.

@RiotDemon @sammydog01 - Yup, you’re both right. Manure or poop, and it can contaminate irrigation water as well.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/26/why-e-coli-keeps-getting-into-our-lettuce/?utm_term=.ace422138644

@cranky1950 - I don’t know that one. Wonder if it’s the one I know as butter lettuce?

@cranky1950 @kdemo
/image butter crunch

Yeah, that’s way better than romaine.

@sammydog01 - Gonna have to agree with you there.

@cranky1950 !Buttercrunch Lettuce

@cranky1950 Buttercrunch

@cranky1950 Mout butter lettuce

@cranky1950 Buttercrunch

@cranky1950 In Ohio, they roll a lettuce leaf, dunk it into cider vinegar, and sprinkle it with sugar, then repeat. Yum.

@cranky1950 Yup.
Buttercrunch is best!
Mix in some spinach and/or leaf lettuce.
Some onion, carrot, radish and maybe some black olives.
Cover in Roquefort or ranch dressing.
Crunchy bits of something on top.
Hmmm… maybe some bacon bits?

@Cerridwyn - What time is dinner? I can be there shortly.
I just bookmarked a recipe for a radish salad - been meaning to try it.

@kdemo

@kdemo and it looks yummy
share the link

@Cerridwyn @kdemo Trader Joe’s makes a wonderful quinoa cranberry apple crunch salad.

@kdemo @OldCatLady
I am terribly not a fan of quinoa. But if our trader joes wasn’t a dump, i might peak.

I buy most of my fruits and veggies locally grown at the farmers market (except stuff like potatoes, bananas that don’t grow here). It’s so much nicer fresh and a some grow heirloom varieties.

Used to have an heirloom tomato grower, made eating tomatoes worth while.

we have a guy now that does a protein sprout mixture that adds such nice crunch. He does microgreens and young lettuces, both of which are quite delicious.

@Cerridwyn - The image wasn’t the radish salad. It is called Christmas Tree Salad - I just used an image I found, but I did manage to locate a recipe for you:
http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2012/12/christmas-tree-salad-pomegranate-pecans.html

Interestingly, it calls for frozen grapes which help keep the salad cold. Cool tip!!

@Cerridwyn @OldCatLady - I will look for that. This one is great as well:

@kdemo
Facinating
still wouldn’t mind seeing a radish salad recipe

@Cerridwyn Very underwhelming after all the salad talk here.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sunny-anderson/radish-salad-recipe-1925619
I’m sure it needs cucumbers, at least.

@kdemo
very simple but probably good

Use different radish types to change the flavor up a bit
I’m not a cuke fan, but I’d add blueberries

@lseeber - Jealous.

@kdemo Higher prices hell! They did it… they should pay.

@kdemo @lseeber I suspect they are having to more aggressively wash it. Or maybe this is hydroponic stuff.

@kdemo @moondrake no telling. Last time it was the washing that did it. Bad water. or water lines, don’t recall.

@InnocuousFarmer Don’t chow down too much; spinach can kill you or cause considerable harm if you eat too much (many pounds though) all at once.

@duodec I knew it!

@InnocuousFarmer - b-but your name is Farmer!?!

@kdemo What?

Oh.

Yes. Well.

You know, … plants. How they are.

@duodec @InnocuousFarmer explain Popeye then.

@InnocuousFarmer @OnionSoup
Nope, not my gig.

Although I can presume that either the process of canning reduces the level of toxins, or Popeye is just some damn mutant.

@RiotDemon - I love all the different pre-prepped foods, makes cooking so much easier. I can make so many things with a tub of mirepoix. Also frozen chopped onions and pre-cooked brown rice. I like bagged salad too, but heads (& hearts) of romaine can last longer.

@LemonTheCat - If we took the bones out it wouldn’t be crunchy, would it?

Not many Monty Python fans here, I take it?

@kdemo I’d rather watch my brother and nephew do Monty Python than watch the actual group. My bro loved it. Me, not so much except for a few things. For me I’d have to watch 2 hrs of drivel to get 3 good lines of comedy that I found funny.

@lseeber - I would recommend Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, if it interests you at all.

@kdemo hmmm… I dunno. Might take a while to work up the nerve. I’ve seen most of the movies and my bro watched the flying circus every week and I suffered thru most. I tried watching Fawlty Towers about 2 weeks ago… not my cup o’ tea.
Maybe in the old days if I were ripped. But then, the Frank Zappa album covers could keep me in stitches for hours.

@jester747 - Sorry to tell you, but your salad has spoiled.

@jester747

@becca -

Cold?

Or warm?

@kdemo cold - it was at a Sweetgreen (awesome salad chain) and had lemon-dill fennel, apples, tomatoes, walnuts, and miso vinaigrette. I already want to go back.

@earlyre -

@earlyre I used to hate cooked spinach. But I found out I don’t like canned or boiled spinach. I really like it sauteed with onions and garlic tho. Or, palak paneer… middle eastern style.

@earlyre @lseeber Yeah, I’m on a keto diet, so I have been making creamed spinach. Sautee it in butter, stir in cream cheese, parmesan, romano and fresh ground pepper. But a pan full of spinach makes about a half cup of cooked spinach.

@earlyre I’m with you there. Always thought I hated spinach, but I just hate it cooked. and baby spinach is better.

@lseeber sauteed with onions, garlic, bacon, and cream sherry is how my family cooks “greens” all the time. I have the same reaction to those as to traditional cooked spinach.(looks and smells like wet yard clippings)

btw: Palak Paneer, is Indian(SW Asian), not Middle Eastern.
it even sounds Indian as heck…well, Indian or Klingon…one of the two.

@earlyre @moondrake That it do.

@earlyre Yeah… shoulda said Indian.

@thismyusername -

@moondrake - TJ’s too.

Lettuce celebrate!

@ruouttaurmind -
/giphy nom nom

That’s normal. Carry on.