@thismyusername Apparently I got confused; I actually prefer a chef's salad. I blame @TaRDy for the confusing poll lacking good options! Curse you, scapegoat!
@jqubed Cobb salad is many of the same pieces, laid out in rows, for the OCD'ers among us who don't like their food mixing. Usually without much lettuce, or sometimes none at all.
Cobb has bleu cheese. Most chef salads do not have bacon (their major downfall, IMHO). Usually ham, turkey, cheese, tomato, cucumber, on bed of lettuce.
My version is a little different from the original: Dressing - make 1-2 days ahead & let sit Juice of 1 lemon 2-3 garlic cloves, crushed/minced 3/4 c. evoo pepper to taste Salad: 1 (12 ounce) package bacon 3 heads Romaine 1/2 c. coarsely grated Swiss 1/2 c. coarsely grated Parmesan 1/2-2/3 c. sliced almonds In small bowl, combine lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper. Add oil in a stream, beating with a fork. Allow to stand, covered, for at least 3 hours. (a day or 2 is better) In a skillet, saute bacon. In a salad bowl, combine all other ingredients, toss with the dressing. Salt and pepper to taste. For best results - put salad together 2-3 hours before serving, it gives everything a chance to set up. And, a nice finisher to this salad is a personal preference - Garlic & Wine Seasoning from The Melting Pot just takes this from damn good to DAMN good.
@jaremelz When I verified on Urban Dictionary that that could be a double entendre, it turned out I was wrong in what that referred to, and some of the definitions were 😖
Had I only got to a computer sooner . . . This would have been the first comment in the thread. Accompanied perhaps by an image file that may have gotten me booted for a bit.
@Thumperchick@brhfl@afeaton In fairness, I can enjoy a wedge salad. And we've been to places that do a wedge with bleu cheese (not just the dressing) and bacon and tomatoes--and it's actually pretty darned good; it just doesn't have much nutritional value, so it's not even worth the minimal effort it requires.
@joelmw@Thumperchick@brhfl I could argue that Taco Salad is the laziest, I mean, it's just throwing taco ingredients onto a plate instead of carefully layering inside of taco shells. Also, that would be less nutritious, along with the Cobb (a salad rarely even prepared, but just lined up on a plate, quite lazy itself). And lastly, if it doesn't have bleu cheese crumbled in addition to the dressing, well it's just not worth eating!
@afeaton I could argue that Taco Salad is the laziest, I mean, it's just throwing taco ingredients onto a plate instead of carefully layering inside of taco shells. Also, that would be less nutritious, along with the Cobb (a salad rarely even prepared, but just lined up on a plate, quite lazy itself). And lastly, if it doesn't have bleu cheese crumbled in addition to the dressing, well it's just not worth eating!
@joelmw Same. Just chop a head of lettuce in quarters, throw on plate with dressing, charge $7 for bullshit. @afeaton at least taco salad requires them to chop the ingredients!
The Stern Salad. I take a curly head of lettuce, dress it with some headphones and put it in front of a microphone. Throw money at it and broadcast it over satellite radio and cable TV. Suddenly it claims it's the King of All Salads and wants to start an hour later and take Fridays off.
Greek salad please!
Or Geek salad, which is what I call what I make because I'm not actually Greek.
where's thousand island?
@bacon4jason That's a specific salad and not just a dressing?
Caesar? Caesar? Where is the Cobb love? so many goodies you don't even notice the lettuce!
Caesar? Who knew anchovie juice was so popular?
@thismyusername I mean I usually eat Caesar salads, but for the king? Cobb is a complete meal by itself!
@thismyusername Apparently I got confused; I actually prefer a chef's salad. I blame @TaRDy for the confusing poll lacking good options! Curse you, scapegoat!
@thismyusername +1 Long live King Cobb!
Of course a nice antipasto is tasty too...
Chef salad
@katbyter Yes!
@katbyter See, what I think of as a chef salad is apparently a Cobb salad. What's on your chef salad?
@jqubed A chef's salad is very similar to a Cobb salad. Wikipedia has a nice picture of one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef_salad
I prefer it to the Cobb salad, myself.
@Shrdlu You know what, that is the one I like better. But it's too late to change my vote! Curse you, @TaRDy!
@jqubed Cobb salad is many of the same pieces, laid out in rows, for the OCD'ers among us who don't like their food mixing. Usually without much lettuce, or sometimes none at all.
Cobb has bleu cheese. Most chef salads do not have bacon (their major downfall, IMHO). Usually ham, turkey, cheese, tomato, cucumber, on bed of lettuce.
@katbyter Exactly.
potato salad
@thismyusername definitely the big salad.
@thismyusername The BIG salad!
Tuna salad, if it's made right.
@2many2no even if it's made wrong (which I assume is from canned tuna?) it's pretty dang good.
@thismyusername Yes, it is really tasty.
I'm a big fan of a good cobb salad; a salad is not a salad without bacon I say.
Also where is potato salad?
@jmoor783 I thought of potato salad too, but I would not consider it King of Salads.
C'mon, big missed opportunity on naming the regular salad option. It's Honeymoon Salad, i.e. Lettuce Alone.
@KDemo Well played.
Marshall Salad.
My version is a little different from the original:
Dressing - make 1-2 days ahead & let sit
Juice of 1 lemon
2-3 garlic cloves, crushed/minced
3/4 c. evoo
pepper to taste
Salad:
1 (12 ounce) package bacon
3 heads Romaine
1/2 c. coarsely grated Swiss
1/2 c. coarsely grated Parmesan
1/2-2/3 c. sliced almonds
In small bowl, combine lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper. Add oil in a stream, beating with a fork. Allow to stand, covered, for at least 3 hours. (a day or 2 is better)
In a skillet, saute bacon. In a salad bowl, combine all other ingredients, toss with the dressing. Salt and pepper to taste. For best results - put salad together 2-3 hours before serving, it gives everything a chance to set up.
And, a nice finisher to this salad is a personal preference - Garlic & Wine Seasoning from The Melting Pot just takes this from damn good to DAMN good.
@Thumperchick Bacon and cheese on lettuce. Just make sure you have the essentials. Why bother with pesky veggies? ;-)
@katbyter now you're getting it.
Tossed
@jaremelz
When I verified on Urban Dictionary that that could be a double entendre, it turned out I was wrong in what that referred to, and some of the definitions were 😖
@jaremelz
Had I only got to a computer sooner . . . This would have been the first comment in the thread. Accompanied perhaps by an image file that may have gotten me booted for a bit.
@jqubed Always assume double entendre!
America, the bootyful.
Wedge Salad!
@afeaton the laziest of the salads.
@Thumperchick Also the worst and least nutritious.
@joelmw @Thumperchick When I saw the topic, I actually thought to myself, "if 'wedge' is a poll choice, I may just never return to this place…"
@Thumperchick @brhfl @afeaton In fairness, I can enjoy a wedge salad. And we've been to places that do a wedge with bleu cheese (not just the dressing) and bacon and tomatoes--and it's actually pretty darned good; it just doesn't have much nutritional value, so it's not even worth the minimal effort it requires.
@joelmw @Thumperchick @brhfl I could argue that Taco Salad is the laziest, I mean, it's just throwing taco ingredients onto a plate instead of carefully layering inside of taco shells. Also, that would be less nutritious, along with the Cobb (a salad rarely even prepared, but just lined up on a plate, quite lazy itself). And lastly, if it doesn't have bleu cheese crumbled in addition to the dressing, well it's just not worth eating!
@afeaton I could argue that
Taco Salad is the laziest, I mean, it's just throwing taco ingredients onto a plate instead of carefully layering inside of taco shells. Also, that would be less nutritious, along with the Cobb (a salad rarely even prepared, but just lined up on a plate, quite lazy itself). And lastly, if it doesn't have bleu cheese crumbled in addition to the dressing, wellit's just not worth eating!FTFY! ;)
@afeaton This is what I think of when someone says wedge salad: a chunk of iceberg with dressing poured on it.
@joelmw Same. Just chop a head of lettuce in quarters, throw on plate with dressing, charge $7 for bullshit.
@afeaton at least taco salad requires them to chop the ingredients!
Watergate Salad - yummmmmmy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_salad
HAIL CAESAR
The one that's smothered in ranch dressing.
Pasta salad! Anything with pasta! LOL but then I am probably the only person who's largest cabinet IS A PASTA CABINET!
Thunderbird. All day every day.
Arugula/Baby Spinach
Feta
Cucumber
Balsamic Vinaigrette
The salads my wife and I make, which vary and don't really have a name. The salads these guys make under our direction: Snappy Salads.
niçoise or gtfo
all of these shitty non-salad salads come from the flyover states, huh
@Lotsofgoats
Hey!
It's cold and boring here and we have nothing else to amuse us!
CHOP Salad All the way!!!
This thread has me craving a roast beef salad. Thanks guys.
bacon salad with a bacon salad bowl!
@momojiri
As Seen On TV! (And offered at meh!)
Taco salad wherein you get to eat the bowl!
Waldorf Salad is a poll option and nobody's made a Fawlty Towers joke yet? I oughtta bust yer ass!
@Starblind That is the only place I know Waldorf salads from.
Fruit Salad
@daxem2k like the trapped wiggly kind? Or the kind in the karo syrup? or the fancy term for a bunch of fruit cut up in a bowl?
@thismyusername Any of it... as long as there is no green leafy evil in it.
The Stern Salad. I take a curly head of lettuce, dress it with some headphones and put it in front of a microphone. Throw money at it and broadcast it over satellite radio and cable TV. Suddenly it claims it's the King of All Salads and wants to start an hour later and take Fridays off.