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A salad is a Food item generally served either before or after the main Dish as a separate Course , as a Main Course in itself, or as a Side Dish accompanying the main dish. The word "salad" comes from the French ''salade'' of the same meaning, from the Latin ''salata'', "salty", from ''sal'', "salt". (See also Sauce , Salsa , Sausage .) Salad also commonly refers to a blended food item— often Meat , Seafood or Eggs blended with Mayonnaise , finely chopped Vegetable s and seasonings— which can be served as part of a green salad, but is often used as a Sandwich filling. Salads of this kind include egg, Chicken , Tuna , Shrimp , and Ham salad. In Denmark salad also refers to a blend of vegetables in a dressing used as a Condiment on top of the famous Danish Open Sandwich , '' Smørrebrød '', and with meats. Examples include Cucumber salad, Horseradish salad, Italian salad (a mixture of vegetables in a creme fraiche/mayonnaise dressing, served on Ham ), and Russian salad (a red beet salad). THE GREEN SALAD The "green salad" is most often composed of a mixture of uncooked or cold, cooked Vegetable s, built up on a base of Leaf Vegetable s such as one or more Lettuce varieties, Spinach , or Arugula . Other common vegetables in a green salad include Tomato , Cucumber , Peppers , Mushroom , Onion , Spring Onion , Carrot and Radish . Other food items such as Pasta , Olive s, cooked Potatoes , Rice , Beans , Crouton s, meat (e.g. Bacon , Chicken ), Cheese , or fish (e.g. Tuna ) are sometimes added to salads. TYPES OF GREEN SALAD
SALAD DRESSINGS A green salad is often served with a dressing. Some examples include:
Conception of salad dressing vary across culture. Common salad dressings in North American tend to be very broad. Traditional dressings in southern Europe were Vinaigrette s. In China , where Western salad is a recent adoption from Western cuisine, the term salad dressing (沙拉酱, ''shalajiang'') tends to refer predominantly to Mayonnaise or Mayonnaise -based dressings. SALAD GARNISHES There are a variety of vegetables and other fare that is often used to enhance an indiviual's green salad. Some of them are:
Again, individual taste usually governs the choice of salad garnishes. OTHER TYPES OF SALADS ]] Some salads are based on Food items other than fresh vegetables:
HISTORY In the , Burnet , Sorrel . The '' (1699), that describes the new salad greens like "sellery" (celery), coming out of Italy and the Netherlands . EXTERNAL LINKS
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