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How many ingredients does it take to call it a salad? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] Loid@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I talked with a expert (my one friend who knows how to use a knife) and the conclusion is: any vegetable that is served in a different plate.

[–] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So if I put my fries on a seperate plate it's a salad? Good to know

[–] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fries aren't a vegetable though :(

[–] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Potatoes come from a plants roots and should be considered a vegetable. And fries are made of potatoes. Therefore I say it’s a salad.

[–] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But not all plant products are vegetables. Take wood, sugar, or coconut oil as examples.

[–] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to Wikipedia:

The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum and is a root vegetable native to the Americas.

They are usually sold with the other vegetables in a supermarket because they are a root vegetable.

Let’s stop arguing and just enjoy fries instead

[–] radix@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

No worries. Enjoy!