Asklemmy

43945 readers

638 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

240

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

187 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ipha@lemm.ee 95 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lettuce alone is sufficient, but not necessary. As soon as you omit lettuce it takes multiple ingredients.

[–] emmanuel_car@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My nana calls that the “honeymoon salad”, lettuce alone

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago

Ha! You beat me to it. My dad loved that joke.

"Do you have honeymoon salad?"

"What's honeymoon salad?"

"Lettuce alone, without dressing."

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s a terrible honeymoon.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More like, "been married for 30 years salad", amirite?? /BoomerHumor

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

I mean, the lettuce might be wilted but as long as you wash it I guess it’s fine. Not like they’ve been feasting, so they’re probably famished.

[–] Whisper06@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Also the conditions for a salad grow stronger. If there’s lettuce there’s no worry about adding hot ingredients but if it’s a potato salad you’re only making fancy mashed potatoes if it’s hot.