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[Chaka]

Where do we stand on nuts in a salad?

I hate that so many salads have candied nuts of some sort on them (we demand sugar on everything apparently) but unadulterated nuts can bring a great flavor and texture element on salads.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Double entendre?

I think it was just a question he was tossing out.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I hate that so many salads have candied nuts of some sort on them (we demand sugar on everything apparently) but unadulterated nuts can bring a great flavor and texture element on salads.

I had one with shaved almonds that was pretty good.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

It can be more involved than that, but recipes vary.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/36520/absolutely-fabulous-greekhouse-dressing/

I think every coney I’ve ever been to has a different variation 

 

[Drunken knight]

never as a meal

3-4x/wk with a meal

minimal dressing

depends on mood and need to mix it up, but i could more frequently do varieties of vinaigrettes

 

[Binky The Doormat]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/g00/dining/chi-defining-wisconsins-supper-club-culture-20150119-story.html?i10c.ua=1&i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8%3d&i10c.dv=2

i think this article sums it up "i know it when i see it".

basically a place you go on Saturday night for prime rib & whiskey old fashioned's. almost always preceded by an hour wait in the ante-room/bar where you shoot the breeze with people you know who also happen to be there. 

you sit at a table with white linen. there's probably a rustic or outdoorsy decor. there's a plate of celery/cauliflower/carrot/olive at your table when you sit down. you have no choice in this matter. you get a cup of coup and a salad. then your prime rib comes out an hour later with a baked potato. always a baked potato. you can ask for something else but they might kick you out. you can get something other than prime rib.. fish.. a steak. nothing fancy. just a big ####### pile of whatever meat you choose. there's are no 6oz. filets here. if you order prime rib, it's 32oz. if you get a steak, it's 40oz. if you want fish.. it's enough to feed 3 people.

the whole meal costs $22.95 and you will be in a full on drunken meat sweat before you're done.

it's as quintessentially a Wisconsin experience as eating cheese, drinking milk and being a fan of the Packers.

Was big in Ohio when I was a kid.  The place my family would always go for a fancy steak meal and dark green leather booths was called a supper club.  It also had the olive/veg/pickled stuff/cracker platter on a carousel.  

ETA:  the relish tray looked like this, but had more containers.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

I hate that so many salads have candied nuts of some sort on them (we demand sugar on everything apparently) but unadulterated nuts can bring a great flavor and texture element on salads.

I had one with shaved almonds that was pretty good.

Try shaved squirrel nuts.... 

 

[El Floppo]

Where do we stand on nuts in a salad?

Just about anything goes, imo.

 

[El Floppo]

I had one with shaved almonds that was pretty good.

Euphemism?

Eta... Nm- I see mocs already covered this.

And DEEZ NUTS

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

And DEEZ NUTS

Spakin of which...I read your profile the other day. 

Tho - Ima never gonna click on ya Yahoo-y link. 

 

[Galileo]

It can be more involved than that, but recipes vary.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/36520/absolutely-fabulous-greekhouse-dressing/

Holy hell!  That recipe makes a lot of dressing.  Looks good though...

 

[Dezbelief]

If I put ranch on a baked potato with chives, cheese and bacon bits does that count as a salad? 

 

[Dezbelief]

Then no I don't eat salads, lots of vegetables but rarely a salad. 

 

[Chaka]

If I put ranch on a baked potato with chives, cheese and bacon bits does that count as a salad? 

Only if you deep fry it in vegetable oil. 

 

[AAABatteries]

Where do we stand on nuts in a salad?

I’m a fan but rarely add them myself at home

 

[gianmarco]

I had one with shaved almonds that was pretty good.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I’m a fan but rarely add them myself at home

we always have several "great tasting and maybe healthy" additions available - slice almonds/candied pecan pieces/dried cranberries/french-fried jalapenos or onions, not necessarily all at once.  Those jalapenos are pretty awesome ...just like the stuff you put on green bean casserole, but jalapenos ...and they have a pretty good kick.  

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

we always have several "great tasting and maybe healthy" additions available - slice almonds/candied pecan pieces/dried cranberries/french-fried jalapenos or onions, not necessarily all at once.  Those jalapenos are pretty awesome ...just like the stuff you put on green bean casserole, but jalapenos ...and they have a pretty good kick.  

Great suggestions. The cranberries especially intrigue me, as they are good for my restricted diet.

Jalapenos & other peppers are a mainstay of mine.

I also forgot to mention eggs in my previous recipe.

I am an egg man...

Goo goo ba joooob!!!!!! 

 

[ChiefD]

Where do we stand on nuts in a salad?

Only penuts

 

[Binky The Doormat]

We started doing either a large Cobb Salad or Chicken Caesar Salad at least every couple of weeks.  The Caesar is easier since it has a lot fewer ingredients ...but the cobb is our favorite - chopped tomatoes, bacon, avocado, hard-boiled eggs, blue cheese crumbles.  

 

[Arizona Ron]

Only penuts

Way too much crunch.  Shaved almonds, maybe.  Whole peanuts?  No thanks

 

[Osaurus]

Where do we stand on nuts in a salad?

Oh hell yeah

 

[Nugget]

I’d like to eat a salad everyday, but probably eat them about every other day.  Dressing on the side - dip the fork prongs into the dressing before attacking the greens for just a touch of blue cheese. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Way too much crunch.  Shaved almonds, maybe.  Whole peanuts?  No thanks

yeah, they don't work well with a fork either - too round

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

yeah, they don't work well with a fork either - too round

You guys use utensils?  :whoosh:

 

[Galileo]

I mentioned in the Spice thread that salad, not spicy stuff, gives me the runs.  Sure enough, I had a salad for lunch today around 11 am... on the can at 1:30 pm feeling like I am prepping for a colonoscopy.