On 10/6/2014 7:56 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "Helpful person" > wrote in message
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>> On Monday, October 6, 2014 3:32:34 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> I have never, ever had any other place put eggs on a dinner salad.
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>> Then you've never had a "Chef's salad" in the USA or a "Salad Nicoise".
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>> http://www.richardfisher.com
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> Those are not what are traditionally known as dinner salads. Those are
> meals. A dinner salad is usually some greens with perhaps other raw
> veggies. I know of one place in CA that put kidney beans on it. Just a
> few. Some places will give you a few olives. Sometimes cucumbers.
> Less likely, cheese. Less likely still, sunflower seeds. But most of
> the time it is a mix of lettuce, cabbage and carrots, with or without
> croutons.
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> Of course I know that eggs are used in salads. Just not dinner salads.
> Perhaps they go by some other name where you are? Also known as side
> salads or garden salads. If you are given a choice of soup or salad
> before the meal, this is the salad you would get. It's small and not
> intended to be the meal.

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