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Gastronomicon: Salad Sonnets

 
 
Persephone
14:59 / 13.08.04
Spinoff from Kit-Cat's sandwich-free lunch thread... I'm very formulaic --well, in everything, but perhaps particularly in my cooking & I recently devised a formula for salads.

Viz.,

greens + vinaigrette (for which there is also a formula) + protein + starch or fruit + vegetable.

E.g.,

Salad Nicoise
greens - romaine & baby spinach
vinaigrette - white wine vinaigrette
protein - tuna & boiled egg
starch - potatoes
vegetable - green beans & red bell pepper

Beet Salad
greens - boston lettuce
vinaigrette - sherry vinaigrette
protein - crumbled goat cheese & walnuts
fruit - mandarin oranges
vegetable - beets & red onions

Beans & Greens Salad
greens - romaine & baby spinach
vinaigrette - sherry vinaigrette
protein - beans, also counts as starch
vegetable - red onions & tomatoes

I don't know, it keeps the salads from turning into everything but the kitchen sink & it's sort of endless... anyone else up for writing some salads?
 
 
Kit-Cat Club
15:16 / 13.08.04
Interesting... do you have a formula for the amount of each subset of the salad as well? And how many different greens can you have?

Hmmm... (thinks)
 
 
Persephone
16:11 / 13.08.04
No, it's not a strict formula. It's more like composing a picture.

Also it depends on what the salad is for. I usually eat salad for dinner, so I usually start with 2 cups of greens per person & then add a little bit each of the other ingredients. But I had this nice first-course salad at a restaurant & it was two slices of tomato, a few olives, a goat-cheese fritter, and a garnish of baby spinach in vinaigrette.

Grilled Chicken & Nectarine Salad
greens - mesclun
vinaigrette - raspberry vinaigrette
protein - grilled chicken, toasted walnuts
fruit - sliced nectarines & a few raspberries
vegetable - none
 
 
Persephone
16:53 / 13.08.04
I don't mean that for dinner I usually have salads. When I have salads, it's usually for dinner. As the main course.
 
  
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