GeekNights Thursday - Salad

MrPeriod

Tonight on GeekNights, we talk about salads. Garden Salad, Cobb Salad, Caesar Salad, Chef Salad, Salad Days, etc... Should you cut or tear lettuce? What kinds of tomatoes? Kale? Arugula? Advanced Crackers? In the news, we discuss the Toledo Water Crisis, which should terrify you far more than Ebola or war in Ukraine (or even the Toledo-Michigan War. We also consider the AVGN movie that we're going to see tomorrow.

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MATATAT

We don't have big salads. We only have small salads.

pence

You don't win friends with salad.

Rochelle

Fuck. That's going to be in my head all night.

Neito

Rym

This might have been the episode. SOOO 80s.

Dragonmaster Lou

Mmm, rabbit food...

pence

Charles is super upset about his girlfriend ordering a salad.

pence

Charles is a Wizard in training.

ThatGent

What's everyone's obsession with dressing on salad? I had a waitress take egregious personal offense that I asked for no dressing on a salad once, almost to the point of refusing to take my order.

Josh Bytes

Don't Drown Your Food:

pence

Thanks to this episode, lunch today is going to be a Sophie's Salad from Saladworks. Those pecans. That blue cheese.

MATATAT

Fuck your blue cheese.

Shit is gross.

Neito

MATATAT said:

Fuck your blue cheese.

Shit is gross.

Salad Dressing tiers:

God Tier:
Bleu Cheese

Acceptable tier:
Ranch
French
Russian
Italian

Shit tier:
Vinaigrette (any)
Just vinegar and oil
Just oil
Just vinegar
No dressing

MATATAT

I can sorta stand blue cheese dressing but straight blue cheese is just creepy. Also you're forgetting so many delicious dressings. And ranch works on literally anything. Def god tier.

George Patches

My problem is salad preparation is a lot of work and I have a bad case of the lazy. Even my wedge salad turns into just a wedge of iceberg lettuce.

Rym

Fastest good salad:

Cut up some green leaf lettuce
Chop up a few scallions
Shred one carrot
Toss in some cherry/zima tomatoes.
Croutons
Dressing

Takes 5 minutes.

Apreche

Rym said:

Fastest good salad:

Cut up some green leaf lettuce
Chop up a few scallions
Shred one carrot
Toss in some cherry/zima tomatoes.
Croutons
Dressing

Takes 5 minutes.

Needs moar cucumber.

GroverBomb

Surprised you guys did not discuss the virtues of a salad spinner (unless I missed it?). If you don't have one, get one. Greens should be dry before you dress them. Water present in the salad dilutes dressing and dulls flavors.

ThatGent

Unless you eat the vegetables raw, then water only enhances the pure vegetable flavor.

Apreche

GroverBomb said:

Surprised you guys did not discuss the virtues of a salad spinner (unless I missed it?). If you don't have one, get one. Greens should be dry before you dress them. Water present in the salad dilutes dressing and dulls flavors.

It is very true that water in the salad is bad. I solve this by washing the vegetables in advance, not by using a device AS SEEN ON TV.

theknoxinator

Just to put it out there, three favorite salads (in order):
1. Cobb (too much work to make myself though, so I only buy it)
2. Caesar
3. Spinach, granny smith apple, strawberries, feta cheese, almonds, and a fruity vinaigrette (have been doing this a lot lately cause it's so good, having it tonight in fact!)

Also, I will say that Rym is wrong. Fastest good salad is a Caesar. You can make that shit in two minutes.

MATATAT

George Patches said:

My problem is salad preparation is a lot of work and I have a bad case of the lazy. Even my wedge salad turns into just a wedge of iceberg lettuce.

That is like... the complete opposite of reality.

A simple salad is probably one of the easiest things you can possibly make. Tear up raw vegetables, put them in a bowl. Boom. You're done.

You can literally just buy a handful of spinach greens and you have a salad. Then just pour that sweet lady ranch all over it to make it delicious and only partially nutritious.

GroverBomb

Apreche said:

It is very true that water in the salad is bad. I solve this by washing the vegetables in advance, not by using a device AS SEEN ON TV.

I ain't got time to wait for veggies to air dry. Salad spinners are a necessity in my casa. You'll be surprised at how much water they pull off of the greens. It's like a half cup every time.

Anyway, if you have a special bowl for lettuce heads (which is A++ btw), a salad spinner isn't too much of a stretch, and the pay off is max because you can also use it for noodles!

Rym

You know what else pulls water out of greens? Shaking them over the sink...

George Patches

Yeah, I just don't care. That's the real problem. I eat salad cause it's supposed to not kill me, unlike the things I actually want to eat.

Apreche

George Patches said:

Yeah, I just don't care. That's the real problem. I eat salad cause it's supposed to not kill me, unlike the things I actually want to eat.

Eatin' the wrong salads.

George Patches

I eat the same salads you eat, but salad isn't a steak.

Rym

You eat steak with a salad. Have a salad with every meal that isn't itself a salad.

GroverBomb

Rym said:

You know what else pulls water out of greens? Shaking them over the sink...

You don't even know! I'll have to demonstrate one of these days. A crusade. My banner: a dripping head of lettuce... on a pike.

Nukerjsr

Here's a good question. Dried fruit vs. Fresh fruit in salad?