# The consumption of summertime salads **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consumption-of-summertime-salads/691838 "2014-06-28T02:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consumption-of-summertime-salads/691838/1 "2014-06-28T02:21:16Z")
I cannot, for whatever reason, eat salads as a meal in the winter, or at least the cool season which lasts from October until the end of May where I’m located. Now that warm temperatures are here, I love making salads for supper. I have eaten a homemade salad of different pedigrees now for three nights running, and I just love the taste, texture, and everything about it. I added some peanuts tonight, for the hell of it. Salads are magnificent meals: in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consumption-of-summertime-salads/691838/2 "2014-06-28T02:35:02Z")
I eat salads all year round, but I agree that they are better in the summer. In the winter, I eat a lot of cabbage based salads. I buy bags of coleslaw and whip up an Asian dressing, add some almonds and a few chow mein noodles and I am set. In the summer, I eat a much wider variety. Caprese salad is a favourite. Garden salads and spring mixes are the best. I have a pot on my deck with all the leaves needed for a spring mix salad. I just go out, harvest what I need and eat it. So good. And it grows so fast, I can eat it almost every day. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consumption-of-summertime-salads/691838/3 "2014-06-28T02:39:31Z")
Tomato wedges, red onion and cucumber in a red wine vinegar dressing is my go to summer salad. You can make a big bowl of it and it’ll last in the fridge for a week. I sprinkle a little feta cheese on top before serving. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consumption-of-summertime-salads/691838/4 "2014-06-28T13:21:26Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > In the summer, I eat a much wider variety. Caprese salad is a favourite. Garden salads and spring mixes are the best. I have a pot on my deck with all the leaves needed for a spring mix salad. I just go out, harvest what I need and eat it. So good. And it grows so fast, I can eat it almost every day. I grow all the herbs I’d ever need/want but not the spring mix lettuce leaves. And you say you grow them in a pot? Do tell! Which varieties are best? How long for the seeds to come up? How long is their growing season? ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-consumption-of-summertime-salads/691838/5 "2014-06-28T14:41:04Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I grow all the herbs I’d ever need/want but not the spring mix lettuce leaves. And you say you grow them in a pot? Do tell! Which varieties are best? How long for the seeds to come up? How long is their growing season? I just buy the pot at the grocery store in the spring. It is wide and shallow. You could do it from seed, but I am not that ambitious. It has about six different “lettuces” in it. Red and green oak leaf are definitely two of them, but I am not super familiar with the names of the rest. I will check to see if there is a tag on it somewhere. It is the best salad.