# The SDMB salad bar **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583 "2000-12-28T23:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/1 "2000-12-28T23:15:59Z")
So I’m at the grocery store salad bar, trying to put something together for dinner. A little of this, a little of that. (The market where I shop has an outstanding salad bar.) This is what I ended up with: [ul] [li]Some leaf-lettuce mix[/li][li]Some iceberg lettuce mix[/li][li]Some spring mix (different herbs n’ stuff)[/li][li]Some crabmeat (it’s real; this is one of the reasons the salad bar is awesome)[/li][li]Some bacon bits[/li][li]Some blue cheese[/li][/ul] Topped nicely with Italian dressing. This is the question. What do you guys like in salad? Robin ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/2 "2000-12-28T23:21:23Z")
Lettuce (I don’t care what kind, but it damn well better be bite sized . . . I hate newspaper-sized pieces of lettuce that must be cut), cheese, and Ranch dressing, on the side. I have very simple tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/3 "2000-12-28T23:21:28Z")
MMmmmm, I LOVE salads: [ul] [li]Various greens: iceberg lettuce, romaine, raddichio (?sp) etc[/li][li]corn[/li][li]kidney beans[/li][li]grated chedder cheese[/li][li]black olives[/li][li]fresh mushrooms[/li][li]alfafa sprouts[/li][li]chic peas[/li][li]cucumber[/li][li]topped with a nice Italian vinegarette[/li]Ohh, and garlic croutons [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/4 "2000-12-28T23:25:56Z")
Lettuce, Raisins, Cheddar Cheese, real bacon , home made croutons and Thousand Island dressing (note I usually don’t get that ambitious, most of the time it is plain lettuce with a pepper cut into it) Keith ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/5 "2000-12-28T23:39:21Z")
CHOO!!! [sub]come on, someone had to[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/6 "2000-12-29T00:04:43Z")
I’m pretty basic. Lettuce, green peppers, onions, carrot slivers, celery, Creamy Italian dressing and croutons and bacon bits on top of the dressing. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/7 "2000-12-29T00:11:05Z")
Black olives and mandarin oranges. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/8 "2000-12-29T00:17:21Z")
The DW special: [ul] [li]Boston lettuce[/li][li]Thinly sliced cucumbers. A little salt as they sit in a seperate bowl while preparing everything else.[/li][li]Chopped red cabbage[/li][li]some shredded carrots[/li][li]some chopped red onion[/li][li]REAL bacon bits - home cooked, not store bought[/li][li]crumble up some Snyder’s Garlic Nibblers pretzels[/li][/ul] A little oil, a little red wine vinegar…mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/9 "2000-12-29T01:12:17Z")
lettuce croutons carrots croutons cheddar cheese croutons cucumbers croutons apples croutons hard boiled egg croutons bacon bits croutons blue cheese dressing did i mention croutons? ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/10 "2000-12-29T01:29:00Z")
[ul] [li]Iceberg lettuce[/li][li]Chopped up tomato[/li][li]Fake bacon bits[/li][li]Carrot[/li][li]Cheese[/li][li]Hard-boiled egg, but not yolk[/li][li]Croutons, on the side[/li][li]Red wine vinegar & olive oil[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/11 "2000-12-29T01:41:00Z")
Nobody likes green beans? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/12 "2000-12-29T01:44:17Z")
Ummm… lettuce, grated cheddar cheese, garbanzo beans, croutons, real bacon bits, black olives, hard boiled egg, and carrot. Yummy! Kitty ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/13 "2000-12-29T02:08:36Z")
spinach romaine lettuce bleu cheese cheddar cheese black olives green olives cucumber slices mushrooms shredded carrots croutons Top it off with ranch or bleu cheese dressing - too bad I already ate dinner! 🙂 –tygre ---
**Author:** ![AngelD112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@AngelD112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelD112)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/14 "2000-12-29T03:07:48Z")
Iceberg Lettuce Black Olives Green Olives Chick Peas Cheese Bacon Bits and/or Croutons and/or Nuts Fat Free Ranch or Creamy Italian depending on my mood. ~Lisa This sounds really good, and luckily I’m going to the best salad place tomorrow. Yippee! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-salad-bar/47583/15 "2000-12-29T17:30:55Z")
Basic green salad: romaine &/or spinach red or yellow bell pepper, julienned purple onion, sliced very thin carrot, sliced very thin or julienned S&W basalmic vinegar or white wine and herb salad dressing curried chicken salad: cooked chicken breast, diced celery, sliced small golden raisens walnuts, chopped coarse (large chunks) dressing: mayonaise, curry powder, sugar (pinch) another interesting salad: iceburg lettuce sliced bananas chunk pineapple walnuts, chopped large dressing: mayonaise, pineapple juice, sugar serve and eat immediately, doesn’t keep. For more elaborate salads, I’d have to go to the recipe files.