Revolution of Salad
Salad is a dish consisting of a mixture of small pieces of food, usually vegetables or fruits. However, different varieties of salad may contain virtually any type of ready-to- eat food.
Salads are typically served at a room temperature or chilled with notable exceptions such as a South German Potato Salad which can be served warm.
The basis for the word Salad is " SAL" meaning salt.
This was chosen because in ancient times, salt was often an ingredient in the dressing, even now.
Salad is a term derived from the Latin word "sal" (salt) which yielded the form salata, " salted things" such as the raw vegetables eaten in a classical times with a dressing of oil, vinegar and salt.
The word turns up into old French word as Sa' lade and then in the late 14th century English translated into Salad or sallet.
Salad has been in around since ancient times.
Food historians tell us salads were enjoyed by ancient Romans and Greeks, but as time progressed, salads became more complicated. Recipes varied according to place and time.
Dinner salads, as we know them today, were popular with Renaissance folks. Composed salads assembled with layers of ingredients were enjoyed in the 18th century. They were called Salmagundi. Today they are called Chef's salad.
Although, the Ancient Greek, persicins and Romans did not use the word "salad", they enjoyed a variety of dishes with raw vegetables dressed with vinegar, oil and herbs. The medical practitioners, Hippocrates and Gallen believed that raw vegetables easily slipped through the system and did not create obstructions for what followed therefore, they should be served last.
This debate has continued ever since.
Renaissance refers to the time marking the historical transition of the Europeans from the middle ages to modernity or civilization. Hence, the term 'Renaissance Folks' refers to the people within and after that period.
The word, according to Oxford dictionary, is 'rebirth'.
With the fall of The Roman Empire, salads became less important in Western Europe although raw vegetables and fruits were eaten on fast day and as medicinal corrections.
The term salad derived from the Vulgar Roman Herbs Salata, literally "salted.
It remained a feature of Byzantine cookery and reentered the Europeans Menu via Medieval Spain and Renaissance Italy.
At the tail end of the 19th century (1930s) in the United States of America, the domestic science/ Home Economics movement took hold.
Proponents of this new science were obsessed with control. They considered tossed plates of mixed greens "messy" and eschewd them in favour of "orderly presentation".
Salad items were painstakingly separately, organized and presented.
Molded gelatin(Jell-O et al) salad proliferated because they offered maximum control.
Salads may be served at any point during a meal. Below are a few examples:
Appetizer salad: served as the first course meal
Side salad: to accompany the main course as a side dishes.
Main course salad: containing a portion of high-protein foods.
Dessert salad: sweet version eaten after main course.
Salads come in six (6)types namely:
Green salads
Fruit Salads
Rice and Pasta salads
Dinner salads
Bound salads and
Dessert salads
In recent times, many people use its origin to classify it or call it, like Africa Salads etc but its roots can be found among the above mentioned. Salad as a word, as an image, as a category of food, is a shorthand for healthy eating, but also a shorthand for "Joyless healthy eating".
It evokes diets and weight -consciousness in a way that no other entire category of food does.
Salads are typically served at a room temperature or chilled with notable exceptions such as a South German Potato Salad which can be served warm.
The basis for the word Salad is " SAL" meaning salt.
This was chosen because in ancient times, salt was often an ingredient in the dressing, even now.
Salad is a term derived from the Latin word "sal" (salt) which yielded the form salata, " salted things" such as the raw vegetables eaten in a classical times with a dressing of oil, vinegar and salt.
The word turns up into old French word as Sa' lade and then in the late 14th century English translated into Salad or sallet.
Salad has been in around since ancient times.
Food historians tell us salads were enjoyed by ancient Romans and Greeks, but as time progressed, salads became more complicated. Recipes varied according to place and time.
Dinner salads, as we know them today, were popular with Renaissance folks. Composed salads assembled with layers of ingredients were enjoyed in the 18th century. They were called Salmagundi. Today they are called Chef's salad.
Although, the Ancient Greek, persicins and Romans did not use the word "salad", they enjoyed a variety of dishes with raw vegetables dressed with vinegar, oil and herbs. The medical practitioners, Hippocrates and Gallen believed that raw vegetables easily slipped through the system and did not create obstructions for what followed therefore, they should be served last.
This debate has continued ever since.
Renaissance refers to the time marking the historical transition of the Europeans from the middle ages to modernity or civilization. Hence, the term 'Renaissance Folks' refers to the people within and after that period.
The word, according to Oxford dictionary, is 'rebirth'.
With the fall of The Roman Empire, salads became less important in Western Europe although raw vegetables and fruits were eaten on fast day and as medicinal corrections.
The term salad derived from the Vulgar Roman Herbs Salata, literally "salted.
It remained a feature of Byzantine cookery and reentered the Europeans Menu via Medieval Spain and Renaissance Italy.
At the tail end of the 19th century (1930s) in the United States of America, the domestic science/ Home Economics movement took hold.
Proponents of this new science were obsessed with control. They considered tossed plates of mixed greens "messy" and eschewd them in favour of "orderly presentation".
Salad items were painstakingly separately, organized and presented.
Molded gelatin(Jell-O et al) salad proliferated because they offered maximum control.
Salads may be served at any point during a meal. Below are a few examples:
Appetizer salad: served as the first course meal
Side salad: to accompany the main course as a side dishes.
Main course salad: containing a portion of high-protein foods.
Dessert salad: sweet version eaten after main course.
Salads come in six (6)types namely:
Green salads
Fruit SaladsRice and Pasta salads
Dinner salads
Bound salads and
Dessert salads
In recent times, many people use its origin to classify it or call it, like Africa Salads etc but its roots can be found among the above mentioned. Salad as a word, as an image, as a category of food, is a shorthand for healthy eating, but also a shorthand for "Joyless healthy eating".
It evokes diets and weight -consciousness in a way that no other entire category of food does.
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