Topic # 266 : You're at the salad bar. What goes in yours? There is a very special art to putting together a good plate of greens. Describe your art. Ingredient. Explain the ingredient's role.
Artichoke Hearts
The texture is soft and the taste is salty. The light green color compliments the green salad.
Baby Corn
Baby Corn is crunchy and the taste is salty. The light yellow color brightens up the green salad.
Beets
Beets are crunch and almost tastes like water chestnuts. The mostly white with pinkish colors add some color to the green salad.
Bell Pepper
Bell Pepper is crunchy too. The green bell pepper tastes sweet compare to the orange, yellow and red variety and adds color to the green salad.
Black Olives
Black Olives is soft and salty. This is my favorite topping on the green salad and is the only dark colored kind that provides contrast to the overall green colored salad.
Broccoli
Broccoli is green and crunchy, too. Its uncooked form smells rather pungent but it looks like a green, edible flower.
Cauliflower
Cauliflower is cream in color and crunchy, too. Its uncooked form smells rather pungent but it looks like a creamy, edible flower.
Celery
Celery is light green and crunchy, too. Its straightness gives form to the edges of the salad, almost like a frame.
Cucumbers
Cucumbers are green and crunchy, too. The taste is sweet and watery like a water chestnut. Its cut form into circles add softness to the overall array of green salad.
Green Olives
Green Olives are light green and usually has a red pimento inside of this topping. Again, like the Dark Olives, I will add more of these to my plate as salty flavoring.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms are cream-colored and soft to chew. They have a unique smell and taste almost imperceptible.
Onion
Onion in the salad gives almost instant flavor to the green salad. It is best served with cilantro, too.
Pickles
Pickles add saltiness to the tongue and the light green, wavy cut gives texture to the green salad.
Shredded Carrots
Shredded Carrots adds some sweetness to the green salad. This is the only vegetables that has orange as a color.
Tomato (wedges, grape, or cherry)
Tomato provide Vitamin C and color of red to orange in a mostly green salad. The acidic taste adds flavor too.
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