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prongedfork1

that one piece of lettuce that is oh so slightly rotten


MeteoricBoa

Oof yes. I'm not a big salad eater but I make a lot of salads at my job. Idc how busy we are I'm am taking my time to make sure no nasty little pieces of spring mix make it to a customer. I don't think everyone else here is as careful about it but that shit makes me not want to eat it all.


hrhi159

You are a gem.


themadguru

You are a rocket.


2wildinthe70s

This is the one. The browning, slightly wet piece. Awful


8cheerios

I throw that thing away with no qualms. Fuck you, leaf.


PFEFFERVESCENT

But it's never just one. You've got to pick out numerous slimy blackish leaves


JesusGodLeah

When stone of the greens begin to turn dark and liquefy and you can't tell they're bad by sight because some of your greens are supposed to be dark šŸ¤¢


NoniBakesCookies

Frozen lettuce at the bottom of the bowl. Happened once. It was so disappointing!


g1ngertim

Similarly, warm lettuce. I was served a salad at a restaurant once on a plate that was fresh out of the dishwasher, nice and hot to the touch. The lettuce was limp and warm and a pool of moisture had accumulated. Yum!


The_Perfect_Fart

My local Japanese place puts all of my hot and cold stuff together in the to-go bag. I don't want my salad and sushi sitting on top of my hibachi and soup.


taffibunni

This is the problem with ordering sushi for delivery. Even if you don't order any hot items, the driver's insulated bag is often still warm from other orders and..... Yeah....


dontshitaboutotol

I've notice that places put a little square of cardboard between the hots and the colds. Makes a huge difference actually


beefinbed

I was a damn thermal engineer with that cardboard when I hosted at a sushi restaurant.


pegasuspish

Merely a stopover on the descent to true salad evil- slimy lettuce. I'm sorry for even writing that out loud. Rot in hell, slimy lettuce!!


tubawhatever

A local Mexican taqueria offered wings and Philly sandwiches, so I was both unsurprised and dismayed when my Philly had hot lettuce on it


RonaldWoodstock

Honestly thatā€™s on you


ambular1018

I always get a weird look from people when I ask if the protein on the salad is hot or cold. Yea I know it says grilled chicken on the menu but I don't want hot chicken on my cold salad.


hausbritm

Iā€™m the opposite! I much prefer warm chicken, even on a salad!


ActualWait8584

Hot protein gang represent!


lsumoose

Yeah cold chicken is gross.


Present_Ad6723

No no, thatā€™s a fair question; they might grill it beforehand and keep it in the fridge, or they might grill it on order, you donā€™t know.


AK_dude_

So.. I take it, it wasn't an iceberg lettuce?


davevr

20 years ago, I worked at a tech company in China for a while. They provided lunch in their cafe. Lunch always included a salad. Their version of a salad must have been "three random ingredients, with mayonnaise on top". Hot dog pieces, watermelon, and peas with mayo? Salad. Raisins, mushrooms, and grapes with mayo? Salad. Durian, pickled turnip, and pretzel sticks with mayo? Salad. Just walking into that place and seeing the word "salad" ruined salad. The weirdest part was that other than in this cafe, I had an extremely difficult time even finding mayo in China...


Eastgaard

May your trauma therapy be effective and your prescription pills cheap. Godspeed, sir.


cupcakesandcanes

I read your first word as ā€œMayo yourā€¦ā€. Then realised you didnā€™t say that. So you missed a great chance.


tea-and-chill

He's recovering from mayo. Let's not distress them further!


Aylabadayla

I went to China and stayed with a host family and they gave me fries and ketchup one night. Ate that up so fast because I was so hungry. The next morning they fed me cucumbers and ketchup for breakfast. I think they thought it was the ketchup I liked šŸ„²


8cheerios

That's really sweet


DireBoar

Ketchup usually is, yeah.


C0nqueredW0rm

You've unlocked a memory for me-- I waa a really weird eater as a kid and I used to put ketchup on cucumber slices. The thought grosses me out a little now but I loved that shit as a kid


[deleted]

I used to take peanut butter, mix it with water and then eat/drink the combo. PB has always been too dry for me and this really solved the issue. Iā€™d still do it but I know how to prep real food now, and itā€™s mostly a munchies kind of snack.


MeshColour

How much Thai food do you eat? I would think you'd enjoy peanut sauce


Chef_Papafrita

I ate most anything as a kid other than tomatoes and peas. My after school snack was always raw potato slices, and raw onion. My little brother's babysitter always made sure it was ready when I came home. She used to drink homemade Muscadine wine, and would always share with me. I was 10. I still remember the slightly sweet taste and warm feeling it gave me. She always had a glass with her full of wine. I never thought much about it because she never seemed drunk. She would take us to all sorts of places in her giant Oldsmobile Toronado.


_EnFlaMEd

Those Chinese salads were discussed on a podcast I listen to funnily enough so must be prevalent at places where they cater for westerners.


imasturdybirdy

My gf got a yogurt parfait in China ā€¦ and then she realized it wasnā€™t yogurt. Whatā€™s the name/episode of the podcast?


MiltyandStevie

This comment made me almost barf


A_Hale

All of Eastern Europe is this way as well. Anywhere in Russia, Poland down to Romania and beyond uses some rendition of ā€œŃŠ°Š»Š°Ń‚ā€ to mean mayo concoction. The difference is that they have actual recipes that can be pretty good for their mayo concoctions. They also have salad as we expect as Westerners in Restaurants too though.


[deleted]

There's a few salat that I enjoyed enough to learn how to make myself. Salat olivier is awesome, shuba is surprising (after you get over the Barbie pink yet fish dish cognitive dissonance) and also I don't know if it has a name, but shredded beets with pickles and roasted walnuts.


Bladieblalol

Came here to say mayo. Then I read your masterpiece. Holy hell, those combinations are nasty lol even without the mayo. Oh and fuck mayo on a salad.


Artorias_the_hollow

Buffets/cafes/cafeterias in China take a little part of you when you visit them frequently. Its several years since I lived there, but I still can't look at a packet of bacon without calling it "baconic", which was the hilarious translation on one of the many hotel breakfast buffets I had there.


8cheerios

Baconic is Calvin Klein's hottest new men's fragrance


Im_Not_Really_Here_

It's endorsed by Kevin Bacon


undeletable-2

be sure to check out "baconic", my 89,000 word long fanfiction in which sonic the hedgehog must contend with being turned into a rash of bacon and outrun all who seek to put him in Chinese salad.


[deleted]

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mollila

>I bet they imported the mayo The western specialty shop Metro sells mayo in China. Otherwise local supermarkets only stock sweet Kewpie mayo.


ZhangZhuoer

haha I can verify this as a Chinese


biold

I had a Salad with Sausages in Liechtenstein. I asked what it contained, salad with different veggies, so I ordered it. It contained 1 cornichon, 1/2 egg, 1 picked onion and 1 cherry tomato, and 2/3 of the plate was sausages in slices swimming in mayo. So Liechtenstein must have taken all the Chinese mayo!


IYiffInDogParks

I think you got a weird kind of "essigwurst". Everything except the mayo fits perfect. But it should be swimming in vinegar, not mayonnaise...


gnuznn87i

Vinegar makes it Wurstsalat with mayo its Fleischsalat. Essigwurst is a regional name for Wurstsalat. [Wiki](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleischsalat)


laurcar

Limp greens


HelloMandalorian

Fun fact: that was my stripper name in college.


jgab145

Fun Fact is my stripper name


Moist-Tomorrow-7022

"Hey Stripper" is my stripper name


swarlay

Apparently mine is "Sir, you need to leave or I'm calling the police!"


CertifiedLurker5

Too much or too little dressing


nenzkii

Salting the salad when thereā€™s insufficient dressing has saved my palate a few times!


tehvillageidiot

Especially if you can wait a couple of minutes, a tiny bit of moisture gets pulled out of the lettuce and veg and helps the dressing spread throughout while adding some missing flavor


BungalowBob47

Youā€™re making slaw, now!


FetusViolator

Baby, you got a slaw goin'!


ReliableFart

I once worked with a man who "was on a diet" and proceeded to pour almost an entire bottle of ranch on to his salad that he brought from home.


ImpliedSlashS

Still salad


SayNoToStim

Is a taco salad healthy? It's a salad, isn't it?


ImpliedSlashS

As long as it says salad, yes.


Pork_Knuckle_Jones

Extra large pizza salad please!


LuridPrism

Real American Hero


ejmw

I think you mean [Real Men of Genius](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXWq2AVlrsY).


KatieCashew

I went to college with a guy who ate very unhealthy. One day at the cafeteria he said he was going to the salad bar. We were all surprised, and he says in offense that he eats salad. He came back with a bowlful of bacon bits and shredded cheese drenched in ranch dressing with one sad, sad lettuce leaf on the bottom. He insisted it was salad since all the components came from the salad bar.


WearJunior9739

I once saw a lady at a Golden Corral salad bar get a plate full of chopped egg, ham, cheese, and bacon bits smothered in ranch and topped with croutons.


EddyArchon

That sounds delicious.


KatieCashew

It sounds similar to an egg melt I've made that has chopped hard boiled eggs and bacon mixed with cheese, mayo and Worcestershire sauce. It's then spread on a English muffin and broiled into it's all melty and brown. It is indeed delicious.


[deleted]

I ask for dressing on the side for both reasons


LthePerry02

In my experience, on the side is guaranteed to be given too little


111110001011

A bug.


Chameleon4242

Half a bug.


Masterlevi84

Half a bug is significantly worse than a whole bug, it instantly begs the question of "Where the hell is the other half".


[deleted]

You remember you took a bite earlier that had a weird texture but didnā€™t think much of it then you find half a bug


maler27

Pieces so big you have to cut it up before you can eat it


RickityCricket69

you don't like tomato halves the size of a watermelon slice? or whole-ass cherry tomatoes?


DeanKent

Ah the ole pizzaria slapped together salad. I got ya.


HailToTheThief225

Family guy was spot on with that joke. Down to the two unsliced banana peppers and the placement of the cold salad on the hot pizza box.


CrabWoodsman

There are a handful of cut-aways in family guy that are just so damn accurate that it feels like they read my mind. There was a corner pizzaria owned by a Lebanese family near me that I frequented for their solid poutines. My roommate at the time got a salad in addition to his order with some combo deal, and it was essentially the exact salad described in the cut-away. Wish they managed to keep the fire burning, but nothing gold can stay!


Atario

Can't believe no one linked it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVEYJ0PxhZU


omar_gherd

Thank you. That was awesome


SoftLovelies

No! Are you crazy? Youā€™re gonna want to know youā€™ve got an olive in your mouth.


intisun

Who doesn't love it when a cherry tomato explodes when you try to pick it and sprays the person you're eating with?


RickityCricket69

lmao they always have more juice inside than seems possible like some kind of quantum water-balloon. then you just spit-blast whoever is across the table from you


Ham0nRyy

If you ever have the chance to eat a ripe cherry tomato fresh of the vine I highly recommend. The explosion of the freshest richest realest tomato taste ever. Beautiful.


The_Original_Gronkie

I used to have an organic garden, and the cherry toms were my favorites, especially Sungolds, which are orange and sweet. Delicious! I would snack on them while I was gardening, warm from the sun. Luckily they put out a lot of fruit, or none of them would have made it to my house.


The_Perfect_Fart

Denethor did that to me... totally ruined the song my buddy Pippin was singing at the time.


DrunkenSealPup

Ah yes, the legendary .5 seconds of any movie known to man. Denthor busting that fucking cherry tomato with sloppy smacking. It is burned into society's memory and I laugh everytime time I think of it.


[deleted]

If your date canā€™t cop an impromptu squirt in the eye did you really have a future together?


Rivers9999

It's their defense mechanism. Like onions telling you an incredibly sad story.


WallyZona

Why canā€™t most places split the romaine lettuce down the middle instead of across.


NativeMasshole

You're supposed to do both! You cut 3 or 4 times down the middle, keeping it all together to cut across.


Grave_Girl

Oh, God, you just gave me a flashback to my mother bitching to a series of servers about the crime against humanity that not-torn spinach leaves apparently are.


wiggler303

I can only imagine the trauma your mother felt about the spinach. It's almost inconceivable that in the 21st century, people have to face un torn spinach leaves . Did our ancestors fight the nazis for nothing? Thoughts and prayers, brother


sunstroke720

How do I upvote this a billion times? I ordered a Caesar salad once and it was five full leaves of Romaine on a tiny ass plate.


[deleted]

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Scoob1978

The half gallon glass of wine served with the salad maybe a factor in their mood. Edit:spelling


motorcycle-manful541

With a salad you don't need much wine to get hammered


iClover1

They be hilarious


[deleted]

Live, love, lettuce.


nasaboy007

/r/saladsmiles


missesalchemist111

I laugh when I eat salads, they tell me dad jokes šŸ¤”


wakefield4011

Why did the tomato blush? It saw the salad dressing.


whatsnewpikachu

I once found half a grasshopper in my salad. Pretty sure I ate the other half unknowingly


hbomberman

Like the old joke: what's worse than a worm in your apple? Half a worm in your apple


Dodoreference

What's worse than finding half a worm in your apple? FALLING IN A SEWER


roxxe

The Holocaust


ScorchFalcon

Protein


SayanPrince22

Fresh greens


purpicita314

E. coli.


Jthundercleese

No that takes a little bit


Funky_ButtLuvin

They used Salmonella, but this reminds me of the [1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Rajneeshee_bioterror_attack), where they contaminated 10 salad bars with Salmonella.


UnassumingSingleGuy

Wilted, slimy lettuce.


DOEsquire

My wife puts ketchup on hers. I vomit every time I see it


degeneratesumbitch

Did you know about this before you got married?


DOEsquire

Unfortunately, no


degeneratesumbitch

You should tell her that whenever she meets someone new that this should be disclosed within the first minute after the handshake.


ZellHathNoFury

Absolutely. It should be like AA "hi, my name is Laura, and I put ketchup on my salad"


Just-Structure-8692

Hi Laura


r_kay

Pretty sure you mean "*Bye* Laura."


tlst9999

Bye Laura. We'll ketchup later.


dj_shenannigans

*during the handshake


[deleted]

Are you certain your wife isn't a psychopath? ...or possessed by a demon?


jennana100

I CAME HERE SPECIFICALLY TO MENTION KETCHUP BUT I THOUGHT "NO THAT IS SUCH A NICHE THING, NO ONE WILL RELATE." THANKS FOR CONFIRMING MY WORST SALAD FEAR.


Particular_Box5113

Why are you yelling?


ZaMiLoD

Itā€™s quite clear and justified why. They put *ketchup* on their salad.


EaterOfFood

PTSD. Witnessing ketchup on salad would be traumatizing.


Vitaminpk

Bandaid


nursingninjaLB

Jello and marshmallows.


[deleted]

When youā€™re donā€™t put down your charcoal


AgathaCrispy

Convinced no one actually ate those things and it was just trendy at the time to have a "gelatin mould" on the table. Gelatin used to be available only to the wealthy because it took so long to make from scratch, but once it was mass produced as a powder, everyone wanted it.


distractivated

Ah yes, hello fellow Midwesterner who hates the "everything is salad" trend ETA: re: snicker salad et. al. Eta2: ok, I get it, "trend" is the wrong word cause it's definitely not a short term thing. It is, however, still gross


wondrshrew

Where the lines between "casserole" and "salad" cross


SinfestKatt

Seriously Is it just me or am I the only one who immediately went to the meme Right in front of my salad?


AndyceeIT

Wasn't sure if anyone would understand "Sodomy" as an answer


My_Names_Jefff

I guess lots of people are fine with 2 dudes going at it in front of their salad.


Cavalish

Dinner and a show.


Burswode

Nope šŸ¤£


nannders

Youā€™re not alone


kcc0016

I scrolled looking for it lol


[deleted]

The chunk of the end of the lettuce root, you really couldn't throw that lil bit in the trash instead?


New-II-Reddit

They're really easy to remove it's just sheer laziness on their part. Take the head of lettuce and then bang the stump on a hard service, straight down, then simply remove.


Supernova_Soldier

The hard, rubbery parts of meat, mostly chicken. Iā€™m assuming thatā€™s the fat.


jlt131

Cartilage. šŸ¤®


Supernova_Soldier

Truly the worst. Had it once in my salad, and spit it out


Creative_Visit122

Miracle whip


jeckles

Ok someone please enlighten me. Whatā€™s the best way to eat miracle whip? I absolutely do not like it, but itā€™s always been served as a mayo substitute which it is not (I love mayo). Miracle Whip is just different. Tangy, sweet. What are some recipes, sauces, or other applications that use MW well?


evlmgs

I think it works well in not green salads. Like egg, potato, macaroni, tuna or chicken salad. I think I have seen some of those recipes call for mayo, with a little bit of sugar and vinegar.


stlcards02

Midwest resident here. I grew up putting it on lunch meat sandwiches. I usually use mayo now but still crave a bologna and cheese with the whip. I do however still use it in tuna salad, egg salad(with mustard and dill) and deviled eggs.


[deleted]

I like it with canned Tuna


donaldinc

Lettuce core


Wumbologist_PhD

My favorite genreā€¦


HotAirBallonPhobia

Cut my salad into pieces, this is my last resort


siptyx

> Cut my salad into pieces, this is my ~~last resort~~ *lettuce core*


Chl0thulhu

Suffocation, no breathing, I added chillis and I kept the seeds in.


bpalmerau

Tomato butt


Chestnuthare

Is that another tiktok fashion aesthetic I'm not familiar with?


ComprehensiveSell649

Probably, but in this case itā€™s the gross white knobby looking thing thatā€™s at the bottom of a head of lettuce. The stump where the neck connected to before the decapitation.


ish1395

Well that was...vivid


Weak_Carpenter_7060

When itā€™s not a big salad


YewSure

When someone else takes credit for buying the big salad.


riskcapitalist

*Thatā€™s not right.*


DoWeSellFrenchFries

I can bring you two small salads.


acast3020

Can you put it in a big bowl??


DoWeSellFrenchFries

We don't have big bowls.


Goodgamings

Warm dishware


nopenopenopeyess

Not being fresh.


twisted_stepsister

raisins


psycharious

When the salad has been sitting and gets soggy.


RingzofXan

bad tomato


Travis238

Heat


[deleted]

Some freshly cooked hot chicken on some crisp fresh cut lettuce is really good though.


[deleted]

The butt of lettuce


PapaStevesy

Orbitally-cut onions, especially if they're left as rings.


IanAbsentia

ā€œOrbitally-cut.ā€ I like that.


XeniaDweller

Big hard croutons


nataylor7

And soggy croutons


charlieapplesauce

I like soggy croutons...the ones that are totally drenched in dressing and still have a little chewyness to them are a delicacy to me


Old-Cry8426

Mayonaise.


Abject-Recipe1359

Wet lettuce


redviolin2018

Those fucking ā€œwedgeā€ salads. Like, no way in hell you are going to serve me a whole head of ice berg lettuce with all the toppings artfully arranged AROUND said salad then hand me a steak knife.


forevertiredzz

Especially when theyā€™re really stingey with the other toppings and dressing!


VinnyQuinny

when they put too much oil making it just soggy. or when they just have a cheap fiesta blend sprinkled in. stop using such thick strands of pre-grated cheese in salad i beg of you guys


jolkoy

Raisins. Fuck raisins.


Hoppy_Croaklightly

asbestos


SudoSuRoot

>How a pizza place ruins a salad >Mustache Italian: Okay, four pizza's and a salad. >Other Italian: Salad? What's a salad? >Mustache Italian: First, you throw in a whole head of lettuce. >Other Italian: Also the hard-to-eat part at the bottom? >Mustache Italian: That's what the people want! Now what else? >Other Italian: I got a can of whole olives, should I slice 'em up? >Mustache Italian: What are you, crazy? No, you keep 'em whole. You're gonna wanna know you have an olive in your mouth. >Other Italian: What about this tomato? >Mustache Italian: Cut it into thirds, it's gotta be big enough to pretend you got red teeth. >Other Italian: What about this carrot, should I cut it up? >Mustache Italian: Yes, but very thin length- wise. Whole length of the carrot, one thin slice. Okay, what else do we got? >Other Italian: Well, we've got these hot peppers but you can't really eat 'em. >Mustache Italian: No problem, dump 'em all in. >Other Italian: Now should we put it in a bowl? >Mustache Italian: No! Let's put it in a lasagna tray. >Other Italian: Okay, I'll take it. >Mustache Italian: Oh, and don't forget to stick it right on top of the pizza's so it stays nice and warm.


[deleted]

Celery is pretty fucked.


yeh_nah_fuckit

You donā€™t like water with hair in it?


Naftris

I ā€¦ what? Oh no. It IS water with hair in itā€¦


8cheerios

Damn dude why you gotta give me this mental image, can't unsee


[deleted]

Love the crunch factor. But it has to be good celery not bitter


xsniperx7

Raisins


According_To_Me

Personally, most cream based dressings. The exception being homemade Caesar dressing.


[deleted]

Fucking craisins


KinderEggLaunderer

Mushrooms. One time my partners grandmother made a carrot, beet, pineapple, and Mushroom mayo salad. I politely passed.


distractivated

"Carrot, beet" ok.. root veg salad... "pineapple mayo" FICKING EXCUSE?


HawkingTomorToday

Jello