• just_kitten
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    11 个月前

    Times like these I’m glad our family never did xmas. A relative in the 'Rat has invited me this year though so I got something for the little kiddo months ago… nobody else gets anything though.

    I’ve got to bring a fancy salad though, and I almost never make them. And it has to be disassembled so it can survive a 2hr drive tomorrow afternoon to be reassembled on the other end.

    I will have to steel myself and tackle the fancy grocery today.

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      11 个月前

      Does it need to be fancy?

      I’m not good and don’t eat salads really but I made a Wombok salad with the crunchy noodles.

      Super easy to do on a budget and it’s simple.

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        11 个月前

        Fancy salad is very similar to a normal everyday salad but with pomegranite seeds and possibly some sort of fancy cheese. Or I might be out of date and there is a new definition of fancy this year.

        If you go back in time you will find a fancy salad involves jelly. Hopefully this is one trend that will never repeat.

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          11 个月前

          I imagined a Caesar with a little Top Hat on it and thanks to AI we can make this come to life!

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          11 个月前

          That’s funny because I was thinking if you want a pretty salad you just add pomegranate seeds but they’re not in season. Couldn’t think of anything else that would make it fancy. Haha.

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            11 个月前

            I think the trend before pomegranate seeds was flowers on top, probably with a large amount of rocket.

            If you can’t get pomegranate you could probably do something like pear and blue cheese.

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                11 个月前

                Orange can be fancy, but you need to make sure each segment is peeled with no white bits. Which is either incredibly fiddly or requires a soak in a pectin disolving enzyme.

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                    11 个月前

                    I bottled a lot last year, after using the enzyme to peel them. They worked really well & I can now add them to salads whenever the mood strikes me. I don’t think I’d want to go to the effort of peeling.

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        11 个月前

        A fancy salad is a normal salad in a nice bowl, and maybe with some luxe crunchy bits

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        11 个月前

        My cousin sent me recipes of pear and walnut type things and honestly even that is too much for me. I don’t even eat basic tomato and lettuce salad. I eat lots of veg, just can’t be bothered making salads… I can’t “think salad”.

        This is too hard. I’m going to change tack and suggest some top notch broccolini or green beans with a tasteful sprinkling of garlic infused olive oil and sumac and stuff like that. Maybe my aunt’s excellent julienned-cabbage stir fry that makes a great side even if it’s cold.