Questions tagged [salad]
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Miracle whip vs. Mayonnaise for Pasta or Potato salad
I am wondering if anybody knows if Miracle whip adds more moisture to your pasta salad vs Mayo. Mine always seems to be swimming in liquid a day later. Also I was thinking that boiling the pasta a ...
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How long does store bought ranch dressing last once opened and does it need to be refrigerated? [duplicate]
once we open the bottle and reseal with our own bottle would it need to be refrigerated? we are looking to buy in bulk and rebottle the dressing.
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Can German potato salad be served cold?
I usually make the mayonnaise type potato salad which is served cold. I wanted to try German but I want to serve it cold. Recipes I found serve it warm.
No problem is obvious to me, what am I missing?
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Better methods for meal-prepping salads? [duplicate]
Every time I've tried to prepare salads for the week, they always go bad. I meal prep on Sunday and make 5 days worth of meals. I've been doing this for months but salads always give me trouble. ...
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What's this salad of gray lumps in white dressing?
I can identify the green lettuce at the bottom, but not the physical matter under the red maraschino cherry. I happened upon this on Open Rice for a popular Western cuisine restaurant in Central, Hong ...
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Do I need to rip the leaves off mint?
I enjoy putting a bunch of mint leaves into my salads, but I'm lazy and I get bored tearing the leaves off the stems to put into my salad. I am tempted to take the entire bunch of mint and chop it up,...
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Do storms influence the souring of dishes?
The story/lore passed from generation to generation is about the influence of a storm on some dishes. Allegedly, they sour once the storm hits. This holds especially when the dish is kept in a metal ...
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What is the secret to avoid bitter-tasting rapini?
At a certain pick-your-own-food-and-stamp-your-card-then-pay-at-the-exit restaurant, the salad bar includes a delectable rapini, even though it looks like it is prepared with nothing more than ...
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My cheese congealed and I don’t know why?
I mixed up a salad in a glass container I added dressing and goat cheese crumbles and shook it up. The next day when I went to eat it all the cheese ended up in a big congealed lump in the bottom of ...
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Are there any tools / "life hacks" to cut sphere-shaped potatoes and carrots?
Salad Olivier - The modern version contains peas, potatoes, carrot, eggs, etc.
It would be cool to cut everything into same-size spheres...
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Bitter tasting salad
I've noticed that sometimes when eating salad the first bite can taste quite bitter. Is this just the natural flavour of particular leaves and my palate adjusting to it?
Is there a possibility it's ...
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Is it ok according to established practice to serve a salad in addition to crudités?
I'm going to have a party and I was wondering if it is ok to serve both or if just one or the other should be served.
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How to keep onions from sinking in a salad
How to keep onions from sinking in a salad?
I like raw and cooked onions.
I like raw onions in a lot of salads but the problem is diced onions end up in the bottom of the bowl.
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I've put too much onion on my macaroni salad and it overwhelms other ingredients. Is there a way to tame down the onion taste?
I made the mistake of putting all of the chopped onion in my macaroni salad before testing it. Now the onion taste overwhelms all the other ingredients. Any easy way to tame down the onion taste?
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Does red wine vinegar and red vinegar taste same?
I am going to cook salad for my lunch, I checked a for recipes. I just eat halal food and wine is not halaf, so I am going to use red vinegar (which I don't know even exist) instead of red wine ...
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