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My significant other ate cucumbers and onion with some ranch. I called it a cucumber onion salad. She says there aren't enough ingredients to call it a salad, because "it takes multiple ingredients". I pointed out she had three and asked what the minimum is. She refuses to answer so I ask Lemmy.

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[–] VioletRing@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would say the important distinction is in presentation. Was it a bowl of onion and cucumber mixed together with ranch? If so salad. Was it a plate with a pile of cucumber and a pile of onion, with ranch for dipping? If so crudites.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does pouring the dip over the crudites transform it into a salad? So french fries are crudite? Does that mean cheese fries are a type of salad? I'm not waiting for your answer before getting my daily dose of salad in.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

How I choose to read this:

Poutine is a salad.

Dieticians hate this one trick to make salads taste good!

[–] VioletRing@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I think pouring the dip over would make it a salad.

I don't know about cheese fries being a salad. I think a salad needs at least 2 ingredients not including dressing/garnish. So you'd need to do cheese fries with like fried peppers too make it a warm potato salad.

[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Crudités is French for raw things, so french fries aren't crudités. Unless they're raw... ugh.