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   Jess👾 (jesstheunstill@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 09:59:03 JST Jess👾

   I'm at least 50% confident that very few people actually LIKE salads. They're just something you eat to be polite and act like you're eating healthy around other people.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 09:59:03 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @JessTheUnstill I hated them until I learned I can make salads without iceberg lettuce

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:05:45 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @JessTheUnstill also I think a lot of American salad dressings out of bottles are awful and 95% of the time most salads just need this

     https://www.seriouseats.com/simple-vinaigrette-recipe

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     Chris Petrilli (petrillic@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:07:32 JST Chris Petrilli

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     @skinnylatte @JessTheUnstill when my partner was still able to live at home we had salads with every meal. With a vinaigrette like this. A cabinet full of vinegars and oils and a few other condiments gets you a wide variety. And they take 2m to whip up.

     Also, when you’re eating them every day you go through a huge amount of veg and can stock a diverse selection.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:08:30 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Chris Petrilli

     @petrillic @JessTheUnstill my fave thing to do right now is a green bean, shallot and radish salad with this vinaigrette. I’m fine without leaves in salads haha

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     Chris Petrilli (petrillic@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:11:00 JST Chris Petrilli

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     • Adrianna Tan

     @skinnylatte @JessTheUnstill absolutely. Leaves are just one of many possible options. Lots of flavors and textures. Always toss in some toasted nuts as well, or something crispy/crunchy.

     Oh and those fried shallots you can get at Asian groceries.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:12:13 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @petrillic @JessTheUnstill I think that’s why restaurant salads are full of leaves. It plays to a certain audience that wants to cospay green leaves as healthful and moral

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     Chris Petrilli (petrillic@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:14:48 JST Chris Petrilli

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     @skinnylatte @JessTheUnstill although, if you make your own fried shallots, the oil (I typically use peanut) is… a gift of the gods.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 10:15:31 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Chris Petrilli

     @petrillic @JessTheUnstill I do that often and also use it to toss the noodles in shallot oil noodles and as a base for Malaysian Chinese style wanton noodles

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     JackieM (jackiemauro@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 03:18:25 JST JackieM

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     @skinnylatte @petrillic @JessTheUnstill

     My favorite vinaigrette is just lemon, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. I have no idea the proportions. I just add until I feel happy.

     I actually really love salads. I think you have to make them with the goal of making something tasty, rather than the goal of making something virtuous that you choke down to seem good tough. Its nice to have a light, cold side in a meal.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Dec-2024 03:18:25 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @Jackiemauro @petrillic @JessTheUnstill there’s an inherent Chinese suspicion of raw vegetables that I also had to push past. Most Chinese people think of uncooked vegetables as super weird. Hehe