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Default attn: Midwesterners -- Jell-o isn't salad

On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 4:50:05 PM UTC-5, tert in seattle wrote:
> <http://tracybriggs.areavoices.com/2016/03/19/attention-fellow-midwesterners-jello-isnt-salad/>
>
> it's a little long - I did read some of it, and learned that apparently
> some clever marketing types came up with the brilliant idea of naming
> desserts "salad"
>
> proving again that HL Mencken was correct


Same goes for pasta "salad" and tuna "salad." If it's not green leafy stuff,
it's not salad.

--Bryan