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

On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:18:44 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> I wish restaurants would
> say "Warning! Side salad has cheese!" right on their menus so I could
> ask them to omit it.


Yes, me too... it's usually big chain restaurants, so I should know
better - but I don't eat at them very often, so I am always surprised.
>
> Other salads, like potato salad, are less healthful from the get-go. So
> many of them appear to be a vehicle for maximizing mayonnaise ingestion.
>
> Jello salad isn't really in my culinary lexicon. I've never liked it,
> although I liked plain cherry jello when I was a kid.


I haven't eaten them very often, but I don't dislike them. At least I
don't dislike what I remember and now that he reminded me about jello
"salad", I'm thinking about bringing one to the Easter gathering.
>
> I had a nice Greek salad for lunch today, with some warm bread and
> olive oil on the side. The feta cheese provided the protein for
> the meal.
>

I've never grown to like salads like that. They're in the jello salad
category for me, except I never consider making one.

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