I just watched Joanne Weir and she said when she was growing up, they always
had a salad for dinner. We almost always did too. Exception might be a
restaurant where the salads were too expensive. I well remember that one
time when my brother refused a salad and my parents argued about it. My dad
finally said it was fine because the salads were too expensive anyway. My
brother escaped the food poisoning on that day! Parents and I ate salad and
all got sick.

During the winter if the roads were bad and we'd run out of lettuce then we
might not have one. Or if we had breakfast for dinner which we only seemed
to have in lean times so we probably had no lettuce.

In those days the salad was almost always just iceberg unless I made the
salad or during the summer where I grew a variety of greens in the garden.

I suppose these days, we are eating salad less often. Although we do seem
to have one perhaps 2-3 times a week. But I like making soup so we might
start the meal with a little soup or for me, the soup will usually be the
meal. Or we just have some raw, cut up veggies. We also have at least one
cooked veggie with every meal. Sometimes more.

I also like the vary the salad. I vary which greens I buy and what all I
put in the salads. Or I might even make a slaw or a fruit salad. And
sometimes the salad is the meal, perhaps with some bread on the side.

So... Are salads common at your house?