Before we begin, I must make it known that this blog may take off and become the next Perez Hilton or whatever. Most likely, it won't. In fact, if I had to guess, I would imagine that this will be read by all of about ten people. I imagine that no one else in his or her right mind would care one iota about the topics discussed here. Having said that...here we go!
It all started one evening when my parents were having a presumably lovely dinner at home. My dad, having just come home from work, was famished. Mom, who rarely cooks to begin with (but what she does cook is FANTASTIC), had dinner ready for her hubby as she knew it was a stressful day at work. Dad, being, well, my dad, asked where the accoutrements to this meal were. Some corn? Grilled onions? A salad?
Slightly annoyed, my mother went into the fridge, pulled out a bag of lettuce, placed it in a bowl, and served the dish to my father. His response: "This isn't a salad."
You would think that this minor incident would have little to no bearing on life in general. A minor misunderstanding between two grown-ups.
If this were any other family.
Eight years later, and our family is still torn on the issue. It has not only divided this family, but has caused many of our closest friends and completely random strangers to take sides among themselves.
So I ask the world: what is a salad?
Simple enough of a question, right?
Wrong.
I will refrain from slanting this argument one way or another to express my own (and correct) opinion on the matter. However, here are just a few arguments for and against the idea that a "salad" may simple be comprised of chopped up lettuce:
For:
- The main component of a "salad" is lettuce. Therefore, a bowl of chopped up lettuce is a "salad" - a CRAPPY salad, but a salad nonetheless.
- If you added salad dressing to a bowl of lettuce, than you have "dressed" a "salad." Therefore, what you were dressing was, in fact a salad.
Against:
- A salad is a heterogeneous mixture of items. Therefore, there needs to be more than one ingredient in order for it to be considered a salad.
- By the logic of the lettuce in a bowl argument, a bowl of chopped up watermelon pieces is a "fruit salad" which many consider ridiculous.
Once again, I could fill an entire internet worth of discussions and arguments on this one issue. For now, it is on you to decide.
Please argue below, but be warned: whatever you say will be wrong.
