mmm. i haven't got much on salads (fairly shifty teacher)(i think she actually learns more from us than we do from her) but heres my random notes:
- Always use fresh produce when preparing a salad as taste, colour, and texture are important considerations
- Lettuce is a common ingredient in salads - the main types are cos (green), iceberg (green), mignonette (sp?)(deep reddy/purple), butter(green), coral (red and green), and oakleaf (red and green)
- Traditional salads include Greek (tomato, cucumber, black olives, onions, feta, oregano, olive oil), Coleslaw (shredded cabbage, carrot, onion, celery, capsicum, mayonnaise dressing), Waldorf (celery, apple, green grapes, walnuts, mayonnaise dressing and served on a lettuce leaf), Caesar (cos lettuce, bacon, fried croutons, anchovies, boiled egg, caesar dressing. often served also with chicken), and Tabouli (parsley, pre-soaked cracked wheat, spring onions, tomatoes, olive oil)
- Salads can be divided into 2 categories - simple (consist of only 2 ingredients and the dressing. eg. potato salad, green salad, and tomato salad) and Compound (contain a variety of ingredients such as fruit, meat, chicken, seafood, eggs, or croutons. They use both raw and cooked vegetables. eg. greek salad, coleslaw, waldorf salad, caesar salad)
- Salad dressings can be oil or vinegar based and should be well seasoned. An example of an oil based dressing is mayonnaise and an example of a vinegar based dressing is a vinaigrette which is made with 2 parts oil and 1 part vinegar then seasoned with sald and pepper or mustard.
- Dressing should be kept to a minimum as an excess tends to make salad greens soggy. Dressings should be added to salads just before serving time to preserve the quality of the salad ingredients.
mmm. yeah thats kinda all i have on salads. probably should have more but meh. Not really sure where my appetisers information went...spose I should find it before exams...Hope that helps