By Barbara Intermill
From Monterey Herald
I was not aware until I heard it from my buddy Bob at Dole. May is National Salad Month. Lettuce celebrate!
I’m reminded of a story a friend told me several years ago. Her family was visiting her small hometown and visited a local restaurant for lunch. The limited menu featured two salads: regular and deluxe.
“What’s the difference between the regular salad and the deluxe?” she asked her server.
Without looking up from her notepad, the woman answered, “Tomato.”
Lettuce and tomato is a good start for any salad. But what really makes a salad a salad, I was surprised to hear, is the dressing. In fact, National Salad Month was first sponsored in 1992 by the Association for Dressings and Sauces. And according to culinary experts at allrecipes.com, if it’s dressed, you can call it a salad….