My significant other ate cucumbers and onion with some ranch. I called it a cucumber onion salad. She says there aren’t enough ingredients to call it a salad, because “it takes multiple ingredients”. I pointed out she had three and asked what the minimum is. She refuses to answer so I ask Lemmy.
Carrot salad is just shredded carrots with dressing made from mustard mixed with oil, but I’d challenge you to take a bite of that and tell me it’s not a salad.
Now mix up uncut baby carrots, celery sticks, cherry tomatoes, and cucumber slices. I’ll give you a bowl of ranch, and if you pour it in try to eat it like a salad instead of using them as dip, there’s something wrong with you
Salads aren’t about ingredient counts, they’re about preparation