Why is pasta salad classified as a salad?!
If a pasta salad is defined as a salad with pasta base, y isn't spag bol with veggies classed as a pasta salad!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
pasta salad isnt a salad!.!.!. it so stupid!.!.!. but its good though :D i love emmy :PWww@FoodAQ@Com
Main Entry: sal·ad
Pronunciation: \?sa-l?d\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English salade, from Middle French, from Old Italian (northern dialects) salata, salada, from salar to salt, from sal salt, from Latin
Date: 14th century
1: any of various usu!. cold dishes: as a: raw greens (as lettuce) often combined with other vegetables and toppings and served especially with dressing b: small pieces of food (as pasta, meat, fruit, or vegetables) usually mixed with a dressing (as mayonnaise) or set in gelatin
2: a green vegetable or herb grown for salad; especially : lettuce
3: a usually incongruous mixture : hodgepodgeWww@FoodAQ@Com
Pronunciation: \?sa-l?d\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English salade, from Middle French, from Old Italian (northern dialects) salata, salada, from salar to salt, from sal salt, from Latin
Date: 14th century
1: any of various usu!. cold dishes: as a: raw greens (as lettuce) often combined with other vegetables and toppings and served especially with dressing b: small pieces of food (as pasta, meat, fruit, or vegetables) usually mixed with a dressing (as mayonnaise) or set in gelatin
2: a green vegetable or herb grown for salad; especially : lettuce
3: a usually incongruous mixture : hodgepodgeWww@FoodAQ@Com
because it has mixed veggies and not a tomato base!. Most things with mixed veggies and tomato base are pasta dishes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
what about tuna salad, ham salad, egg salad!? those are less like traditional salad than pasta salad!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
maybe because its cold!.if its cold its a salad if its hot its a pasta who knowsWww@FoodAQ@Com