Salad burnett is a herb with tiny, toothed, bright green leaves which are reminiscent of cucumber and are used to flavour winter salads, drinks and sauces.
Dressings for salads may take many forms, depending on the ingredients of the salad. Some may be a simple vinaigrette containing oil, vinegar and garlic; it might be that mustard or sugar is added. Some people like a blue cheese dressing, though I am not among them. Others like Thousand Island, or oil and lemon juice. They are legion. As with almost everything, a freshly made dressing with good ingredients always beats anything ready-mixed in a bottle.
Salad greens refers to the green leaves commonly used in salads, such as mesclun, rocket, lettuces various, watercress etc.
Salad potoates are mostly grown as second earlies. The term describes potatoes which are waxy, small, have fine skin and which hold their shape when they are steamed or boiled.
Salad Red is a dense-fleshed potato similar to pink fir apple. Shows red when cut.
Salal is a plant of the heather family with leathery leaves producing dark blue 'berries', which are actually swollen sepals Both berries and leaves are edble and said to be appetite suppressants. Traditionally they have been used as sweeteners and flavourings in fish dishes by native people of North America but are now more commonly used in jams and jellies and in pies. The mild sweetness of the salal berry compliments the tartness of the Oregon berry.
The salamander tree is a tree that grows in South East Asia and Australia, producing clusters of large, sour purple berries that are used in preserves.
The anglicised name for salame, cured sausages which vary enormously across Italy and are exported widely. They are most often sliced and served cold as part of an antipasto.
