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Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 23 Dec 2023 (aussie.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Fancy salad is very similar to a normal everyday salad but with pomegranite seeds and possibly some sort of fancy cheese. Or I might be out of date and there is a new definition of fancy this year.

If you go back in time you will find a fancy salad involves jelly. Hopefully this is one trend that will never repeat.

[–] bull@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

I imagined a Caesar with a little Top Hat on it and thanks to AI we can make this come to life!

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's funny because I was thinking if you want a pretty salad you just add pomegranate seeds but they're not in season. Couldn't think of anything else that would make it fancy. Haha.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think the trend before pomegranate seeds was flowers on top, probably with a large amount of rocket.

If you can't get pomegranate you could probably do something like pear and blue cheese.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That is fancy. What about segmented orange?

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Orange can be fancy, but you need to make sure each segment is peeled with no white bits. Which is either incredibly fiddly or requires a soak in a pectin disolving enzyme.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have done this before and it can get quite messy.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I bottled a lot last year, after using the enzyme to peel them. They worked really well & I can now add them to salads whenever the mood strikes me. I don't think I'd want to go to the effort of peeling.