plural of salad; dishes made of raw vegetables or cooked ingredients mixed together, usually dressed with oil and vinegar.
From Old French 'salade,' derived from Latin 'salata' meaning 'salted'—the word literally refers to salted vegetables, as salt was the original seasoning.
Raw vegetables in salads lose up to 90% of their water-soluble vitamins within an hour of being cut, which is why fresh salads served immediately are drastically different nutritionally from pre-packaged salads stored for days.
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