What is it about the word "Salad" that bothers me?
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
Pikeville, North Carolina
August 18, 2018 3:53pm CST
I know it doesn't make any sense but when my missus mentions the word "salad" I am overcome with a sense of revulsion. The odd thing is that I like salads. Okay, like may be too strong a word. I can eat salads and occasionally enjoy doing so. For some reason, though, when my missus or someone else suggests having a salad my whole being recoils at the very idea.
Tonight, I am making supper. My missus likes the Hamburger Helper Lasagna made with ground chicken instead of hamburger. I told her I would be glad to prepare it, and add a little to it to make it more palatable.
I was looking forward to dinner until my missus casually mentioned we had the fixings to make a salad to go with it. I shuddered at the very idea. Yet, I will make us both salads and I venture to say they will be a nice addition to our meal.
Is there an otherwise ordinary word that, for some inexplicable reason, just sets you off? Do you have any idea why?
The photo is of a salad I prepared for Christmas Eve one year.
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22 responses
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Aug 18
Is it worse when someone says "tossed salad"?
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@Marilynda1225 (79772)
• United States
18 Aug 18
Eggs!!! I hate eggs and even saying the word makes me shudder (okay that's an exaggeration) but I really don't like them, don't like the smell of them and I say the only way I'll eat an egg is if it's in a cake!!
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
19 Aug 18
@Marilynda1225 , Pretty rare to meet someone who does NOT like eggs to this point.
@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Aug 18
Hmmm, maybe it's the idea of having the task of cutting up all those vegetables for the salad? (Oops - I said "that" word"!). I know my Hubby hates the word "sconce". My mother in law spent more money than she should have on a "sconce" - and she made him put it up on the wall for her. Ever since then he's hated that funny word.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
19 Aug 18
Strangely enough, I don't mind making a salad for my missus. I rather enjoy the challenge of making it look as tempting as possible. It is just hearing the word in the context of me having to eat one that bothers me. Last night for dinner, I made my missus a very nice salad that she enjoyed very much, but did not make one for myself.
Sconce is an odd word. It seems like it should be the plural of scone. One scone, two sconce.
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
19 Aug 18
Many years ago, I would visit the salad bar as my companions insistence, and bring back a bowl or plate with a few pieces of lettuce topped with a pile of shredded cheese, ham bits, cottage cheese, croutons, bacon bits, etc. He or she would shake their head and tell me, "That's not a salad." I'd respond, "Everyone of these items is on the salad bar." 
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Aug 18
I too a not a fan of salads but I do eat them when prepared. I noticed something interesting which made me dislike salads even more. I purchased an antipasto salad at a local pizza place. There was a lot of lettuce but very little additional stull. THen I gave up on the salad and next time had an Italian sub. Now that was chock full of tomatoes, lettuce pepperoni etc. That I call good eating.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Aug 18
@marlina I meant stuff lol
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
19 Aug 18
Salad is not a word that makes me crazy, love salad... vacuum and cleaning are two words that make me want to run away from home.
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@rsa101 (37966)
• Philippines
20 Aug 18
I am really surprised that you have that feeling about salads. As for me I love all kinds of salads for as long as they do not have mayonnaise in it. I do not know how I started disliking the taste for it but my parents told me that when I was a child my uncle used to tease me that Mayo and pickles were coming from our noses and ever since I hated the sight of Mayo in general. That is why I eat salads that has no mayo, Burgers with no mayo at all.
I do not know how I started disliking the taste for it but my parents told me that when I was a child my uncle used to tease me that Mayo and pickles were coming from our noses and ever since I hated the sight of Mayo in general. That is why I eat salads that has no mayo, Burgers with no mayo at all.1 person likes this
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
19 Aug 18
Why not try just calling it " coleslaw" or simply " slaw" it might help steady your nerves if you alter it a bit.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
19 Aug 18
@DWDavis colesslaw is a kind of salad and slaw means salad, oh sorry let's just call it slaw or coleslaw
I like it in most of my toasted sandwich and burger sometimes.
I like it in most of my toasted sandwich and burger sometimes.1 person likes this
@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
19 Aug 18
@louievill Here in eastern North Carolina, coleslaw is a very specific kind of salad made from purple and green cabbage and carrots, cut into very fine strips, mixed with seasoned oil and vinegar. Sometimes celery, bell pepper, onions, and other crisp vegetables are added.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
19 Aug 18
when salad is mentioned here, we think of many salads, like fruit salad, and vegetable salad, and each has its own style of making salads.
when i can still eat green leafies, i liked the vegetable salad, particularly those with leaves and flowers and buds, mixed with fish paste.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
21 Aug 18
@DWDavis really? maybe you developed an allergic reaction to fish
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
22 Aug 18
@ridingbet I'm not sure. I didn't break out or have a physical reaction. I just could no longer stand the taste or smell.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
19 Aug 18
"moist"..that word just radiates summer swamp butt.
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@snowy22315 (170025)
• United States
19 Aug 18
I am sure there are some but I can't think of any at the moment..it is more certain sounds that I really can't stand,,like when silverware scrapes together or silverware scrapes the plate..that drives me bonkers!
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
18 Aug 18
You are in serious trouble. A simple word like salad doing what it does to you means you need to go for consultation you know where
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@LeaPea2417 (36451)
• Toccoa, Georgia
19 Aug 18
I like salad , but I can tell, when I make it for my family, they like it a lot better when I top it with meat for example: chicken or tuna.
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@wolfgirl569 (95261)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Aug 18
That salad looks good. I cant think of anything that does that too me.
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
19 Aug 18
In my few years working in a restaurant in my youth I had some very good mentors who taught me a bit about cooking and presentation. I am quite out of practice, but when I set my mind to it I can still prepare a delicious meal and set a nice table.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Aug 18
I live on salad, I eat this all time.
I love those plates, willow pattern?
Yes,I hate hearing after someone tells you something "Ya know?"
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
19 Aug 18
Believe it or not, those plates are from a collection my wife collected when supermarkets used to offer deals on patterns of plates when you bought enough groceries. Long before we met, she and her mother collected the whole set, four pieces a week, until she had all the pieces. They are very nice stoneware, and each has a historical building from the Revolutionary War period in the center. We don't have a set of China. We use these as our "good" dishes. They serve well.
Someone ending what they are saying with "Ya know?" all the time is in the same class of annoying as someone who starts everything with "Like."
