Salad is a mixture of foods, usually including vegetables or fruits, occasionally with a dressing or sauce, occasionally nuts or croutons and sometimes with the addition of meat, fish, pasta or cheese. Salad is often served as an appetizer before a larger meal.The word "salad" comes from the French salade of the same meaning, which in turn is from the Latin salata, "salty", from sal, "salt", (See also sauce, salsa, sausage).

Different regions different habits. Different tastes too. The Italians are practically brought up on Pizza, Pasta and Lasagna only while for Americans the equivalents are Big Macs, Whoppers, Marshmallows, Steaks and for Californians and Mexicans maybe Nachos, Tacos, Salads, Red Beans and Burritos. There are strange tastes out there as well....

It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke:A guy walks into a Times Herald-Record bureau with a bagful of food.But this guy has a serious purpose. The food — boxes of taco shells and muffin mix and pasta salad and banana cereal snack squares — all have freshness dates from 2005 and 2006. He bought them at a local store that sells everyt