Paladin’s Tossed Green Salad
From elgourmand 12 years ago
- 1 hr to make
- Serves 4
About fifty years ago there was a TV series in SoCal called Have Gun Will Travel, set in San Fran and the old west. Crecky, does that really make me feel old. I liked the concept. For the time, the plot, acting & writing were, as I recall, So, so. Read more Where were you fifty years ago? Hell, I learned to make Martinis watching Peter Gunn, long before JB ever said “shakin, not stirred”. In one episode, our hero says to his Chinese house boy, complete with the funny hat, that a proper salad needs fresh greens, a spendthrift for the oil, a miser for the vinegar and a madman for the tossing. I believed it and still believe it; although my salad dressings have become a bit more complex than oil & vinegar. I think they call that evolution. I was making a tossed green salad, to go with my Cioppino, last night and it occurred to me that, if I have the time, and take, the time, I don’t do this the usual way. Thus, I have the temerity to post “Paladin’s Tossed Green Salad”. Does that make me the Paladin of salad dressings? The proportions are up to you but do remember Paladin’s admonishment. See less
Ingredients
- • Some olive oil. shopping list
- • A whole lot less wine vinegar. shopping list
- • A pinch of italian seasoning. shopping list
- • A wee dollop of Dijon mustard. shopping list
- • Other spices and such as you think you need. shopping list
- • 1 medium vine ripened tomato, cut into small wedges. shopping list
- • 1 medium bell pepper, cut into thin strips. shopping list
- • 1 small onion, cut into rounds. shopping list
- • Other sundry and wonderful greens, like watercress, blanched asparagus or mushrooms. shopping list
- Okay, mushrooms are not a green. So, shoot me. shopping list
- • A medium head of loose leaf lettuce. Any lettuce will do, even “iceberg”, but I like the extra green component and flavour of a loose leaf lettuce. Plus, that’s what grows in my garden. shopping list
- • A pinch of salt. shopping list
- • salt & fresh ground pepper to taste. shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Depending on how much salad you are making, mix the oil & vinegar, the pinch of salt, Dijon mustard & Italian seasoning and other spices, really, really good.
- 2. Prep all the hard things, like the tomatoes, onions, etc.
- 3. Put the prepped hard things in the dressing and stir a bit.
- 4. Wait 5 minutes and stir again.
- 5. Do this four or five time.
- 6. Do this as long as you like.
- 7. Add the lettuce, toss and serve.
- 8. Salt & FG pepper to taste.
- Okay, the tomatoes, onions, etc will not be crisp & pristine. If appearance is more important than flavour, you do not want to do this. If, on the other hand, you want the max flavour and ain’t much worried about “presentation” this does let the flavours develop. Your choice, your salad.
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I remember Paladin very well! Like the salad but love your story-as usual :) Thanks for sharing and dredging up old memories.
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