About the Mumsnet 'Massive Salad?'

[TheBurton]

I just thought over the weekend about some of the food threads on here recently and wondered if it would be a good idea to develop the idea of a 'Mumsnet Massive Salad' to be sold in major supermarkets? It would be prepackaged, have a variety of raw veg but .... and I absolutely stress this - absolutely no dressing whatsoever - far too calorific!! So a completely 'clean' salad! Also it should be in biodegradable packaging so ... no plastics ! There must be a market for it and a lot of people would want to try it out of intrigue. Would have to be 'massive' though !

Remember the massive salad should also regularly be served alongside a portion of homemade lasagne. I can hear my Italian mother in law turning in her grave at that one! 😂

LunaNorth I was quite excited until you mentioned cold baked beans. Even hot, they're just wrong. Also pondering why I'd much prefer boiled potatoes to chips given they're frankly variations on the same theme.

I had a Caesar salad at Le Pain in London last week and every mouthful was a delight. Rather than the usual soggy five leaves of Little Gem and a slimy anchovy hiding amongst the dry chicken for good measure.

Surely the way to go is a subscription delivery service. People can order a whole weeks worth of Massive Salad and have it delivered to their door.

(This assumes they are actually prepared to open the front door when it's delivered...)

Subscription delivery also means you can deliver it by the pallet. Massive indeed.

Let me guess Op

you are overweight and in the throws of another diet attempt? 😂

As with all things presentation matters

Was it 1950s American cookbooks who used to do recipes of salads in aspic? Yuck!!

You laugh, but not so long ago Marcus Wareing (of Masterchef fame) did a TV programme about growing and raising his own food, and one episode featured a transparent rice paper wrap with a bunch of (allegedly) edible flower petals and herbs prettily arranged inside it. My reaction was, that’s not food, that’s decoration!

that jaunty exclamation mark seems unreasonably proud of that 'salad'

Khloes nails 😂 & not the massive salad.

Well big salad needs to feed the sporty teens(always sporty) and the 6’4” Navy seal husband because it’s soooooo massive they could not all finish it and it will last until Whitsun. Ohhh and the massive salad simply must be accompanied by its own CV which will detail its origin, heritage and economic contribution to the local economy. Also, will want details of its carbon footprint. Finally it will need to be reassuringly pricey as you don’t want it to be confused for a cheap inferior supermarket meal deal that the hoi polloi buy. Hell no, This is a Mumsnet salad which needs to be reassuringly expensive, niche, and beloved by people with children called Ptolemy and Harridan

Indeed a pallet is superb as it can be repurposed to make a skate board for the dog walker

As a student nurse I flatshared with three Philipino nurses who regularly made strawberry jelly or blackcurrant jelly with sweetcorn or canned chopped mixed vegetables in it 🤢

The MN Massive Salad should be served in a skip, surely?

@Laiste

I buy the pre mixed salads plus a pack of smoked mackerel (lemon flavour) for us if dp is working from home (I finish at lunchtime) or sometimes just a bag of leaves plus fish. It's not low calorie but it is healthy

It’s ok, you can have cold sweetcorn instead. And grated carrot, if you’re feeling fancy.

Is there a recipe somewhere? I'd like a MumsNet massive salad for lunch...

Tesco do a massive salad - it’s called Tesco party salad.

It makes me laugh every time I see it, I assume it’s a mumsnet party tbh, because I’ve never been to a party that needed a massive salad

I've tried jello salad it was at a floridian buffet. It's.just odd !

Maybe we need to campaign for a new SI unit, the 'massive salad', we have a family SI-type unit for cake, a Grandad slice, it involves almost a scalpel to get it thin enough.

Why on earth do people buy ready made salads? Not rocket science to put your own together.

Khloes nails ate hilarious. And her Kourtney madness is my favourite 😄

not any old sea salt ones got to be Maldon!!

@Mrsjayy kourtneys voice is better than the real kourtney 😂😂

Hunks of Romaine lettuce which can withhold a Caesar dressing (and roast chicken, bacon, Parmesan and croutons) rather than some limp rocket bits tomatoes flatten? I love a salad but alas not one that would cut it in the Mumsnet range clearly… Sigh.