Man's game-changing salad advice goes viral on Twitter
A man’s salad advice has gone viral after he shared a list of tips to liven up people’s “dull and flavourless” lettuce.
Elan Gale, an LA-based author and television producer best known for his work on ‘The Bachelor’ series, tweeted a thread all about how many people go wrong with putting together a salad.
“I’ve got some NEWS for you people,” he declares, in a now-viral Twitter thread which has received thousands of likes and retweets.
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While some might consider salad to be simply a few lettuce leaves on the side of a plate, others enjoy the “salad bar” approach of putting anything and everything into their bowl of greens.
Gale goes the extra mile to illustrate all the different flavours and ingredients you can bring to the healthy meal option.
His nine-point strong list offers helpful hints pertaining to the different elements of a salad, from what to put in your dressing to using multiple different types of lettuce rather than just one.
I’ve got some NEWS for you people about WHY your salads are dull and flavorless. Are you ready for some NEWS???
— elan gale (@theyearofelan) January 29, 2020
Gale also recommends seasoning your ingredients before you add them to a salad “as if you were going to eat each ingredient individually”.
1. You’re forgetting to SEASON your ingredients, acting like the DRESSING is all that matters. Cucumbers and tomatoes need SALT and PEPPER. Avocados need CITRUS. Act as if you were going to eat each ingredient individually
— elan gale (@theyearofelan) January 29, 2020
Later down, he talks about adding strong flavours such as feta cheese, jalapeños and horseradish in order to make salads more exciting.
Make your own dressing. It's easy. Add a smashed garlic clove to a small bottle/jar. Add a few glugs of olive oil. Lemon juice/red wine vinegar/other vinegar. Salt, pepper, maybe some oregano or dijon mustard. Shake. Taste. Re-season...maybe a bit more acid or oil. Dress salad2/2
— umsami (@umsami) January 29, 2020
Others weighed in with their own salad additions in response to the thread – from adding different types of fruit to their own personal salad dressing recipes.
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Cranberries, apple slices, nuts and seeds too. Yum!!
— Onmybroomstick (@u_luv_me320) January 29, 2020
Everything you say is right. Also, a standard vinaigrette of red wine vinegar, dijon mustard, honey, minced shallot, minced garlic, and salt/pepper will make almost anything you want to eat taste better.
— Evan Jellicle (@dannyjunior) January 29, 2020
Arugula basil strawberries blueberries goat cheese chives black pepper.
— chicklette (@chicklette_) January 29, 2020
Make your own dressing. It's easy. Add a smashed garlic clove to a small bottle/jar. Add a few glugs of olive oil. Lemon juice/red wine vinegar/other vinegar. Salt, pepper, maybe some oregano or dijon mustard. Shake. Taste. Re-season...maybe a bit more acid or oil. Dress salad2/2
— umsami (@umsami) January 29, 2020
Twitter is fertile ground for food-based revelations.
Last summer, a man’s use of the flat side of a Marmite jar in order to get the maximum possible product out went viral, while Kim Kardashian’s trick for melting M&Ms in the microwave garnered million of views.