Destroying Salad-Haters with Facts & Logic

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I love salads. I hate those awful salads you get at restaurants.

Being unable to eat cucumber makes eating my greens that much harder. Leafy greens are so much harder to wash/prepare than coin-cutting a cucumber and tossing some onto my bagel. Thank goodness for avocado, even though the nutritional value isn't exactly the same.

The only thing I don't like about most salads is that most lettuces/other greens is that they are way too bitter

My issue with salads is that 95% of them contain one or both of my two least favorite foods: lettuce and tomatoes.

For me, I can barely stand salads because sometimes the greens are just… too bitter. So I tend to eat salads with other things that might counter that like meats or inside a sandwich, but even then, I wouldn't be able to eat a salad normally or on it's own.
PS: I'm european, not american.

Here’s one you didn’t consider: temperature. Perhaps it’s adjacent to texture, but I don’t like the sensation of cold slimy vegetables. This almost seems like the definition of a salad, so I’m not sure it’s solvable.

Are there other emulsifiers? I dont like mustard or mayo

I like fruit salads, but I can never finish them before they go bad, no matter how small I make the portions

I love that you borrowed Ben Shapiro's eyebrows for all your videos.

I just don't trust raw vegetables not to give me food poisoning…

0:43 i get this everytime i put some dressing on salad. like bro i want to enjoy the stuff i eat, so a little fat goes a long way

This is a good channel

I think every point you made was solid except the first one about sandwiches. I love sandwiches and can tolerate a salad, but they are completely different things. I love sandwiches because of the form factor, not necessarily because of the carbs. I like how with most sandwiches I don't need to use utensils (I don't necessarily need to use utensil for a salad). I like picking up my sandwich. Nonetheless, the video was great, I don't think I will be eating a salad anytime soon but it is good to have the knowledge in the back of my brain.

I am sending this to my dude. He is a fucking carnivore and its so hard to get him to eat a veggie

I needed to see this video. That salad with chips seems perfect for me to deal with texture issues.

What's with his godly hairline?! It's like he's immune to DHT.

Maybe this is a dumb question but why would I want to eat stale bread? If it's stale then it's already gone bad

"The point of eating a salad is to eat a salad". Ok, what?

"Mom can we have more salad "
" Where the f*** is my cocaine "

I am so glad I just happened upon your videos. I love them!

I will do everything in my ability to not eat raw veg idk why but it all taste grassy and no matter what I can always taste a weird and off putting grass like taste that ruins everything else I am tasting then I said fuck it because I love cooked veg, cooked veg salads are great nothing in a salad needs to be raw and it really helps

Thank you so much for the advice for people who have issues with the textures of foods. I have sensory issues so bad that even though I love the taste of most veggies, there's just a bunch I cannot eat raw because their texture will trigger a gagging reflex 😭

i hate that i don’t like uncooked tomato because DAMN it always looks so good.

Underrated channel

salad haters are weak on god. all my homies love eating leaves

Not sure why it never occurred to me to have a non-lettuce-y salad, but the texture of leafy greens has been my biggest deterrent to eating salad. All the cubed and very thinly shredded salads look and sound incredible, and now I’m actually excited to try one! Thanks for sharing.

Love the video Shaq.

Salad spinners rule btw

good stuff man!

My favorite salad that I make several times a week for lunch at work (requires very little dicing):

– a generous amount of spring mix (already washed!)
– feta cheese
– cranberries
– seeds and nuts
– chicken (I buy plain, already cooked fajita chicken from the store and use kitchen scissors to slice what I need for a single serving)
– fruit (a small apple that I slice into large chunks right before eating, or a small pear or berries or two large figs from my trees in the yard)
– sometimes an avocado (if there’s a ripe avocado available, I’ll use it!)
– a few crispy, baked bagel bites I found at costco perfectly sized for topping salads
– I use SkinnyGirl raspberry vinaigrette dressing, super low calorie!!! Only 5 calories per serving!!!! Tastes great!! No oil/no sugar! My favorite!

This salad is delicious and I find myself craving it!!! Very energizing! I also eat a 60 calorie yogurt for breakfast or to supplement my lunch salad. To drink, I’ll add a Stevia soda or maybe tea!

My problem with salad is that the plants don’t taste good and I’ve never met a salad dressing that wasn’t absolutely revolting; too sour, too sweet, icky texture… it’s just always bad

"whoever created the packaging for whole goat cheese logs was on dummy mode that day” will never not make me laugh

Cold, wet, creamy dressing, vinegar, raw, too many flavours… miserable. I have not been destroyed. Come at me SALAD!
(unfortunately the idea for sensory issues was actually worse for my brand of sensory issue. I'm queasy just thinking about it)

One of my favorite salads is a little bit complicated because you have to make a Caesar dressing from scratch, but the only other ingredient is just finely chopped raw broccoli. The salt and lemon juice in the Caesar dressing "cooks" the broccoli and infuses it with so much flavor, it's very delicious

I just buy the Apple walnut salad from Walmart lol

Thorough and concise as always. The points about density and texture are beautifully thoughtful. Introducing someone to salad by "disguising" it as a dip is a clever sort of trick I've been using since I was a kid with some textural food issues.

My diet and palate is still pretty juvenile, but without tortilla chips I'd probably still be subsisting on all the basic forms of chicken and potatoes.

That dip tip is game-changing. I'll give it a try.
The only salad I really *like* is a sauteed cabbage, apple, and onion salad. I do have issues with leaf texture, so warm hearty cabbage works well for me.

Considering how many complain about "wet" salads, here is a big and easy one: a salad spinner.

ngl cutting vegetables is my favorite part of making salad

My anti-salad stance is based on the fact that uncooked vegetables SUCK.

you lost me at that full cup of balsamic vinegret wtf..

I don't fucken like leafs or bread I like marshmallows and meat

Man you got my mouth watering for SALAD

I'm in the wet camp and that I can't stand eating salad because of the wet Factor. My stomach clenches up even thinking about eating salad. Thanks for the video though. Some very good ideas to try

My go-to is spring mix+apple+cheese+cucumber+hard boiled egg+meat of choice+grape tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes)+dressing of choice (usually ranch)

Still not destroyed – a soup guy

"Here's my basic template for when I don't have a recipe"
Proceeds to mix up the weirdest fucking moon salad ever seen.
I'm scared because I honestly don't know if that segment was a joke or not.

Greens are expensive

as a fat man i thought salads were my enemy.
but their light, fresh balance between sour, slightly sweet and green is delightful eating