Living Through Our Salad Days

Welcome to SALT PIG! From a nostalgic walk through of Lukas’ family’s Costco paint can of blue cheese dressing, to the maybe French/maybe made-up habit of Ellie’s family eating salad after the main dish, we break down our early childhood salad experiences. Present day, we love it so: raw, cooked, “signature,” with leaves, with no leaves. Lukas tries to convince Ellie to revisit broccoli salads, Ellie tries to convince her husband that her vinaigrette isn’t “too sour” (though maybe it is), and no one will convince either of us that salad plates are worth the space in the dishwasher. Discussed in this episode:A pretty good rundown of some of the cultural forces behind when salad appears during a mealHetty Lui McKinnon, queen of fun and filling saladsBroccoli salads galore: Lukas’ Picnic Broccoli Salad, a classic Southern Broccoli Salad, Melissa Clark’s Broccoli Salad with Garlic and SesameMaggie Hoffman’s interview with Fermín Núñez, in which Mexican cuisine makes us “authors of our own bite”Veggie Craft, the protein pasta that Lukas mentionsInstagram | Substack