"Although the ancient Greeks and Romans did not use the world "salad," they enjoyed a variety waische hem clene.and myng hem wel with rawe oile, lay on vyneger and salt, and serue it 294)Įtymological notes & historic uses, Oxford English Dictionary: An A-Z of Food and Drink, John Ayto 2002 (p. The name salad, which comes from Vulgar Latin Herba salata, literally 'salted herb'." The Romans were enthusiastic eaters of salads, many of theirĭiffering hardly at all from present-day ones-a simple selection of raw vegetables.-and they always used a dressing of some sort: oil, vinegar, and often brine.
"Etymologically, the key ingredient of salad, and the reason for its getting its name, is the dressing. Oxford Companion to Food, Alan Davidson 2nd edition, 2006 (p. The word turns up in Old French as salade and then in late 14th century English as salad or sallet." "Salad, a term derived from the Latin sal (salt), which yielded the form salata, 'salted things' such as the raw vegetables eaen in classical times with a dressing of oil, This was chosen because in ancient times, salt was often an ingredient in the dressing. The basis for the word salad is 'sal', meaning salt. Composed salads assembled with layers of ingredients were enjoyed in theġ8th century.
Dinner salads, as we know them today, were popular with As time progressed, salads became more complicated. Food Timeline: history notes-salad FoodTimeline library Food Timeline FAQs: saladsįood historians tell us salads (generally defined as mixed greens with dressing) were enjoyed byĪncient Romans and Greeks.
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