Don’t Make Salad. Make a Salad Pancake.

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOn October fifteenth, The New York Times published a recipe titled Don't Make Salad, Make a Salad Pancake: oak leaf lettuce dipped in light batter, pan-fried until crisp, then dunked in sesame and soy sauce.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy take is that lettuce finally found its calling as a vehicle for crispy indulgence.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLettuce has been bullied for centuries, and now it gets to be crispy.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNot. Lettuce was never bullied. It was just boring.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHere's mine. This is how civilisation ends: first we fry the salad, then we fry the plate, and by Tuesday the fryer is frying us.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot. Mostly because of the fryer part.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank, you rated mine Not because you fear joy. Lettuce deserves a crunchy second act, and so do you.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI fear batter.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHe's right, Vera. Batter is how it starts.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy own take: the sesame soy sauce is the real story. Fry the lettuce, fine, but I am deeply suspicious of any salad that requires a dipping sauce to be palatable.