title: Serialize select option fields
body: <p>I need to serialize all fields in a form except <code>select option</code> tags where the value selected is the default value. My select option html tag is like so. If the selected option has no value it needs to be ignored from the jquery serialize method.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;select&gt;
    &lt;option&gt;Select a brand&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value='1'&gt;Sony&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value='2'&gt;Apple&lt;/option&gt;
    &lt;option value='3'&gt;Nokia&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;
  </code></pre>