Salad salad (a noodle-based salad). The sauce used to flavor a salad is commonly called a salad dressing; most salad dressings are based on either a mixture of oil and vinegar or a fermented milk product like kefir. Salads may be served at any point during a meal: The word "salad" comes from the French "salade" of the same meaning, from the Latin "salata" (salty), from "sal" (salt). In English, the word first appears as "salad" or "sallet" in the 14th century. Salt is associated with salad because vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times. The
Potato salad herbs, and vegetables (such as onion and celery). German potato salad, or "Kartoffelsalat" is served warm or cold and prepared with potatoes. Potato salad from northern Germany is generally made with mayonnaise and quite similar to its U.S. counterpart. In Southern Germany, it is made with bacon, vinegar, salt, pepper, vegetable oil, mustard, vegetable or beef broth, and onions. American potato salad most likely originated from recipes brought to the U.S. by German and European settlers during the nineteenth century. Print evidence confirms that recipes for potato salad were often included in 19th century American cookbooks. Ingredients for traditional American