Salad with chicken, ham and vegetables

We often cook salads and enjoy eating them. More than one festive table is not complete without salads. So what is a salad? Salad (ital. salato — salty) is a cold dish made of pieces of vegetables, herbs, various other plants, mushrooms, with the addition of seasoning. Originally, salad was a dish of Ancient Rome, which consisted of endive, parsley and onion, with the addition of honey, pepper, salt and vinegar. In the Middle Ages, lettuce was made from onions, garlic, peppermint and parsley. The salad is prepared immediately before use. After refueling, it should be served on the table no later than half an hour. Fresh vegetable and especially green salads are sensitive to salt. Juice quickly begins to stand out from vegetable products and accumulate at the bottom of the dish, cucumbers and greens lose their attractive appearance, watercress and lettuce acquire bitterness, so such salads are salted at the very last moment. Salads of tender vegetables and spicy greens are not salted at all, lemon juice is added to them and a little pepper. Salads - snacks are independent, quite satisfying dishes, usually from a mixture of animal products (meat or sausage, fish, eggs ...) and vegetable origin (including boiled).