The definition of salad

[azurelunatic]

Belovedest made tater tots last night, and we all had some (except the cats). They added some of the cooked ground beef and some cheese, and said something about stretching the definition of salad.

This was clearly (to me, anyway) in the same spirit of shitposting about the definition of sandwiches. So I considered my rules. "If it doesn't have anything that looks like it's photosynthesized recently, it's nachos," I declared.

This was accepted. Though I think the thing that makes it a nacho is the melted cheese. (By which definition, a staple of my childhood was rice nachos.)

Comments

[azurelunatic]

A nacho has a firm starch substrate which can be discretely pulled out while loaded with topping. So it depends on the structural integrity of the tater tots.

[vass]

I'm no expert, but I suspect that Cronch is a necessary textural attribute of nachos.

[melannen]

I like that!

Maybe it's as simple as "nachos should never be eaten with utensils. Salads always should."

[archangelbeth]

*eats salads as finger-foods, dipping into dressing, until it's down to the additives*
*is a barbarian, yes*