Yes, you are a weirdo. If a salad gets soggy, I pick out the other veggies and toss the lettuce. I did love to eat the squishy pbj sandwiches and crusts from my kids lunch boxes, presuming they remembered to bring the boxes home at all.

This made me think of my grandmothers wilted lettuce salad that was a family fave. My grandfather always kept a large vegetable garden, and there was always a lot of lettuce to use up.

I recall the dressing had sugar and oil & vinegar and celery seeds - not sure what else - and you heated it and poured it over the lettuce to wilt it before serving. it was OK, but not a fave of mine - probably because of the celery seeds.

Not a big fan of soggy salad either, but I've added salad greens to soup and casseroles when I had too much from the garden.

kiddo and I coordinate over the fries when we eat out. We split them by, I eat the floppy fries, and they eat the hard as a rock fries. Each cannot see how the other likes their choice.

Pack the dressing separate from the salad. Let her pour it over the lettuce when she eats. I detest soggy salad. There are all kinds of very small containers.

I especially like leaf lettuce after it sits for a bit. The only dressing I use is olive oil and wine vinegar and if feeling ambitious I rub the bowl with a clove of garlic before adding the lettuce and dressing. I love it especially with good bread,,,,,,sort of a lettuce sandwich. Yum

There's always butter lettuce for those who link the limpness. I like to have butter lettuce occasionally but for me, lots of crunch (from the lettuce and whta's added to the salad) is part of the expectation.

Soggy Caesar salad doesn't appeal to me. Romaine lettuce is the crunchiest lettuce I know and it's the prime ingredient for a good Caesar. Romaine lettuce doesn't get soggy like others do.

Romaine is precisely the soggy lettuce I look forward to each day. That said, as I think about it I probably wouldn't enjoy my sprimg mix soggy unless sauteed as I sometimes do.

I'm with you, FOS. If there is salad left in the main bowl once we are done eating, I enjoy the remains. It actually tastes better to me than when we first begin eating. I don't know if it's the fact that it is not so cold or what.

Sometimes, I take my love for limp salads a bit further. I cut up lettuce and cukes, salt them, let them stand until limp. I add sour cream, dill and pepper. Mmmm.

Nope - no soggy for me please. The crisper the better and the dressing is held until just before serving. We usually have romaine but one of my kids really likes iceberg lettuce so I always have it when he's coming for a visit. I'd rather just eat plain, unadorned iceberg than anything limp or soggy.

No thanks to soggy lettuce or other greens (the exception being spinach). IMO, some veg are supposed to be eaten fresh, raw and very crisp and cold. I pull nasty, limp lettuce out of burgers or other hot sandwiches. Whoever thought their inclusion was a good idea was way off the mark!

This made me think of my grandmothers wilted lettuce salad that was a family fave. My grandfather always kept a large vegetable garden, and there was always a lot of lettuce to use up.

I recall the dressing had sugar and oil & vinegar and celery seeds - not sure what else - and you heated it and poured it over the lettuce to wilt it before serving. it was OK, but not a fave of mine - probably because of the celery seeds.

I don't remember celery seeds, but there was crispy bacon. The warm drippings helped wilt the lettuce. I loved it, but have never made it as an adult.

Some people cut Romaine lettuce heads in half (I believe Ina Garten did this) and grill them before making Caesar salad, but I would never do that.

I cook cabbage, but I don't cook lettuce.

You should grow leaf lettuce. Can't get much more limp than that.

Judi I was thinking about the wilted spinach salad, dressing made with bacon drippings. ATK has a recipe I made once.

Not me. I get grossed out by soggy or wilted lettuce. I hate when lettuce is on burgers or other hot sandwiches, tacos, anything really. Its always slimy.

This is a tasty dish made with wilted Romaine lettuce. I’ve never made it but have eaten it in a restaurant.

https://thewoksoflife.com/cooked-lettuce-with-oyster-sauce-garlic/

Not into soggy salad.

My mom would make Hot Bacon Salad Dressing and pour it over lettuce. The lettuce shriveled when the hot dressing hit it. I did love that but any leftovers werent good. There’s a recipe for Hot Collards greens more common i the South, I think.

Soggy with salad dressing is fine if eaten right away after prepping. After a few hours it would become a Petri dish of bacteria I shall pass.

You'll like this recipe. Make it in the morning so the ingredients marinate in the dressing. I often make it on a summer morning for dinner when we're expecting a heat wave.

Italian chopped salad in pasta shells

• 18 jumbo pasta shells
• 1/4 pound sliced deli ham, cut into strips (sub with shredded chicken breast)
• 1/4 pound sliced salami, cut into strips
• 2 cups chopped Romaine lettuce
• 1 cup chopped tomatoes or quartered cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 cup chopped cucumber
• 2.25 ounce can sliced black olives, drained well
• 1/4 cup chopped red onion
• 1/4 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1/2 cup diced mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup Italian dressing
• Grated Parmesan cheese for sprinkling

Cook shells according to directions on box. Drain and rinse with cold water; set aside. In a medium bowl, combine remaining ingredients except Parmesan cheese; mix well. Stuff pasta shells with mixture. Drizzle with more Italian dressing. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Yes! Bacon drippings it was - thanks for the reminder 🙂

shredded fine over ramen noodles ...

I hate when lettuce is on burgers or other hot sandwiches, tacos, anything really. Its always slimy.

I always put arugula on a burger. It's never slimy.

We grew lots of Bibb (aka: Butter) lettuce in a new raised patio garden box my husband built. Loved it, but not soft or wilted. Grown from seed, harvested fresh, we found it to be wonderfully flavored and perfect for a variety of uses. I remember liking salads wilted with hot bacon grease as a child but haven’t made one since.

I do not eat lettuce on hot sandwiches, but then the only hot sandwich that I make is Reuben, and I make that with sauerkraut. In my opinion, sauerkraut should be used in place of lettuce for any hot sandwich, but then I do not make burgers, although I will eat them at restaurants, and then lettuce is fine for me.

For salad, I prefer lettuce to be crisp, unless it is butter lettuce and is meant to be soft.

When I read the title, I was thinking that it was soggy lettuce put in the salad and that would be a big no thank you. However, reading your post, I can totally relate. If it's soggy because of dressing ( as long as it's not tooooo soggy) I'm with you and enjoy that!