Comments on: Chicory, Potato and Dolcelatte Salad

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:08:36 +0000

Potatoes, check. Cheese, check. Walnuts, check. Yummy, check.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:22:16 +0000

I’m a bit of a latecomer to the endive - but now I’m sold. I also love using baby leaves as “boats” in which to serve dips. This salad sounds wonderful with its contrasting tastes and textures, although I could imagine the flavours might be too bold for some… And I agree with you & Susan - there isn’t realyl a recipe for most salads, but you kind of feel compelled to put down SOME description of the method you followed heh heh!

By: scott

scott — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:31:00 +0000

diva@theSugarBar: Well there’s only one way to find out - try it and see

By: diva@theSugarBar

diva@theSugarBar — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:07:08 +0000

i’m sure it tastes as gd as it looks! nice.

By: scott

scott — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:43 +0000

Lil: Well its simple and easy - so why not? I’m sure you’ll love it.

We Are Never Full: Well, I think its that the whole blue cheese taste was a bit overpowering (for me dolcelatte is a milder variety!). The potatoes didn’t make the rest of the salad wilt actually; chicory is a quite robust and chunky leaf and didn’t seam to really be affected by the heat of the potatoes. Still, they were hot but not “piping hot” so that will have made a difference too.

By: We Are Never Full

We Are Never Full — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:14:13 +0000

I’m curious as to what your wife didn’t like about it. the only thing that i can see is one of 2 things: 1)chicory’s flavor and/or texture is too strong for her liking or 2) the potatoes temperature wilted everything (good for some, unless you were in the mood for a crispy salad)…

i think the recipe looks lovely!

By: Lil

Lil — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:41:56 +0000

perfect - this will be what i shall try to make this saturday when i head over to my friend’s for dinner, yay!

By: scott

scott — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:39:16 +0000

Y: Well, thanks for that. I guess I had heard something about it as it seems to ring a few bells…

Coffee and Vanilla: I haven’t seen chicory in Poland before - but then I’ve not looked for it either. Thanks for the compliment, I like the new look too!

By: Coffee and Vanilla

Coffee and Vanilla — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:17:27 +0000

Scott, I love this salad I haven’t eat chicory since I left Poland…
I will look for it, thank you for reminding me…
I love the new look of the blog by the way

Margot

By: Y

Tue, 13 May 2008 23:17:18 +0000

I’m not exactly an expert on this, but basically, Pavlov was a scientist who is probably most known for his experiments on the “conditioned reflex”. He did studies whereby he would ring a bell before feeding the dogs he was studying and soon the dogs were conditioned such that they would salivate every time they heard the bell even when there was no food around. The reaction was something the mind had learned to do automatically.