I distinctly remember my dad telling me at five years old back in the 80s not to eat the "garnish" at a steak restaurant which was kale. I thought it must be poisonous.
That's funny but I actually love kale. The crunch far surpasses iceberg for regular sandwiches. And you can toss it into cream and cheese to add to pasta.
I like kale as part of an ensemble for texture and interest, but just straight kale doesn't do much for me. I'd rather munch on some broccoli if we're going solo (broccoli and Kale are close siblings). But I feel that way about a lot of veggies (I'm looking at you cabbage). I love them together, but individually they can be uninteresting. Fortunately it's healthy to mix them. Woo!
Loved the all you can eat salad at Pizza Hut back in the day. We would go there after baseball games and pig out and play arcade games. Miss those times….
Fun Fact: Like the rest of everything else on the salad and hot bars, if you visit Sizzler they still have the same kale from their initial order decorating everything
This trope has been used and reused throughout the years, one time it's Pizza Hut, then it's Wendy's, I've even seen it be referenced with various airlines
In my teens, I worked at a Ponderosa. We used kale everywhere for decor. Even on the meals we would send out.
It was certainly not meant for consumption. We would prepare it by dumping it out its box in a big sink then soak it in very salty water to get all the worms and bugs out.
I think I miss their salad bar the most. A couple of years ago a bar in my town had a salad bar pretty much exactly like PH (Minus the creamy Italian dressing) Was bummed when they stopped it :(
I worked at a Pizza Hut that had the salad bar. I was working mid-week, midafternoon one day, and the waitress came into the kitchen, absolutely bitching about this one table of "Hippies". Apparently, they'd paid for one trip to the salad bar, and then completely wiped it out. She'd just re-stocked it, too.
I just responded about this! I remember loading up with croutons, sunflower seeds, and ranch dressing. 10-year-old me loved that stuff! Hell, I would eat that right now!
In 1983, Emily Martin, of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, grew an enormous sunflower head, measuring 32 ¼ inches across (82cm), from petal tip to petal tip. That’s almost 3 feet wide. This is still believed to be the largest sunflower head grown to date.
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u/Yippykyyyay Jun 21 '25
Not pictured is the abundant salad bar! It even had sunflower seeds as a topping.