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How many ingredients does it take to call it a salad? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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My significant other ate cucumbers and onion with some ranch. I called it a cucumber onion salad. She says there aren't enough ingredients to call it a salad, because "it takes multiple ingredients". I pointed out she had three and asked what the minimum is. She refuses to answer so I ask Lemmy.

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[โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

I think this is one of those words / concepts where one needs to invoke Wittgenstein's "family resemblance" idea. You're not going to find some exact set of criteria that define what people do and don't consider a salad. They instead have a "family resemblance".

Your probably idea is not a bad way of describing how that works.

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