Gramp’s Salad. (…just a term. Also designed for young ones)

GRAMP’S SALAD
Constantly communicating and exchanging ideas
on just right & proper ingredients’ usages
to Chef Ma, a culinary professor, down mid part of archipelago, in Visayas.
Had given her some recommendations on the kinds of
ingredients, food grade chemicals & preservatives to be used in:
sauces, cooked canned Filipino per-serve recipes and bottled-flavored iced teas.
An extra perk, in exchange for my recommendations,
she developed a “super easy & quick to prepare veggies salad”
dedicating the apt nomenclature to me:
“GRAMP’s SALAD”

Simple as they are, I adjusted some ingredients,
removed un-needed ones and introduced “quick blanching” into veggies.
“Quick boiling water blanching” does not take away crispness,
it, in fact, retains, & enhances the green color of veggies
while acting as “bactericidal” medium (killing bacteria)
that may be present in raw ones as amoeba.
Thus, “amoebiasis”, in big essence, is prevented.
And I was excited to take snaps of it…so here:

INGREDIENTS:
1.    8-10 pieces of processed meat product you wish.
Slice into strips and fry to your desired done-ness. Set aside.
2.    1 medium broccoli (stalks included) cut to bite size
3. 4-6 leaves of sliced lavander cabbage
4. 4-6 whole leaves of green cabbage – 2 to serve as “bed” & 2 sliced
5. 4 whole leaves of lettuce (any type) – 2 also to serve as “bed” & 2 sliced
6. 1 small carrot – julienned
7. 2 cloves crushed garlic
8. 5ml. EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
9. 20 grams oyster sauce
10. 5 grams salt
11.2 grams black pepper
12. 15 ml. tap water for dressing
13. 250 ml. tap water for blanching
PROCEDURES:
1). Saute crushed garlic in heated EVOO.
2). Pour in 5ml. tap water & oyster sauce.
Toss. Simmer. Set aside.
3). In a pan pour in 250 ml. water. Add 1/2 of salt. Boil.
4). In strainer gather all veggies and
blanch in boiling water for just 1 minute.
5). Create “bed” of blanched whole veggie leaves in plate.
6). Pour on top sliced vegetables.
7). Top with fried meat strips.
8). Dress with simmered oyster sauce.
9. Again & again, best enjoyed with loved one.And so, beside lightly lit candle, pairing red or white wine,
your night will spell a very healthy simple dinner.
Not filling.
But satisfying.
Utterly memorable.