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Salad Bars

swittenauer

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swittenauer Enthusiast
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I was wondering what everyones take was on salad bars. How safe do you think they would be as far as being gluten free? Lots of cross contamination? Certain items better than others?

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Can't say I have ever had a problem with salad bars at all.

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I was wondering what everyones take was on salad bars.  How safe do you think they would be as far as being gluten free?  Lots of cross contamination?  Certain items better than others?

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A lot of times when I eat out with friends and family I'm reduced to the salad bar. But I've never had any problems.

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:) I love some salad bars because of their variety. I stick to the oil and vinegar dressing, assuming that's the safest, however, I am sometimes tempted to slather ranch all over it! When I check out different web-sites, like www.kraft.com they list their ranch as safe, but not the caesar (not sure why!). I would love to find a little leak-proof bottle so I could carry my own in my purse. If you get one of those salad bars that has fruit and jello, the jello is also safe (according to Kraft), so there's lots there you can enjoy (if you don't get near the croutons).
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:)  I love some salad bars because of their variety.  I stick to the oil and vinegar dressing, assuming that's the safest, however, I am sometimes tempted to slather ranch all over it!  When I check out different web-sites, like www.kraft.com they list their ranch as safe, but not the caesar (not sure why!).  I would love to find a little leak-proof bottle so I could carry my own in my purse.  If you get one of those salad bars that has fruit and jello, the jello is also safe (according to Kraft), so there's lots there you can enjoy (if you don't get near the croutons).

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I'm in hog heaven if the salad bar has jello and whipped topping. That's desert for me!!

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Hey swittenauer,

Check out my thread title "Ruby Tuesday" in this forum. I asked the same question. Personally, I feel safter being able to see what I am putting on my salad (and feel that I'm reducing the risk of x-contamination) but others brought up some really good points that made me question that.

Nevertheless, if I go out to eat, I'd prefer a salad bar over letting someone else prepare my food!

That's just my opinion :)

- Lauren

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Thanks! I'll check that out soon. I've already gotten some good information on here & hope for more.

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