salad for fried chicken menu?

[wowimadog]

what kind of salad would you serve with an "all-american" fried chicken menu (fried chicken, biscuits, mashed potatoes, gravy)?

[WCchopper]

Roasted sweet corn and arugula salad with slivered red onions, crumbled goat cheese and a simple vinagrette.

[LindaWhit]

Now that sounds excellent (I missed the earlier post re: coleslaw already being served by the hostess). This would add a nice tang to the meal.

[WCchopper]

I never make it without every bit being devoured!

[othervoice]

Since the cole slaw is already covered, I'd go with a cucumber,tomato, sliced red onion, and maybe calamata olives with some feta cheese and a balsamic vinagrette.

[LindaWhit]

Carrot & raisin salad, or coleslaw.

[Emme]

Sounds like an iceberg wedge kind of thing. That or something very traditional, like iceberg, shredded carrots, tomatoes, and shredded cheddar with ranch :-)

Could also do a raw sliced mushroom salad.

My favorite summer salad is simply chopped tomatoes, chopped red onions, mixed and marinated with TJ's Fat Free Balsamic Vinegar.

[bigjimbray]

I think a light fruit salad would work here or Jell-o...

[chanterelle]

What? No fresh corn? I love corn and sliced summer tomatoes with a dollop of good mayonnaise, salt and cracked black pepper with fried chicken. I was thinking separately, but maybe a fresh sweet corn salad with cherry or grape tomatoes would be a tasty alternative.

Happy Birthday to your niece!

[Sharuf]

Waldorf salad leaps to mind.

[Adrienne]

Are you looking for a salad that goes with your theme or something to cut through all that heaviness? I think you've gotten great suggestions for the former, but if you're looking for something that will help balance the meal, I would use a dark lettuce and toppings with a light or acidic flavor -- maybe fennel and apple or pear? maybe orange slices and walnuts? maybe just thin slices of ripe tomato? -- and a very light dressing (balsamic&evoo).

[wowimadog]

something to balance. thanks.

[alkapal]

All-American KFC cole slaw. Google it for a copycat recipe.

[wowimadog]

i forgot, the hostess is already serving coleslaw.

[jinet12]

Crisp green salad or coleslaw

[budlit]

Crispy iceberg lettuce with smokey bacon, tomatoes and an herbed buttermilk dressing or bleu cheese dressing (homemade dressings of course) and maybe some thinly sliced and soaked red onions

[mojoeater]

Fruit Salad can balance the heaviness of the rest of the meal. And it's summery! Or maybe green bean salad if you can get good beans.

[BarbDwyer]

I'd serve a cucumber, onion and tomato salad with this.

[Texchef]

Ditto the cucumber & tomato for some color, or carrot & raisin salad

[Infomaniac]

If the hostess is serving cole slaw, I'd go with the cucumber, tomato, onion salad too.

[Infomaniac]

cole slaw

[lupaglupa]

Gee, sounds like a menu my grandmother would serve. And she would, of course, have jello salad.

[wowimadog]

seriously. my six-year-old niece chose her own birthday dinner menu. i'm just playing along. ;)

[chef chicklet]

a six year old would probably either want mac and cheese, or maybe she would like the mashed potatoes with a milk gravy.
Biscuits with honey, peas with mint and lettuce
Chopped salad with pepper mayonnaise or thousand Island
And homemade peach ice cream with sugar cookies.
If I were 6, that would be what I would want and is in fact what I would of gotten back then with a birthday dinner request for Fried Chicken...and being able to watch anything I wanted on TV. And don't forget the birthday cake!