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insalatona

English translation: main course/dish salad

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Italian term or phrase:insalatona
English translation:main course/dish salad
Entered by: cynthiatesser

11:22 Jul 2, 2013
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / Italian food
Italian term or phrase: insalatona
"Insalatona" is a large salad which includes meat, eggs, cheese or fish as well as vegetables, usually eaten as a one dish meal.

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cynthiatesser
Italy
Local time: 17:08
main course/dish salad
Explanation:
XXX main course salad

see for example:

Main-Course Salads Slideshow: Bon Appétit
www.bonappetit.com/recipes/slideshows/.../main-course_salad...
Main-course salads make the perfect light meal: they're refreshing and easy to put together.

Main Dish Salads - Sunset.com
www.sunset.com › Food and Wine › Fast and Fresh‎
Turn salad into a satisfying main dish with marinated steak, griled chicken, tuna, smoke trout, eggs, shrimp, pasta, cheese, bacon, and more.

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Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 17:08
Grading comment
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Large mixed salad
Barbara Toffolon (X)
4 +2XX's super/special salad
Lorraine Buckley (X)
3 +2Maxi-salad
Chiara Deaglio
4main course/dish salad
Shera Lyn Parpia
3 +1Chef's/Chef salad
writeaway
Summary of reference entries provided
Barbara Toffolon (X)

Discussion entries: 2





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Maxi-salad


Explanation:
un'idea...

Chiara Deaglio
Local time: 17:08
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tom in London: excellent ! Adesso me ne faccio una !
3 mins
  -> grazie mille!
agree  Shera Lyn Parpia
52 mins
  -> grazie!
neutral  Fiona Grace Peterson: I know everything in Italy is "maxi", but to me maxi-salad sounds a little odd... doubt I'd order one!!!
1 hr
  -> grazie lo stesso!
neutral  Josephine Cassar: Not enough, as it is not just a salad but includes other ingredients, like meat, eggs, etc
2 hrs
  -> ma sempre "insalata" è! :-)
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Large mixed salad


Explanation:
There's is no alternative to this translation. Unless you move on to specific large salads - e.g. Ceasar salad, Hawian salad, Italian salad. It can go on for ever. If you do not have more to go on then it is just a Large Mixed Salad.

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Note added at 17 min (2013-07-02 11:40:02 GMT)
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Even better, if its on the menu then the Insalatona has a name (maybe that of the chef or city or country). In this case you can add the name of the location or person to the Salad.... e.g. Joe's Mixed salad

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Note added at 35 min (2013-07-02 11:58:20 GMT)
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Usually these salads include various ingredients including meat, fish etc. This is usually explained in the menu or the waiter will illustrate the contents. There is no way that the NAME itself of the Mixed Salad will include its ingredients. Try this link maybe it is clearer than I am: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_salads


Barbara Toffolon (X)
Italy
Local time: 17:08
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: How can people understand it is not only vegetables? That it is not a side dish but a main course? Is there anything I can add?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Judith McLean
7 mins
  -> Thanks Judith....:-))) with all the diets I've been on I'm kind of onto salads in all shapes and sizes :-)))
agree  Elena Zanetti
13 mins
  -> Grazie Elena :-)
agree  Fiona Grace Peterson
57 mins
  -> Thanks Fiona :)
agree  crocox
1 hr
disagree  Josephine Cassar: sorry, not enough, as this is not just greens, vegs
4 hrs
  -> You're right but you did not take the time to look over the link I provided. Mixed salad refers to just that....mixed, which includes the works.
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
main course/dish salad


Explanation:
XXX main course salad

see for example:

Main-Course Salads Slideshow: Bon Appétit
www.bonappetit.com/recipes/slideshows/.../main-course_salad...
Main-course salads make the perfect light meal: they're refreshing and easy to put together.

Main Dish Salads - Sunset.com
www.sunset.com › Food and Wine › Fast and Fresh‎
Turn salad into a satisfying main dish with marinated steak, griled chicken, tuna, smoke trout, eggs, shrimp, pasta, cheese, bacon, and more.



Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 17:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 102
Grading comment
Thank you!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
XX's super/special salad


Explanation:
If it is not the heading for a series of different 'insalatone', but just the one given the name of the restaurant, I would call it
Joe Bloggs' Super Salad (underneath it should have all the ingredients) or Special Salad if you are afraid "Super salad" may have the connotation of being made exclusively of 'superfoods' that are now so fashionable (wheatgrass, beetroot, certain algae etc)

Lorraine Buckley (X)
Italy
Local time: 17:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Josephine Cassar: agree, best option I would say, as you cannot call it chicken/egg/meat Salad
13 mins
  -> thanks, Josephine
agree  Jo Macdonald: Yep, Super Salad
1 hr
  -> thanks, Jo
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Chef's/Chef salad


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chef_salad

Definition of chef's salad
noun

a large salad of lettuce topped with strips of meat (usually turkey and ham) and cheese, and large pieces of tomato and hard-boiled egg, typically served as a main course.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/chef's-sala...

writeaway
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Thompson: Yes, I've often seen this on menus
15 hrs
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Reference comments


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Barbara Toffolon (X)
Italy
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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