BYB writes: "So far as I can ascertain, salads were invented in the middle ages as something to fill your gut and keep off the pangs of starvation whilst fasting; they were not viewed as providing any significant nourishment, hence OK to eat on a fast."

And Oct 2, in The Wall Street Journal: "Don't count on many bonus bucks this year. That's the clear message from numerous companies in the automotive, airline...and other badly battered industries...Those salad days are over." [emph added]

Or are they just beginning?