Word: salads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ruggles Pizza, occupying prime real estate next to Store 24, specializes in British cheddar cheese pizza. Despite liberal offerings of two-for-one deals, monthly all-you-can-eat specials, and a new salad bar as incentives, Ruggles fails to draw droves of undergraduates. "The only guy I've ever seen eating there is the dummy in the window," observes Peter Wagner...
However, managers of some sit-down restaurants, including Ruggles Pizza, Souper Salad, and the Mug'n'Muffin, said business was about average...
Crisp green lettuce. Pulpy red tomatoes. Moist orange melons. The heaping displays at salad bars in supermarkets and restaurants across the nation are as appealing to the eye as they are tempting to the palate. For many people, building a salad to order is a bountiful, healthful new ritual. But for some there is a hidden canker. To keep fruits and vegetables tantalizingly fresh, produce has often been sprayed or dipped in sulfite solutions that prevent wilting and discoloration. Sulfites were long considered safe, but in recent years their skyrocketing use has brought disturbing reports. At least twelve deaths have...
...each year, on far more than fresh produce. Vintners rely upon sulfites to arrest fermentation and block the growth of bacteria in wine. They are routinely added to make cake and cookie mixes less sticky and to preserve canned and frozen vegetables, dried fruits, instant mashed-potato mixes, breads, salad dressings, fruit juices and soft drinks...
...caused by wine, one by beer and one by hashed brown potatoes. The rest were all linked to fresh fruits or vegetables. Asthmatics and others who suspect they are sensitive can be tested. Those who test positive should stay away from wine. And they should not go to salad bars, at least until the ban goes into effect...