The word "salad" comes to English from the French salade of the same meaning, itself an abbreviated form of the earlier Vulgar Latin herba salata (salted greens), from the Latin salata (salted), from sal (salt). In English, the word first appears as "salad" or "sallet" in the 14th century. I have created this amazing summer salad that is comforting and so delicious and fresh: Ingredients 3 -4 cups of salad mix; 6 mandarin oranges peeled and segmented; 2 pears, cored and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices ½ red onion small and thinly sliced For Dressing 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon…