‘Hand salad’ is the next big thing and we can’t cope with the notions

The absolute NOTIONS.

There's a new salad recipe that's causing some disquiet in the salad community, and it's usually a pretty peaceful community.  Bon Appétit recently posted about this ingenious new way to eat your leaves, and it's incredibly hands on,

It's called a "hand salad" but let's not focus on that https://t.co/fRTxgR79cY pic.twitter.com/XWY0mbAqF4

— Bon Appétit (@bonappetit) March 27, 2017

The recipe involves arranging your romaine salad leaves on a plate with a yogurt-lemon dressing on the side. Now, we know what you're thinking... this is just salad and a dip. And you'd be right. The website explains things better than we can...

"We call this a hand salad because lettuce and dip just doesn’t sound like nearly as much fun".

I tend to agree... it does sound like a lot of fun, unfortunately, the online community are less than pleased:

@bonappetit Submitting my 'hand sandwich' recipe for review. Dinner guests will get a hoot over this fun summertime treat. pic.twitter.com/FPTLNyI7AT

— Erick Sanchez (@erickmsanchez) March 27, 2017

me eating hand bread but lets not focus on that @bonappetit pic.twitter.com/EESl55R8s9

— darth™ (@darth) March 27, 2017

@bonappetit #alternativesalad pic.twitter.com/eAGyPdbOel

— Jeff Strater (@jeffstrater) March 28, 2017

  It seems the world is not ready to give up the good old fashion salad fork. Phew!