Door to Door Salads

Ok so a week or so ago, we were getting ready for dinner. Jordan was cooking and I was hanging with the kids when the doorbell rang. Jordan went to answer it. I didn't see who it was at first but could hear a conversation, Jordan mentioning something about already making a vegetable. Then I look up to find two strangers coming inside our house. "We're going to make you a salad" they say. Um, what? We get lots of solicitors but never someone selling salads.

Well it turns out these two were here to show us their fancy salad mixer thingy which they continually reminded me was free. Of course I would have to invite them back to make an entire meal for a house full of my friends but hey, I'd get the mixer. The woman went ahead to demonstrate the different attachments, using vegetables she assured us had been washed. She opened up shop right there in our kitchen going to town on cucumbers, apples, and even adding her own homemade vegan dressing. I just kept looking at Jordan like "how on earth did you let this happen?!" When it was all said and done, we agreed to look over the materials and let them know if we were interested. As the two salad solicitors left I closed the door and turned to Jordan. "You are never answering the door again."

Before sitting down for dinner, I quickly texted my friend/neighbor, warning her about the traveling salad sellers. Jordan brought the bowl of salad over to the table. "Oh we aren't eating that," I told him. Call me crazy but I don't know where those veggies came from and I didn't see her wash them. I'm not about to feed my kids something I can't vouch for. Jordan scooped some onto his plate and then of course Lucy wanted some too. "Why can't I have the salad?" she asked. Ugh. I tried to explain my reasons to her. We don't know where it came from and we aren't sure its clean. Not super convincing as her Dad munches away. Of course nothing happened to him and I'm sure the food was fine but seriously? Door to Door Salads? Really? There's got to be a better sales pitch than that.