By: Belinda Glisson

Belinda Glisson — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:27:00 +0000

Except my dad used lowery’s instead of accent when he made it.

By: Belinda Glisson

Belinda Glisson — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:14:00 +0000

You are absolutely right. My dad was Mr Ben, did you work with him?

By: Belinda Glisson

Belinda Glisson — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:11:00 +0000

Kat3458 is absolutely right, my dad was Ben Reese, aka Mr Ben of the Green Jacket and he came up with the recipe. Regular oil not olive and hold the cucumbers if you want it authentic.

By: Kat3458

Kat3458 — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:32:00 +0000

As a employee at this restaurant back in my younger days, I WAS one of the “infamous GJ salad preparers”, so I DO KNOW the recipe.. First of all I not only prepared the salad as it was ordered for ‘freshness’, but I can ascertain that IT WAS ACCENT used in the salad.. We were told that this was a ‘secret recipe’ and for yearsssssssssss, I held my tongue until now. We DID NOT use olive oil, we used REGULAR OIL and you got the wine vinegar correct. But for one (1) salad, you use a industrial size spoon, waaay larger than a table spoon. I would say one of those large spoons you use to mix large pots of soups or a large serving spoon. You use one large spoon of regular oil and half of that spoon with the vinegar. Poor both in large bowl, add one (1) slice of a sliced tomatoe , cut tomatoe up, then squoosh with back of fork. Mix that up, then you add a teaspoon of seasoning salt (measured) and 1/2 teaspoon of Accent, stir.. Then you add a heaping teaspoon of oregano and mix all those ingredients well. Thennnnnnnn, you add your fresh cut up lettuce, and to measure the lettuce, you just place the lettuce in the bowl your are going to eat the salad from and make sure it’s a small heaping, then to that, you add 2 tablespoons of green onions and fresh parsley, washed, chopped and drained. And the baked pita chips are thrown in last, toss generously and serve, thennnnnnnn you sprinkle the top of salad with GRATED PARMESAN cheese .. Y’all forgot the cheese and you do not add cucumber.. NEVER DID WE ADD CUCUMBER to the ORIGINAL RECIPE!! Nor did we EVER use olive oil, but for those who care to use a substitute, by all means go for it, but this IS the ORIGINAL recipe that was served up at the INFAMOUS GREEN JACKET RESTAURANT that once stood directly across the street from the Augusta National Golf Club. I don’t know why they closed this restaurant down, but I do know the corporate office was out of Florida.. We also had a ‘smaller version’ of the restaurant in Daniel Village. And EJ’s that was mentioned in one of the above comments, was owned by the same folks. Do not know if that place is still open, and I have still yet to try out Rae’s Coastal Cafe, but now I find it a ‘MUST’, JUST to see how their version of the salad tastes.. Bon’a petite’!!!

By: Barflypress

Barflypress — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:08:00 +0000

Dear Gwyneth…SWORN TO SECRECY is why no one has duplicated this salad. however, i make it 3to 4 times a week. yum yum myself, am sworn to secrecy you have no idea what closing the GJ did to a very close crew ran by mr Don Criswell. OOut turnover was nill to none. myself, 14 years.
A very sad end to a wonderful thing

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