If a vegetable is eaten raw only if it is in a salad, what bracha should I make on it if eating it plain? As one example, cabbage is usually eaten raw only when it is mixed with mayo, as in cole slaw, or other dressings as in red cabbage salad. I would assume, then, that you would say "ha'admah". (Let's assume the coleslaw has no carrots or other veggies, so the adamah is not for the carrots.) So, if I eat a plain piece of raw cabbage, should I say "ha'admah" as well?
Answer
It might be possible to infer this from the wording of the Mishna Berura 205 (1) [4] where he says:
שלאטי"ן מעורב עם שמן וחומץ בפה"א אף בחיין.
Lettuce mixed with oil and vinegar takes the blessing “borei pri ha'adamah" even when the lettuce is raw.
Since the MB says that the blessing "ha'adamah" applies when it is mixed with oil and vinegar, we might deduce that if it is not so mixed, that blessing does not apply.
A possible objection to this view might come from the fact that the bitter herbs eaten at the Passover Seder needs the blessing "ha'adamah". Those who use lettuce for moror (as recommended by the Shulchan Oruch) do not eat it with oil and vinegar!
The Beer Heiteiv in 475 (2) {12} speaks about whether to make a blessing "ha'adamah" on moror which is not normally eaten raw. The Mogein Avrohom would not make a blessing "ha'adamah" and the ח״י says that on all moror we do make the blessing "ha'adamah".
The moror is eaten after dipping it in charoses (and shaking the charoses off). So we might say that because of this it gets the blessing "ha'adamah". Or maybe not.
On balance, IMHO, it is reasonable to say that if the vegetable is never eaten raw except when it is in a salad, then when eating it plain it should take the blessing “shehakol”. CYLOR of course!
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