is any food item that accompanies or precedes an entrée or main dish including: Vegetable dishes, rice dishes, potato dishes, soups, stews, hors d'oeuvres, etc.
Including: green salads, vegetable salads, pasta salads, salads with meat, poultry, or seafood, and fruit salads.
Including: Vegetable soups, potato soups, chicken soups, beef soups, Irish stews, chowders, bouillons, gumbos, soup stocks, borschts, chili, etc.