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# Salad which is mixed up with vegetables has the bracha as the majority item. If the majority of the ingredients are haadama, the bracha is haadama and if the majority is haetz the bracha is haetz. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (p. 93) citing Rav Elyashiv and Rav Shlomo Zalman</ref>  
# Salad which is mixed up with vegetables has the bracha as the majority item. If the majority of the ingredients are haadama, the bracha is haadama and if the majority is haetz the bracha is haetz. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (p. 93) citing Rav Elyashiv and Rav Shlomo Zalman</ref>  
# For a fruit salad where the pieces are small enough that one spoonful includes more than one piece, is judged by majority. If there’s a majority of fruit that have the Bracha of HaEtz which is the usual case, the Bracha is HaEtz. However, if there’s a majority of fruits which are HaAdama (such as pineapple or strawberry), then the Bracha is HaAdama. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 93, chapter 11) </ref> However, the pieces are large enough that only one comes on the spoon or fork at a time, then each fruit requires it’s own Bracha. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 94, chapter 11) </ref>
# For a fruit salad where the pieces are small enough that one spoonful includes more than one piece, is judged by majority. If there’s a majority of fruit that have the Bracha of HaEtz which is the usual case, the Bracha is HaEtz. However, if there’s a majority of fruits which are HaAdama (such as pineapple or strawberry), then the Bracha is HaAdama. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 93, chapter 11) </ref> However, the pieces are large enough that only one comes on the spoon or fork at a time, then each fruit requires it’s own Bracha. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 94, chapter 11) </ref>
====Sushi====
# Many poskim say sushi is mezonot since the rice is in the majority and is primary.<ref> Laws of Brachos (Rabbi Forst, pg 359-384), [https://www.ou.org/torah/halacha/halacha-lmaaseh/food-fore-blessings-bracha-rishona-special-cases/ Article on OU.org] </ref> If the fish is primary to you then you make two brachot, mezonot and shehakol, first mezonot on rice and then shehakol on the fish.<Ref>[https://www.ou.org/torah/halacha/halacha-lmaaseh/food-fore-blessings-bracha-rishona-special-cases/ Article on OU.org]</ref>
====Chocolate Covered Nut====
====Chocolate Covered Nut====
# If there’s a mixture of multiple items where each food is recognizable and none of them are the majority independently, each requires a Bracha. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 94, chapter 11) </ref>  
# If there’s a mixture of multiple items where each food is recognizable and none of them are the majority independently, each requires a Bracha. <Ref> Vezot HaBracha (pg 94, chapter 11) </ref>  
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