What Is the Distinction Between the 'Melting Pot' and the 'Salad

What is the distinction between the 'melting pot' and the 'salad bowl' image of America?

A) The 'melting pot' suggests that all ethnic difference is boiled down into a common soup whereas the 'salad bowl' suggests that each ethnic difference adds something to the whole of the society.
B) The 'melting pot' values a sense of American culture, whereas the 'salad bowl' discredits the possibility for American culture.
C) The theorist who developed the melting pot preferred dessert, whereas the theorist who developed the salad bowl was a vegetarian.
D) Both a and b, but not c
E) None of the above