Type of pulse from salad bar in local provincial gym in California

I believe the answer is:

chickpea

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'type of pulse from salad bar in local' is the definition.
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'provincial gym in california' is the wordplay.
'provincial' becomes 'hick' ('hick' can be similar in meaning to 'provincial').
'gym' becomes 'pe'.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'california' becomes 'ca'.
'hick'+'pe'='hickpe'
'hickpe' going within 'ca' is 'CHICKPEA'.

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(Other definitions for chickpea that I've seen before include "Vegetable" , "Edible yellowish seed, also called garbanzo" , "A pulse, garbanzo" , "Hummus pulse" , "hippy diet" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.

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