I am getting about 300 items in a web service call. I need to add them into a drop down list. I have done this using the following underscore template:

```
<select>
<% _.each(data, function (item) { %>
<option><% print(item) %></option>
<% }); %>
</select>

```

But this code is affecting performance. Please let me know any method to do this without iterating the list.

*Note: Backbone.js and underscore.js are used in my project. I welcome solutions in javascript and jquery also*

Thanks in advance.