how do I get the text instead of the value
<p>I have this HTML:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;select class="business_types_select" name="business_type_id"&gt;
&lt;option value="0" selected="selected"&gt;Select a Business Type&lt;/option&gt;
     &lt;option value="54"&gt;Bakery&lt;/option&gt;
      &lt;option value="55"&gt;Tobacco&lt;/option&gt;
&lt;/select&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>and if I select Bakery and then try: </p>

<pre><code> $(".business_types_select").val()
</code></pre>

<p>I get 54, but how do i get the text Bakery? If I try </p>

<pre><code> $(".business_types_select").text()
</code></pre>

<p>I get: </p>

<pre><code>" Select a Business Type Bakery Tobacco "
</code></pre>
