Is French dressing really from France?!
Is French dressing really from France?
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3 days ago
What about Russian Dressing?
Answers: 3 days ago
What about Russian Dressing? yeah, but there they just call it dressing. Nope.
French dressing is apparently an American invention. There are several different recipes for French dressing. Most of them use ketchup, oil, vinegar and paprika. A similar dressing is called Russian, which often has chili sauce as an ingredient.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question51... "French Dressing is a term used in Britain and the USA in particular, to describe the most common salad dressing in France: the vinaigrette, and its many variations. The dressing is generally accepted to be a type of vinaigrette but often including different ingredients. It seems one of the only countries where the term is not used is France, where this salad dressing is only ever referred to as a vinaigrette."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/french_dres...
"Russian dressing (known in the 1950's as commie sauce) in United States cooking is a salad dressing composed of a base of mayonnaise or yogurt with ketchup, horseradish, pimentos, and chives and/or other spices added. The condiment was named at a time when the ingredients typically included caviar, a food often thought of as Russian.
It is the principal condiment used on Reuben sandwiches, although Thousand Island dressing is sometimes used as a substitute.
Russian dressing is orange in colour."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/russian_dre... In France, oil & vinegar dressings are called vinaigrette. The term "French Dressing" (used to denote vinaigrette and its many variations) became popular in Britain and America in the 1880s.
PS: Interesting and fun reading - Where do salad dressings get their name?
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question51...
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