Classic North American Diner Salad Dressings

Also, has anyone eaten half of these in 20 years? I can never remember the differences between Catalina, French, and Thousand Island. I think of them as all various shades of neon red/orange.

Italian is most tolerable but nearly anyone I know would just use olive oil + balsamic vinegar + salt/pepper + a couple of herbs if you really want to get fancy.

Even growing up, Italian (pref Zesty) was my fave but I did my share of experimentation with the orange/red ones.

italian because no mayo

ranch if no eggs/vinegar included

i've had French but not in eons. thousand island was a fav as a kid.

but yeah half of these have kinda fallen out of favor. I vote Thousand Island

catalina and french are the same thing

italian is the only one of these i put on salad, ranch and thousand island are for sandwiches imo

i'm a bleu cheese guy

I probably should have left in bleu cheese and Caesar.

russian cuz of reubens

Russian is king and will always be king, is there really any discussion here?

And by "Russian dressing" I mean 1/2 ketchup 1/2 mayo obviously, none of this fancy bs. Should be the color of Pepto-Bismol and the consistency of phlegm. YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH

big mac sauce

Ranch, obviously. Still the best choice for a standard chef's salad.

No Caesar, no credibility.

Of these, French was my favorite growing up, as I recall. Consumed plenty of Ranch, too. These really do seem like an anachronism these days, though. I feel like there's not even a ranch dressing option with buffalo wings anymore, it's all blue cheese, period.

since mayo is the loogie of the Evil One half of these are barred from further consideration. it meant salads at restos were a challenge when I was a kid. usually resorted to French back then b/c it seemed impossible that it contained loog but in retrospect it was just ketchup no? voted italian b/c it's what I'd choose today, save creamy snot-laden variants.

Newman's Own Olive Oil & Vinegar--basically Italian.

Is it any good? Because Sund4r's Own Olive Oil and Vinegar takes about 1m to make and costs next to nothing.

So French/Catalina were mostly ketchup and Russian/Thousand Island were ketchup/mayo? I hate mayo too, although I was a little more open to it as a kid. As an adult, I don't even like ketchup very much, although I'll put it on fries when vinegar is not available (i.e. in the US, usually).

Of these, French was my favorite growing up, as I recall.

Same -- I was a young Francophile who even claimed the Renault was a wonderful car.

Now if I use dressing at all it's a homemade mustard vinaigrette or the balsamic vinegar/olive oil combo.

(xpost) I like it a lot, and all the money goes to charity. Was actually having it the night Newman died (which was the night of one of the 2008 debates).

Italian since all the thick/creamy ones are kind of vomit-inducing IMHO.

what's vomit when you get to enjoy a nice chunky dressing

tho i recognize the amount of dressing i slather on my salad a) makes me not health conscious and b) makes me not a salad connoisseur

this is a good thread

good job sund4ar

sweet dressings are weird

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Bleu cheese robbed

blue cheese dressing not on the primary source

http://www.kraftcanada.com/products/category/dressings-and-marinades/kraft-salad-dressings?pageNumber=1&pageSize=15

Really surprised to see Ranch do so well though
Seems a bit poptimist even for ILX

i don't remember what anything but oil & vin tastes like

ranch is vile