What's your favourite Salad Dressing?

[Tim the Traveller]

I have actually found a dressing that I don't usually eat, But it's good. Has anyone ever eaten at The Olive Garden? They only have 1 kind of dressing, It's their house dressing, I have no idea what it is, But it tastes awesome, Especially served with italian food.

[PrivateTim]

Actually, it's Blue Cheese or Bleu Cheese, if you have a brain. The cheeses you listed are typed ofBlue/Bleu Cheese.

Mmmmmm it is like asking for a sparkling wine vs. Champagne. All Champagnes are sparkling wines, not all sparkling wines are Champagne. Ditto for Bourbon and whiskey.

[Mark Arbour]

Mmmmmm it is like asking for a sparkling wine vs. Champagne. All Champagnes are sparkling wines, not all sparkling wines are Champagne. Ditto for Bourbon and whiskey.

 

You're right, and you said it much more nicely than I did. It just pisses me off when people are pretentious assholes.

[Guest JamieScot]

I am amazed that you are all so conservative,

 

There are hundreds if not thousands of dressings out there and each one will be perfect with a particular salad. Like all condiments it must complement the food it is enhacing, which is why there are so many oils, vinegars and juices to choose from.

 

For instance there are something over four hundred different types of Tomato and each can react differently to the same dressing.

 

A salad of little yellow "sweeties" would only require the lightest of lemon and light oliveoil or grapeseed, whereas a plate of slices of "Mamade" or any other big flavoured giants can take the full Balsamic and Robusto oil and still come through.

Edited August 2, 2010 by JamieScot

[ConcreteHeart]

I like a tangy French dressing. Basic, I know, but salad is not my thing. I like specialty salads though, like cherry ones. Michigan Cherry salads are so tasty with a cherry vinaigrette. I like to get them when I visit for cherry fest.

[Eddy]

I am amazed that you are all so conservative,

 

There are hundreds if not thousands of dressings out there and each one will be perfect with a particular salad. Like all condiments it must complement the food it is enhacing, which is why there are so many oils, vinegars and juices to choose from.

 

 

Welcome Jamie. Another 'golden oldie' into food! You wouldn't live in Colorado by chance? I love my time spent in the kitchen doing meals.

[Prince Duchess]

Ranch, French, and Italian.

 

Agreed but you can't forget Caesar

[Cia]

Depends. If I'm eating a basic boring green salad with tasteless lettuce I like something with a bit of flavor like Green Goddes dressing. I love the light licorice flavor from the tarragon and chervil. If I'm eating something with better flavor, like a spinach or meat salad I usually go for something lighter like a raspberry vinagrette though I'm picky as to the brand. I really like Marie's. It's all natural and goes really well with my favorite salad, Mango chicken.

[Leicht]

Feta Cheese =D and a thousand island

[zland666]

Ranch!

[DragonMando]

Currently, my favourite is Creamy Poppyseed, but when we don't have that, I just use straight balsamic vinegar

[Tommy_B]

Well it depends on the salad doesn't it?

 

A lettuce wedge just screams for chunky bleu cheese, you can't call it a Caesar Salad without Caesar dressing (with raw egg & anchovie), a caprese has to have a vinaigrette and so on.

[thephoenix]

For a bit of an asian, healthy touch, I like some kind of toasted sesame seed dressing, some crunchy things, some tangerine slices, chicken or roast pork (the red kind...in chinese it is known as "char-siu").

 

 

For a more western touch, I prefer a Ranch or Caesar dressing.

[paya]

euh... uhm... how come i missed this thread?

[SRevol]

Ranch

[Westie]

euh... uhm... how come i missed this thread? though... I'm sort of dressing-illiterate... my family is very dressing-conservative in the meaning we used a really basic one that even hasn't got a name I guess... just water, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper... used for both lettuce or cucumber salad...

 

 

Dont worry baby.... im gonna make it my mission to have us try all the salad dressings of the world...