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French Dressing
« on: June 28, 2004, 12:14:09 PM »
What's the deal?  We went into a few grocery stores to find French Dressing and discovered what the British call French Dressing is not even close to the US version.

Do they have something similar called by a different name?
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2004, 07:02:39 AM »
The French dressing in the UK is the same as what you get in France... French!
The American stuff... sorry,... i have no idea what that is, but it's definitely not French.

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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2004, 08:48:02 AM »
Don't you guys mean Freedom Dressing?  ;)  [smiley=chef.gif]
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2004, 09:04:10 AM »
Quote from: Mister_Nibbles on June 29, 2004, 08:48:02 AM
Don't you guys mean Freedom Dressing?  ;)  [smiley=chef.gif]

 ;D
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2004, 09:08:00 AM »
Freedom dressing.... >chortle<   8)
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2004, 11:31:57 AM »
Quote from: Mister_Nibbles on June 29, 2004, 08:48:02 AM
Don't you guys mean Freedom Dressing?  ;)  [smiley=chef.gif]

 ;D Yes, they go great with the freedom fries, but not with the freedom toast.
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2004, 11:34:11 AM »
Quote from: Broxi on June 29, 2004, 07:02:39 AM
The French dressing in the UK is the same as what you get in France... French!
The American stuff... sorry,... i have no idea what that is, but it's definitely not French.

The American version of French dressing looks and tastes a little like sweet catsup, but in a vinegar and oil base.  It is basically the same with slight variations over the Catalina and Russian dressing here in the US.
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2004, 09:30:09 PM »
Sorry, i cant think i've seen anything like that.
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2004, 08:51:00 AM »
i went through the same discovery of the french dressing a few weeks ago...it tastes good...but no where close to american french dressing... guess my red french dressing days are over...

but come to think about it...there is not much of a variety of salad dressing here at all...good thing one of my fav's is ceasar dressing
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2004, 08:55:47 AM »
Not much variety of salad dressing?  :o  You haven't seen my fridge, obviously!  ;)
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2004, 09:24:59 AM »
Quote from: peedal on June 30, 2004, 08:55:47 AM
Not much variety of salad dressing?  :o  You haven't seen my fridge, obviously!  ;)

well, must be different down south then...in the stores I go to up here...you have french dressing (new to store), ceasar, russian, or a creamy like salad dressing...and that is it.
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2004, 11:12:45 AM »
Quote from: Jemima on June 30, 2004, 09:32:29 AM
There are three pages of salad dressing on the Sainsbury's website.



I'm getting four.  ;D ;)
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2004, 01:15:46 PM »
A Yahoo search for "French dressing recipes" brought up tons of sites.  Among them:

http://www.dianaskitchen.com/page/recipes03/081303dressing.htm

http://www.nikibone.com/recipe/salad_dressings/frenchdressing.htm

http://southernfood.about.com/library/news/bln550.htm

So you can always make it yourself, too, if you can't find it.  Luckily none of the recipes seem to contain "US-only" ingredients.
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2004, 01:23:14 PM »
I've never been a huge fan of US-style French dressing but in looking at those recipes SAF posted, I'd think the middle one (nikibone) is the closest. The third one calls for tomato soup which, even if it's Campbells, tastes very different over here so might not work in that recipe. The first one seems to me to be more an oil based spicy dressing - but it looks good!  :)
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Re: French Dressing
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2004, 04:49:40 PM »
I LOVE American-style French dressing (brand name, Western dressing), and I have been missing it since I've gotten here (it's the only way I could get myself to eat salad  :(). Someone gave me this recipe to make it myself. I haven't tried it yet, so I can't vouch for it (trying to put off eating greens as long as possible  ;)), but it looks pretty spot-on.

One Cup of Oil (canola, vegetable, whatever)
3/4 Cup of Sugar
1 Tablespoon of Worcester Sauce
1/4 cup of vinegar (white vinegar)
1/3 cup of Ketchup
 
Throw it all together and shake/beat whatever makes it blend.  (You always have to mix it again right before serving.)

Let me know if you try it.
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