WEBVTT - Where do salad dressings get their bizarre names?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to brain Stuff from house stuff works dot com

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<v Speaker 1>Where do salad dressings get their bizarre names? Although manufacturers

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<v Speaker 1>introduce new flavors all the time, many consumers stick to

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<v Speaker 1>their longtime favorites and salad dressings. These include Ranch, French, Italian, Caesar,

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<v Speaker 1>blue Cheese, and Thousand Island and many dressings available in

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<v Speaker 1>stores and restaurants are just variations on these traditional favorites.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of the dressings you use either are creamy and

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<v Speaker 1>have mayonnaise as the base ingredient, or their oily and

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<v Speaker 1>they have salad oil as the base ingredient. The herbs, spices,

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<v Speaker 1>and other flavorings are added to make a certain kind

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<v Speaker 1>of dressing. So here are some of the favorites. First,

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<v Speaker 1>there's Thousand Island dressing. It was named for the thou

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<v Speaker 1>was an island region and Upstate New York where the

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<v Speaker 1>dressing originated. The region, along the St. Lawrence Seaway and

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<v Speaker 1>Lake Ontario, is a popular spot for fishermen and hunters

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<v Speaker 1>and other tourists. The key ingredients in this dressing are

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<v Speaker 1>mayonnaise and chili sauce, which is made from peppers and tomatoes.

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<v Speaker 1>The tiny chunks in the dressing are finely chopped pickles, onions, olives,

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<v Speaker 1>and hard cooked egg. Ranch dressing actually originated on a ranch,

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<v Speaker 1>in this case the Hidden Valley Guest Ranch near Santa Barbara, California.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the Hidden Valley website, the owners made a

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<v Speaker 1>dressing with herbs, spices, and butter milk in the nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>fifties and the dressing caught on with their guests. The

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<v Speaker 1>dressing was sold as a dry mix that you combined

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<v Speaker 1>with butter milk and mayonnaise or sour cream. Now, the

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<v Speaker 1>Hidden Valley brand appears on several varieties of bottled ranch

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<v Speaker 1>dressing and supermarkets as well. It's also a very popular

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<v Speaker 1>dip for vegetables and chips. And then there's the ranch

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<v Speaker 1>flavor that you find in potato chips now that is

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<v Speaker 1>added to the chips in the form of a buttermilk

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<v Speaker 1>taste that we associate with ranch dressing. French dressing is

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<v Speaker 1>apparently an American invention. There are several different recipes for

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<v Speaker 1>French dressing, but most of them use ketchup oil, vinegar,

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<v Speaker 1>and paprika. A similar dressing is called Russian which often

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<v Speaker 1>has chili sauces, an ingredient. Italian dressing gets its name

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<v Speaker 1>from the Italian seasonings found in it oregano, basil, and garlic,

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<v Speaker 1>mixed with olive oil and wine vinegar. Blue cheese dressing

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<v Speaker 1>is sometimes referred to as Rocafort dressing, but rocofort is

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<v Speaker 1>a particular kind of blue cheese made of sheep's milk.

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<v Speaker 1>It comes from the town of Rocafort in southwestern France.

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<v Speaker 1>Regular blue cheese, a crumbly cheese that also has blue

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<v Speaker 1>veins of mold in It is made from cow's milk.

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<v Speaker 1>The cheese is mixed with creamy ingredients like mayonnaise, sour cream, butter, milk, milk,

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<v Speaker 1>or yogurt, and often with vinegar and some other spices.

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<v Speaker 1>Caesar dressing comes from Caesar salad, a popular item on

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<v Speaker 1>many restaurant menus. You'll hear two different stories about the

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<v Speaker 1>origin of the name for Caesar salad. One story is

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<v Speaker 1>that it's named for Julius Caesar. Another story is that

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<v Speaker 1>Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant to the United States, developed

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<v Speaker 1>the salad dressing in the nineteen twenties for his restaurant

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<v Speaker 1>in Tijuana, Mexico. Caesar Salad dressing is made of oil,

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<v Speaker 1>lemon juice, raw egg, parmesan, cheese, herbs, and spices. Some

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<v Speaker 1>recipes can chain an chovy filet's too. And then there's vinegarrette.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a generic name for a salad dressing that uses

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<v Speaker 1>oil and vinegar as its base, and then it adds

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<v Speaker 1>herbs and spices. There are many variations on the vinegrette theme,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's popular because it can be lowering calories and

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<v Speaker 1>fat than dressings that use mayonnaise. The name come was

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<v Speaker 1>from the French word for vinegar. For more on this

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