French Dressing
 

My husband and I are going to france in June and I just had a thought. I really dislike french dressing. Do they serve any other types or is it like Italy where all you can get on your salad is Italian dressing.<BR>Thanks!!!

Honey, in France, French dressing is Chanel, Gaultier, Dior, Vuitton. It is not something we put on a salad. Jane, you aren't really that dumb, are you? Please tell moi that you are just making a joke. Right?

That bizarre fluorescent Orange stuff is not French dressing anywhere else in the world but america. and I've certainly never seen anything like it in France. Indeed, there is no "sauce francaise" in france, but in any many other parts of the world, French dressing IS understood to mean vinaigrette - - which can taste so, SO many different ways depending on what goes into it. Garlicky or no? with lots of mustard or not? what herbs? what vinegar? what oil?<BR><BR>It may be moot, you don't often see what you might think of as a "mixed green salad" or "tossed salad" in France (or other parts of Europe either).<BR><BR>Bottom line, you will be offered a very good selection of "les sauces" to put on salds that don't already come served with one.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Oh, and one more thing - - yes, I realize that this is a clever, reasonably subtle troll. Cleverer and subtler than the burned ex-husband.<BR><BR>But the answer still fits, in my own pedantic sort of way.<BR><BR><BR>

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Don't worry Jane you can get 1000 Island as it is the international dressing<BR>

Where are those Thousand Islands anyway? Aren't they in the St. Lawrence seaway or some place like that? and what do they have to have with that gloppy stuff?<BR>

Think about it Tom, the glops look like islands. Thousands of them.

More than you wanted to know:<BR><BR>http://www.1000-islands.com/inn/dressing.htm<BR><BR>But now, I'M curious about French dressing. Made by Mr. French??

Man, you really can find anything you want to know on the internet!

Boy,<BR>American sure know their sauces.<BR>A1<BR>Russian Dressing<BR>French Dressing<BR>Ketchup<BR>Yellow Mustard.<BR>How is that America taste buds are so warped that the can eat this sh*t everyday.

i take offense. i am american, i like all kinds of sauces and i still like most of the one's you listed. i also worchestershire sauce, barbecue sauce, pete's, jalapeno sauce, special sauce, hollandaise, etc.<BR>ivan

Honey mustard is the most delicious sauce ever made.

i like mine with lettuce and tomatoes, heinz 57 and french fried potatoes!

A Classic!

All of you ladies that don't like French dressing, PLEASE send me all your size 8 designer togs.

BEST ADVICE---GIVE UP SALAD FOR THE TRIP

I love sauce.

Especially the kind that comes with a cork in the neck of the bottle.

Hee hee. I'm not sure that getting sauced means actual sauce is involved.

Clifton,

But after your third or fourth glass of a good burgundy, do you care if your salad comes with any sauce at all? *chuckle*

~ Sheryl

No, I'd be '&quot;sauced&quot; by then. lol

redvette.

The best dressings contain both wine and vinager and ' a heavy dose of spice'.

Slick - I just read your contribution... most excellent sauce choice in paradise! *grin*

~ Sheryl... who'll be sampling some new &quot;sauces&quot; in Edinburgh in just two weeks.. woo hoo hooooo

After four glasses of anything, you could probably convince me the salad had already came and went.

&quot;French Dressing&quot; is one outstanding clothing manufacturer. I have a pair of French Dressing jeans on right now, and they are long enough and oh so comfortable. This is for real, too. See if you can find them in your town!

Sorry gocats, but it is Saturday night.

Are you telling us your lower half is covered in a mixture of vinigar, mayo and secret spices?

I have never heard of this clothing label, but maybe it is not available in 'marks work wearhouse'.

I've never encountered what Americans call &quot;French dressing&quot; on a salad in France in 8+ trips. Their standard dressing is oil &amp; vinegar, salt &amp; pepper, + a dab of dijon mustard shaken up in a jar. Voila! Sometimes they do something seasonal to this basic vinaigrette like add rasberries.

Sorry if I was getting too saucy for this forum.

icithecat,
I wish I could tell you that I was covered with vinegar, mayo and secret spices. That would be a lot yummier than the cotton I'm wearing, but you're giving me good ideas!

I will not take this any further, but if this thread is not deleted by morning when my wife wakes up, People may be picking the remaining fur and saying 'damn, this tastes just like chicken'.

PS.

Just had a thought about paranoia.

The last line was not serious.

Gnight all

So, we never heard back from Jane...was she kidding? or simply very naive? OR, a big joker?

Hi all,

We will be going to Italy in the Fall. Is it true that you can only get Italian dressing on the salad?

We prefer Thousand Island.

The salads are just Iceberg lettuce and tomatoes, aren't they?

They often serve salads without dressing. You make your own with vinegar and olive oil on your table.

Also often they have green salad and tomatoes, tomatoes and mozzarella and mixed salad with roquette.

Lyb, I'm afraid Jane was serious with her question. Just as a recent poster was serious when he or she expressed concern on a different thread about using ATM's in Europe, since he/she would still have to pay a fee to convert the dollars that came out!

Oops! That wasn't you, was it?

clayrr,

No, that wasn't me! LOL

My main concern is how will my PDA function in Italy, all my information is in my PDA in English. :)

lyb:

Use the adapter. Duh!

Hi
Clayrr: I don't think Lyb's PDA will work with just an adapter. I think she will need a converter as well.

Touche, Ira.

La! the way this thread has meandered! From salad dressings to clothes to PDA conversion!
This has been so enjoyable to try to follow:)

My questions would be, If in Paris you get French dressing, in Italy you get Italian dressing, what in the world do you get on your salad in England???

Scarlett, the same thing you get on everything else in England, custard!