On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 17:08:07 +1000, "Farm1" >
wrote:

> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Mon, 3 Sep 2012 11:38:37 +1000, "Farm1" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I have found a couple of recipe in Fannie Farmer but not in any local
> >> cookbooks so perhaps it is a traditional American recipe??????
> >>
> > I've always assumed it was a foreign product, probably British (but
> > maybe Australian), because the only time I've seen it mentioned is on
> > usenet.
>
> That's interesting. If it was an Aussie dressing I'm sure it'd be in my
> cookbooks, especillayt he older ones somewhere and so far, no luck there.
> I'd assumed that because it was a Heinz product that it might be an older
> American recipe. Now I'm wondering if Heinz is a British company. But
> then salad is not what comes to mind when I think of British food and
> certainly not any form of salad dressing.
>
> You do realise that you've piqued my curiosity yet again and now I'm going
> to have to start another hunt to satisfy my curiosity? Last night's hunt
> for info on Leonidas and the Hot Gates. Boned up on that so now I need
> something new to learn about so it may as well be salad cream and it's
> origins.
>
Heh. Sorry... OTOH, the internet is a wonderful place.

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