On 2016-09-03 1:10 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 9/3/2016 7:23 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 10:53:21 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> This is the raw flank steak. Marinated in Wishbone Italian salad
>>>> dressing. No soy sauce and gee, it's not pork anything.
>>>>
>>>> https://s12.postimg.org/egj7jh571/flank.jpg
>>>
>>> Wishbone Italian salad dressing, nice. I should marinate something in
>>> water, soybean oil, distilled vinegar, sugar, salt, garlic, onion, red
>>> bell peppers, xanthan gum,
>>
> I could have (and have many times) made my own marinade for the flank
> steak using oil, vinegar, etc. It was just easier to dump a bottle of
> Wishbone dressing on the steak. It tasted very good, broiled and sliced
> thinly against the grain to just about medium rare.
>
> How much easier was it than slicing onion, garlic, bell peppers? Easy
> peasy. I wanted a quick and easy marinade with no fuss. That's what I
> got. Quite tasty, too.
>

Marinade is generally some variation of salad dressing..... oil, vinegar
(or lemon or line juice), salt, pepper and herbs. It makes a quick and
easy marinade. For most people, the only real benefit to making a
marinade instead of using dressing is the cost. My wife makes an oil
and vinegar dressing that is better than anything I have bought, and it
is a heck of a lot cheaper than bottled dressing.