On Sat, 3 Sep 2016 14:02:51 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 9/3/2016 1:19 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>
>Gee, I think the bottle of Wishbone cost me $2. The price of oil and
>vinegar is much higher. Here comes the debate. Which oil? Which
>vinegar? How much time do you spend dicing the onion, garlic and bell
>pepper?

From scratch can easily cost 2-3 times the price of bottled, and then
what to do with all the bits of unused veggies... I often use dehy for
marinades, imparts a more concentrated flavor than fresh and saves all
that knife work. For orange beef a couple Tbsps orange marmalade
works very well.

>I wanted a simple, inexpensive, just pour it over and be done with it
>marinade. That's exactly what I got without any fuss.
>
>Am I recommending everyone use this product? No. This is not a product
>endorsement. It simply met my needs at the time. Tasted good, too.
>
>Jill