Yes I know of the conflicting stories. I had never heard of this one until
this past week, however. Any tourism info of the area etc always gave the
Boldt Castle version. Yes I know this could be a bias. BTW, Oscar
apparently was not a chef. In information I have gleaned when I went
hunting for more on him, I found that he was mistakenly thought to be a chef
but in truth was the maitre d. As there are similarities between the 2
types of dressing with the main difference originally being yogurt base for
Russian dressing and mayonnaise base for Thousand Island dressing, I was
looking for his birth place which turns out to be Switzerland. He had been
offered a manager position at the hotel but refused.

Debbie

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 21 May 2005 23:27:21 -0400, "Debbie" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>
>>> Thanks, Debbie! Interesting sites, and I like the story about Boldt
>>> Castle, too.
>>>
>>I live within 30 mins or so of this castle and have grown up with this
>>story.
>
> Would it were true. According to this site:
>
> http://www.1000-islands.com/inn/dressing.htm
>
> Chef Oscar just took credit for a dressing invented by rural souls, if
> this story is to believed.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
> AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
>
> "If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
> old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
> waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."
>
> -- Duncan Hines
>
> To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"