# What's your salad dressing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837 "2015-12-19T05:58:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/1 "2015-12-19T05:58:12Z")
You’ve been served a salad. You have a choice of dressings. Which one do you choose? (Rather than try to list every possibility, I’ve lumped them into broad categories.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/2 "2015-12-19T06:00:19Z")
My choice is Green Goddess but I didn’t figure it would be popular enough to justify its own category. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/3 "2015-12-19T06:07:01Z")
I make ranch at home and use that. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/4 "2015-12-19T06:08:23Z")
Creamy Garlic. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/5 "2015-12-19T06:59:29Z")
At home, I use Fat Free Catalina dressing. When out, I’ll choose from what’s available, but I rarely choose French dressing because it just isn’t the same as Catalina. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/6 "2015-12-19T07:41:21Z")
I did a poll among my friends at one point and the result was overwhelmingly Thousand Island with Ranch a distant second. I was very disheartened at that news. my favorites are Balsamic Vinaigrette and Amy’s brand Goddess dressing. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/7 "2015-12-19T07:56:52Z")
I’m not fond of blue cheese, any of the others would be fine with me, but my go to is Russian. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/8 "2015-12-19T10:01:42Z")
Balsamic vinegar, olive oil and freshly-ground black pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/9 "2015-12-19T10:19:30Z")
I prefer Italian, or even just oil and vinegar, but will use something else maybe 1/4 of the time. French or blue cheese are my following favorites. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/10 "2015-12-19T12:18:18Z")
I could really go for a Reuben. But that’s not an option, so – Thousand Island. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/11 "2015-12-19T12:48:51Z")
House. I’ve never been disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/12 "2015-12-19T13:23:14Z")
There are several, but Thousand Island/Russian is my go to. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/13 "2015-12-19T14:05:59Z")
I can’t choose because I like most of them equally well. My choice is dependent on accompanying entree and my mood. If I had to pick a least favorite dressing…maybe honey mustard. But, I’m hesitant to single it out because I do like it once in a while, in a pinch…and I don’t want to hurt honey mustard’s feelings. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/14 "2015-12-19T14:08:59Z")
I’m with Tibby – depends on what is in the salad and what else (if anything) I’m eating with the salad. Sometimes I want the extra fat from a bleu cheese dressing, and sometimes not. I love REAL bleu cheese. Also a good balsamic vinagarette. Ranch in a pinch. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/15 "2015-12-19T14:49:41Z")
I usually get a Caesar salad when it’s available, but several of the other choices are also possibilities, depending on my mood at the time. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/16 "2015-12-19T15:08:07Z")
Queso azul ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/17 "2015-12-19T15:09:43Z")
I use some form of vinaigrette pretty much exclusively. I like the classic French vinaigrette, with Dijon, vinegar, olive oil, shallot, salt, pepper. I’ll take Italian if something simpler is not available (I don’t like the generic “Italian herbs & spices” in Italian salad dressing.) Beyond that, the only other one I might have is blue cheese if I’m having a wedge salad or something. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/18 "2015-12-19T15:17:17Z")
Diet anything. Especially thousand island ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/19 "2015-12-19T15:43:45Z")
Entirely depends on the restaurant. Most places the choice is Thousand Island. High-end steakhouse the choice is Blue Cheese. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837/20 "2015-12-19T15:44:36Z")
On the rare occasions I eat salad, I don’t put any type of dressing on them. For the most part I don’t understand people’s desire to put wet stuff on their food or put their food in wet stuff, so I don’t eat chips with dip or salsa, use steak sauce, or dip chicken nuggets/tenders in sauces either. Pretty much the only exceptions I make to this is nachos and Chinese style chicken fingers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-salad-dressing/740837.md?page=2)