Today's Case:
Woolworth Salad Dressing
Re: Woolworth Salad Dressing
From: Roy
To: Phaedrus
Date:
5/3/2024, 9:09 AM
On 5/2/2024 4:12 PM, Roy wrote:
I looked at your Woolworth's Tuna Salad, and it says "Salad Dressing",
did Woolworths use Miracle Whip or did they make their own?
is there a recipe for their salad dressing? I went to Woolworths with
my Mom and two brothers in the 50's, and always got the Tuna Salad
and have been trying to replicate it for years, I'm not quite sure I even
know what it tastes like anymore, but I loved it then.
Thanx
Roy
Hello Roy,
Sorry, I have no idea whether they made their own "salad dressing" of if they used a commercial "salad dressing" such as "Miracle Whip". There is no "salad dressing" recipe in the partial collection of Woolworth's recipes that I have. The recipes that call for "salad dressing" just say "salad dressing" and the ones that call for "mayonnaise" just say "mayonnaise."
As the note that I posted with the tuna salad recipe suggested, try making it both ways, with salad dressing and with mayonnaise, and see which tastes right to you. I just said "Miracle Whip" because it's the best-known commercial "salad dressing" product these days. If it had been about "mayonnaise," I would have said "Hellman's" for the same reason.
I had an aunt who took me to the Woolworth's Lunch Counter for lunch often in the 1950s. I always got either the tuna salad sandwich or the chicken salad sandwich.
Phaed
