Joe Cilinceon wrote:
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> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> > "George" > wrote
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> >> The interesting part is that "Italian dressing" is purely a US invention.
> >> "Italian dressing" is not to be found in Italy (or any real Italian
> >> restaurant).
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> > And Russian dressing has nothing to do with Russia. Etc.
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> What 1000 Islands are they talking about?

These ones (there are actually 1,865 islands):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Islands

I've been told that they don't have "French dressing"
in France, but that's not true. It is the most popular
salad dressing in France. They just don't call it
"French dressing".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_dressing