History:

It is named after Thousand Island region, located in the United States and Canada border. It is said that while staying in this very island the actress, May Irwin, took the recipe from a fisherman’s wife and taught it to the manager of Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Later, the hotel chef altered it a bit and used it in salad and dessert menu. The adventure of Thousand Island birth backs to the beginning of the century, but since the fifties, Thousand Island dressing could be found in almost all American and Canadian restaurants. Like its name, this sauce can entail various components such as lime, olive oil, mustard, vinegar, and tabasco. Nevertheless it normally consists of mayonnaise and ketchup. One of the characteristics of this dressing is that it is almost exclusively used with salads and sandwiches and it contains raw chopped vegetables like onion, pickles, and parsley.