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Old-School Salad Dressings Hardly Anyone Remembers Anymore By Jay Wilson Nov. 8, 2025 12:19 pm EST

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It's easy to think of salads as pretty unchanging. After all, how susceptible can a bowl of greens be to evolving trends and taste? As it turns out, quite a lot. Like any other food, salads have changed significantly over the years, with both the ingredients and the dressings that accompany them shifting over time. Back in the day, vintage salads and their dressings would incorporate the flavors of the day, and often these weren't what you expected. They would also use ingredients you might not typically associate with "healthy" dishes — with dressings made with everything from canned tomato soup to limeade.

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