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Originally posted by Ashphalt

When I was growing up this was the basic Russian Dressing. Some people got fancy and put a little onion powder or such in it, too. If you added some green relish it was Thousand Island. You poured it on iceberg lettuce with hothouse tomatos. Can’t say that gave it any credibility in my book.

I’d noticed the similarity in some of the dressings discussed in the Reuben sandwich thread. I like a Thousand Island dressing on sandwiches sometimes, but won’t be adding the relish when I have it with seafood.