Textural Sensations, Flavor Explosions
CULINARY Salad-dressing New salad dressings, including Healthier dressing, Insight into how dressings Executive basics and new Mexican Caesar, Tex-Mex including lowfat can be marketed as Summary flavor combinations. ranch, fig tahini and more. and oil-free options. multipurpose products. Salad Dressings— Textural Sensations, Flavor Explosions BY WALTER ZUROMSKI, CEC, CCE Contributing Editor n culinary terms, salad dressings are considered marinades. In addition to their contributions of flavor, “cold sauces,” and the variety of cold sauces is as dressings take the sensory experience further, providing Ibroad as hot sauces—and, in some cases, they offer the delivery of sheen and cling with varying degrees more diversity of application than their hot counterparts. of mouth-coating, extending flavors to aid to the With a virtually endless repertoire of flavor components overall experience. and variations, dressings—whether acidic, tangy, savory or bold—play an important accenting role via flavor and Roots and modernization texture on appetizer, side or entrée salads. Salad dressings and similar sauces have been with us But dressings also accompany or accent hot or cold for centuries. Nearly 3,000 years ago, people in Asia used items like hors d’oeuvres and sandwiches, and serve as soy sauce, mixed with sesame oil and aromatic herbs, as a 48 Food Product Design July 2012 CULINARY topping on vegetables. The Babylonians, 2,000 years ago, OH, around 1920. By the mid 1950s, the second floor accented their salad greens with oil and vinegar. Mixtures of the building had become a veritable manufacturing of spices, oil and vinegar where popular on greens in facility for its salad dressings.
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