The Million Dollar Idea
Because I'm a HUGE lover of salads, especially smothered in bleu cheese, I have always
wondered what KIND of dressing Lucy was supposed to have made so well that everyone
thought was "the best salad dressing I've ever tasted!."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are only a limited number of salad dressings, particularly
in that era - French, Italian, thousand Island, and, of course, said bleu cheese. I don't
think ranch (which I find massively overrated) existed then.
When Ethel is pouring the dressing onto the salad, it clearly looks like some kind of
bleu cheese. Same thing when Lucy DRINKS it from the bottle. But when they're
making the dressing, the ingredients seem to be onions, salt, and oil. How would
THIS make a thick, white, creamy dressing??
Any thoughts on what this dressing was supposed to be like? I have learned in recent
years that Lucy was really drinking a milk shake out of the bottle. Which meant, of
course, she was eating lettuce with milk shake on it (YUCK!). Personally, I would rather
drink bleu cheese straight from the bottle, and have it on my salad for that scene!