so what about thousand island?

Question

the dressing where does the name come from and why is it named that?

Answer 1

Thousand Island dressing (a variant of Russian dressing) has been cited in print since at least 1912, but there are multiple conflicting stories about its origins:

1. It was invented at Chicago's Blackstone Hotel in 1910.

2. Sophia LaLonde invented it in the first decades of the 20th century, substituting mayonnaise for the yogurt used in Russian dressing, and added pickle relish, chives and sometimes chopped, hard-boiled eggs. The dressing was popularized by one of her dinner guests, actress May Irwin, who gave the condiment its name, after LaLonde's home, the Thousand Islands region of upstate New York and Eastern Ontario.

3. The name refers to the multitude of small specks of pickle usually found in the dressing.

4. George Boldt, of Waldorf-Astoria Hotel fame, popularized it by instructing his maitre d'hotel, Oscar Tschirky, to put the dressing on the hotel's menu. Boldt had a home called Boldt Castle on one of the Thousand Islands.

Answer 2

The Legend of Thousand Island Dressing

The origin of 1000 Island Dressing is related to George Boldt, one-time owner of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York and of the Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia.
Legend has it that while cruising aboard his yacht amongst the 1000 Islands on the St. Lawrence River, as his steward prepared luncheon, he discovered that some of the ingredients normally used in his dressings were not available.

He prepared a dressing using a variety of ingredients which George Boldt found so pleasing that he decided to have it served in his hotels. It was called 1000 Island Dressing in honour of the beautiful area where it was first prepared. The steward was promoted to work at the Waldorf Astoria and subsequently rose to international fame as Oscar of the Waldorf.

The story of 1000 Island Dressing is inextricably associated with the romance of Boldt Castle the palatial Rhenish structure perched atop Heart Island in the 1000 Islands.

Answer 3

It got its name from the Thousand Islands area of upstate New York. The region is filled with about 1,800 islands and stretches along the St. Lawrence River to Lake Ontario.

The dressing was first created in 1912 by Sophia LaLonde of Clayton, N.Y., who served the dressing at dinner for guests of her husband, a popular fishing guide. One of the dinner guests was leading actress May Irwin. It was Irwin who christened the dressing with the Thousand Island name, and the dressing was served by Irwin's request at the Herald Hotel in Clayton. The actress also introduced the dressing to the wider world when she gave LaLonde's recipe to the owner of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Answer 4

Because it came from an island called thousand...its off of the coast of puerto rico.

Answer 5

Don't knowbut my aunt makes it herself...Ketchup, mayonaisse and relish.