Salad cream

Salad cream is a creamy, yellow condiment similar to mayonnaise. It is most popular in the United Kingdom, where it is used primarily as a salad dressing, but is also used as a sandwich spread.

History

Salad cream has been a traditional English salad dressing since the 18th century.

Brands

In the United Kingdom the H. J. Heinz Company remains the primary producer of salad cream, although it is also produced by other companies and numerous supermarkets under their own brand labels.

In the United States, salad cream until recently was generally unavailable (and unknown), however with the large population of United Kingdom expatriates, especially in the Northeast, it is becoming more common. Apart from the large number of ex-pat stores, major retail supermarket chains such as Maine based Hannaford and Massachusetts-based Stop and Shop are now selling Heinz salad cream as a regular item. Many supermarkets now sell a product both in national and store brands called salad dressing, which closely resembles salad cream.

In Canada, it is available in most Safeway supermarkets.

In popular culture

* In the episode of "Fawlty Towers" entitled "Gourmet Night" (first broadcast on BBC television 17th October 1975), a young guest demands salad cream to eat with his bread, and is disgusted with the idea of instead having to use the hotel's freshly-made mayonnaise, to the point of calling it puke. [ cite book| last = Cleese J & Booth C
first =
coauthor =
title = The Complete Fawlty Towers
year = 2001| publisher = De Capo Press
pages = 333 pages
id = ISBN 0306810727]
* In an episode of Red Dwarf, Kryten and Kochanski disagree on whether salad cream should be kept in the refrigerator or cupboard.
* In an episode of Hoonery, Zachary is disappointed when his new girlfriend admits she finds his salad cream "untenable."
* Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novel "Thief of Time" briefly discusses salad cream, including a footnote "If you live in a country where the [sandwich] tradition calls for mayonnaise, just don't ask. Just don't."

References

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External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A505784 "Salad Cream," from BBC h2g2 site]
* [http://www.greenchronicle.com/connies_cornish_kitchen/cornish_salad_cream.htm "Cornish Salad Cream Recipe" - The Green Chronicle; A forerunner to the modern salad cream]
* [http://www.heinz.co.uk/products/Heinz_Salad_Cream.aspx Heinz Salad Cream (official site)]