Clever. I had forgotten the origin of the name. I checked it out:
The dressing's name comes from the Thousand Islands region, along the upper St. Lawrence River between the United States and Canada.[6] Within that region, one common version of the dressing's origin says that a fishing guide's wife, Sophia LaLonde, made the condiment as part of her husband George's shore dinner.[7] Often in this version, actress May Irwin requested the recipe after enjoying it.[8] Irwin, in turn, gave it to another. In another version of the story, George Boldt, who summered in the Thousand Islands, built Boldt Castle between 1900 and 1904, and was proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, instructed the hotel's maître d'hôtel, Oscar Tschirky, to put the dressing on the menu in 1894 after he forgot dressing on salads and improvised with ingredients on hand at the time.[7][9] According to a 1959 National Geographic article, "Thousand Island Dressing was reportedly developed by Boldt's chef."[10] Despite claims that he was involved in the introduction of the salad dressing at the Waldorf, Tschirky did not mention it in his cookbook published during that period.[11]
I laughed at Terry's meme, but Tony is right. That region has some fascinating history and is stunningly beautiful. I've been there in a boat several times. It is astonishingly easy to get lost among those tiny islands. Boldt Castle is intriguing.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
