Thousand Island

Pink salad topping

Thousand Island is a salad dressing made from mayonnaise, ketchup or chili sauce, and finely chopped pickles or relish, often with other ingredients like onion or hard-boiled egg.

The creamy, pinkish-orange dressing appears on salads and as a burger sauce: I'll have the Reuben with Thousand Island.

Named after the Thousand Islands region along the U.S.-Canada border.

Related

relish · secret sauce · pickles · Reuben · creamy · tangy · St. Lawrence · St. Lawrence River · New York · archipelago · cottage · boating · boat tour · fishing · kayak · Ontario · Canada · waterway

Opposites
salad dressing type

Thousand Islandvinaigrette

Oil-and-sour sauce

oil and vinegar · Italian dressing · lemon juice · balsamic reduction · olive oil

Family

thousand, island, thousands, thousandth, islands, islander, islanders

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G