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America's Melting Pot
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1946-1969 - United States cooks and food communities connected to salad dressings and creamy american classics.
Honey Mustard Dressing is a dressing with real American table personality: American restaurant salad and chicken tender sauce staple. It brings flavor from coast-to-coast American tables to cookouts, counters, lunch plates, potlucks, and weeknight suppers.
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Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
10 minutes
Cook time
0 minutes
Total time
10 minutes plus chilling
Servings
About 1 1/2 cups
Region
Midwestern supper-club, salad-bar, and church-supper kitchens
Era introduced
1946-1969
Introduced by
United States cooks and food communities connected to salad dressings and creamy american classics.
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Honey Mustard Dressing proves that the little things on the table can carry a lot of American character. American restaurant salad and chicken tender sauce staple. Across the country, recipes like this help define the meal: brightening sandwiches, dressing salads, crowning burgers, spooning over biscuits, or turning a simple spread into something people remember. It is practical, proud, and built for the kind of generous table where a sauce, jam, relish, pickle, dip, or dressing can steal the show.
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