Salad Days? Not for These Dressings

The phrase, “salad days,” is frequently used in articles about salad dressings. The term is probably meant to suggest the popularity of salad dressings—sales of which have been rising in recent years. According to the Association for Dressings and Sauces, Atlanta, Ga., supermarket salad dressing sales totaled $1.3 billion in 1998, up 3.3% from 1997, and sales of fresh cut salads increased 19% to $1.2 billion.

However, the term, although entertaining and imaginative, may be somewhat of a misnomer.…