When I am hungry for a salad, I break open a head of iceberg and start shredding it by hand, thinking of what dressing I will use to complement the cold crunch unique to iceberg lettuce. In fact, I am more concerned about the dressing than the lettuce. Vinegar is the key ingredient for me, but most dressings from the store are heavily oiled. I’m not in to that. I want a sharp vinegar taste..
Unsatisfied with store-bought dressing for years, I’ve taken to making my own oil and vinegar combinations. I have always wanted to add vinegar and oil to a spray bottle but haven’t gotten around to it. The idea seemed so good, but I never did anything about it.
Last week, while shopping for some dressing, Wishbone stood out on the shelf with a spray bottle! Perfect! It figures that an idea that made sense to me came out on the shelf of the supermarket. Someone else shared the same thought and had the means to mass produce it. Wishbone’s salad spritzers may be that dressing for which I’ve searched for years.
I bought two flavors: Balsamic Breeze, a balsamic vinagrette, and French Flair, a french vinagrette. I was excited. My hopes were high.
I sprayed a salad and found the flavor favorable for the most part; however, because I am such a vinegar hound, I wasn’t satisfied with the amount of vinegar flavor so I had to add a capful of apple cider vinegar from my shelf. The spritzer idea is great, but I’m not sure I have found the perfect dressing yet.
The Wishbone Spritzer is great for economy of sprays. I can spray my salad bite-by-bite, which is a recommended way to enjoy salads for dieters. When Weight Watchers first suggested such a technique years ago, I laughed at the prospect of just dipping individual forkfuls of lettuce in dressing because half the forkful would fall off into the dressing bowl. Wishbone’s spritzer fixed that problem by allowing me to spray small amounts on the forkful without knocking any off the fork. I can spray as little or as much as I wish.
Already unsatisfied with the amount of vinegar per spray, I’ve doctored the mixture by pouring in a lot of vinegar myself. It helps, but I still have to pump the sprayer seven or eight times to acquire the amount I desire on my salad. Amount seems to still be an issue.
Gluttons like me may never be satisfied with store-bought dressings, even with sprayers; however, the overall concept of a vinegar and oil sprayer is fantastic, and I am glad Wishbone broke into the dressing market with a spritzer. Other companies will follow suit soon enough, and competition usually brings out greater versions that taste better than their predecessors.
For me, I will just have to continue making my own heavily-vinegared dressing. But, now, I have the empty Wishbone bottle to use as my permanent sprayer. As far as I am concerned, I am set. For Wishbone, they’ve had a great idea. For other salad lovers like me, we can look forward to innovative changes in the little corner of the world of dressings! Regardless of my unattainable desires, Wishbone Salad Spritzers are a great new addition to store-bought dressings.
