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Almost all salad dressings are based on a vinegrette -- an emulsion of an oil and and acid (typically but not always vinegar). Other ingredients make up most of the different diressings. For instance:

The basic vinegrette formula is to start with your acid (vinegar, citruses like lemon, etc.) and non-oily ingredients (salt, pepper, herbs, etc.) in a bowl, and gradually whisk in the oil quite slowly until an emulsion (the suspension of one liqiud in small globules within another; in this case oil suspended within water based acids). If you do this correctly, the two liquids appear to combine.

From basic vingrette comes:

Mayonaise (egg yolks added to thicken the emulsion -- they're part of the fat side of the water acid/fat equation).

Thousand Island Dressing -- to mayonaise add sweet gherkins and ketchup, or something similar.

Ranch Dressing -- to mayonaise, add sour cream, herbs, shallots/scallions, etc.

And so on...

In summary, nearly if not all salad dressings are based on a fat/water acid emulsion and grow from there.

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