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Foraging In The Fridge

This column was written by CBS News Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith.


If you're like me, then your refrigerator has things in it that probably predate the Stone Age.

I discovered this while searching for salad dressing.

Bottles of all shapes with wide-mouth necks hang on the inside plastic shelves of my fridge like grandstand fans at the ballpark.

They're like those cans of nails in the garage — the ones that you collect because you know you'll use them, but never do.

I have dressings with fancy names like Shallot Vinaigrette. Then there's Baltic … and that old standby: plain French

I wonder if they have American dressing in France. And what would they call it?

The problem, I guess, is that no matter how they try to sell, advertise and market it, bottled dressing just isn't that exciting. And if we think it's dull, imagine how the salad feels.



Harry's daily commentary can be heard on manyCBS Radio News affiliates across the country.
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