[Sca-cooks] oil & vinegar dressings

[Alex Clark]

At 10:03 AM 3/17/2004 -0500, Phillipa wrote:
>Question:
>
>My cooking oils are kept on the pantry shelf.
>My vinegars are kept on the pantry shelf.
>
>Why do store-bought vinaigrettes have to be refrigerated?

One possible reason that occurs to me is that exposure to air and exposure 
to various kinds of solids both tend to make oil rancid.

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Alex Clark/Henry of Maldon