[Sca-cooks] Tin Foil and "Salad Cream"

[Elise Fleming]

Greetings!  A comment and a question...  Bear mentioned the use of tin foil
prior to aluminum foil.  I inherited a 9.5 lb ball of wadded/compressed
tinfoil when my parents died.  I have no idea of what to do with it other
than to leave it on the display stand where they kept it.  Someone had a
lot of time on his/her hands to wad up all that tin!

Question:  Exactly what is "salad cream"?  I found the reference in Terry
Pratchett's _Thief of Time_ so it exists in the UK.  A character in the
book asks "What, what, what is this nonsense of 'salad cream'?"  The
footnote says "If you live in a country where the tradition calls for
mayonnaise, just don't ask.  Just don't."  Okay, so I couldn't resist
asking.  It must be a British substitution for mayo.  Is it like American
salad dressing?  Is it yukky?  And, should I look up this taste treat when
I go to England next spring???

Alys Katharine