Salad dressing is made in a jam jar and then he salad is dressed before hitting the table. Sometimes I make the dressing at the bottom of the salad bowl. I may not understand the question.

For everyday we only use one dressing - my mother's vinaigrette recipe - and for that I use an old glass Good Seasons cruet. And in any event I always dress the salad in the bowl right before serving so there's no need to have anything on the table.

The few times I served salad that needed to be dressed at a formal setting, I used a silver sauce boat (smaller gravy boat) with a silver ladle.

Informal, a glass bottle from Good Seasons.

Now that you made me rethink it, because I can see if formal, it would most likely be dressed already.

I guess I am just thinking about informal dinners...like buffet-style. I know, just in my small immediate family, DH and DS like ranch, and I like Blue Cheese. We do like other dressings also, but those are the main ones I make most of the time.

I remove labels and save a couple glass salad dressing bottles to keep on hand for such purposes.

I use swing top bottles, available on Amazon. You can add a label indicating the type of dressing. My favorite swing top bottles are actually from the Aldi french sparking lemonade. These are great for a larger party. They are embossed "Geyer Freres, Maison Fonde en 1895".

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I use these:

I always have homemade ranch dressing on hand for DH - it's all he will eat on salad. I store it in this glass container and it goes on the table (or buffet if we are having a casual dinner with more people) with a spoon and whatever other dressings I offer.

Generally speaking, we're a step up from the Clampetts. Jar came from the dollar store.

I use the Good Seasons glass one, but recently discovered a terrific OXO one. It is a hard plastic, granted, not glass, but it has more capacity than the GS one, and has a dandy stopper that swivels to pour the dressing. I really like it! It unscrews into two parts for easy cleaning, too. I love OXO products. I got it on A***Z.

DLM, that's funny! "Generally speaking, "we're a step up from the Clampetts." That is us most of the time! I like the wide mouth and lid on the dollar store jar-for thicker dressings-I will look for it! Just what I was looking for, for those dressings- Thanks!

And, I will look for the other bottles for those of you who posted, with smaller necks for the oil and vinegar types and for those other times when it's called for...Thanks Ya'll!

For years I had the Good Seasons glass bottle with plastic lid, but at some point, the lid went missing. For a while I just used a glass jar with screw top lid, but don't like the mess of having to remove the lid after shaking up my dressing before use. Last year I bought this Oxo one and really like it - no mess!

Oxo Large Salad Dressing Bottle

Edit to add that it sounds like Roxanna and I have the same one.

For me, the problem with cruets is they often leak when you have to shake up the dressings, But mine are all crystal with no rubber stopper so maybe that helps. I mix and store in mason type jelly jars and always dress the salads in the kitchen. But no one I entertain requires a different style dressing. With a family of baried tastes, I would use glass bottles like others have posted.

I gave some glass bottles simular to what Carol shared. For the two of us I prefer smallish rubbermaid containers. The lids stay put. No formal parties here 😅

the one i have does not leak if you hold down the stopper as you shake it; even so i shake it over the sink. I also have small glass pitchers for creamy dressings. I *also* have the oxo one, which is very good. Here in Maine, i use a small mayo jar LOL

I use a mason jar for dressings, and I dress salads prior to serving them.

I use this one from Norpro -- definitely not appropriate for a dinner party but it works for me.

The one DLM pictured is the Luminarc Working Glass. It's been around for years.

Mine is packed but looks close to this only the bottles are a bit larger. You can find a cruet set up that holds three or four bottles if you have a large selection .

Like porknham, I usually use a mason style jar (the small size). Our favourite jam comes in them, so we always have loads of them floating around. They hold enough dressing for two or three large salads and have measurement marks on the side (and never, ever leak).

I used to use this Tupperware shaker but it takes up more real estate in the fridge and I prefer a glass container. I still use it for Caesar dressing and popover batter, but it doesn't get the use it once did.

Well, I may be a step down from the Clampetts! I only make ranch dressing from scratch and what I make it in is a leftover 16 oz sour cream container, I snip out a slot on the lid and just leave the spoon in the container. My Ranch dressing is half and half sour cream and mayo so it's thick. :)

Love the Clampetts for the baseline comparisons!

Another here with the Good Seasons Cruet. I used to have 3, gave one away and then of course the plastic top on one became "challenged". So I have 2 glass bases and one plastic top.

I pretty much only make Good Seasons.

GF gave me this Oxo thing..works very well. The little green top pivots back to pour and seals tightly when shut so you can shake it well. Big green ring unscrews for easy washing. Markings help with making dressing. And I've used for casual company...I have fun watching them figure out how it works!

I use the same OXO container that Annie shared above. Seals well enough to shake but still pours well, even with garlic and herbs inside the dressing. I use it fairly regularly. I don't do anything very formal ever, but when I do entertain, I think I've mostly dressed the salad before putting it on the table.

I have a container that emulsifies from Williams Sonoma. It's old and rather difficult to clean, but the built-in emulsifying thing is useful.

I typically use an old sippy cup from when my kids were babies. It's odd but sentimental. I usually only make a fresh batch for a given meal, but any leftovers would be stored in a mason jar. I dress salads before serving.

We also use the OXO dressing bottle shared by @4kids4us for every day. We love it! My brother even requested one. Can shake without spills and easy to clean. We do have nice pretty glass bottles for fancier occasions.