salad dressing originating in the 1940s and 1960s in the american state of nebraska currently produced by the tasty toppings company . the dressing which is also used as a dip and condiment in nebraska is a reddish orange and resembles french dressing but with the addition of celery seed and other flavorings . 1 2 history edit per legend the dressing was created by a woman of the same name who with her husband ran a restaurant at the legion club in saint paul nebraska in the 1940s . as the popularity of her homemade dressing grew among patrons they began to bring in bottles and jars from home asking them to be filled and she decided to commercialize her creation . 3 the dressing was patented in 1951 and in 1964 the brand and recipe were sold to gordon mac hull who established the brand s factory in columbus nebraska . 4 references edit dorothy lynch salad dressing . journalstar.com . 21 february 2014 . pop out the salad dressing bottle and celebrate nebraskans ; dorothy lynch is marking 50 years . omaha.com . bill schneider march 2008 . road trip a journey along route 6 . iuniverse . pp. 92 . isbn 978 0 595 48123 1 . decades later dorothy lynch still a nebraska favorite . columbus telegram . 11 may 2014 . external links edit official website food portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dorothy lynch & oldid 732139793 categories salad dressingscompanies established in 19641964 in nebraskacompanies based in platte county nebraska navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 july 2016 at 22 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view