This is a recipe normally known as Comeback Sauce. It is so named for it’s popularity as a dipping sauce for crumbed chicken, fish or other seafood. It originated in southern Mississippi, the recipe being credited to a Greek restaurant there.

I call it Special Sauce, as it’s one of those yummy special sauces that you can make all your own with a few tweaks.

It’s not quite Thousand Island Dressing, nor Seafood Sauce, but stands on it’s own. I love it with smoked salmon and avocado on shredded lettuce. My son-in-law goes through this stuff in days, so I have to make it regularly.

It’s simple to make, with ingredients most people would have in the pantry. I have added guar gum as it is a little runny. You could use gelatine or agar agar if you prefer. Whatever you choose as a thickener, dissolve it in a little liquid first. I have use the oil as a solution for the guar gum as it is notoriously difficult to mix without getting lumpy.