 Oil used on salads can be found in the 17th-century colony of New Netherland (later called New York, New Jersey and Delaware).A list of common items arriving on ships and their designated prices when appraising cargo included "a can of salad oil at 1.10 florins" and "an anker of wine vinegar at 16 florins".In a 1665 letter to the Director of New Netherland from the Island of Curaçao there is a request to send greens