Ranch Dressing Is For People Who Don’t Like Food

[1srelluc]

Any food improved by the flavor of ranch is not a food I’d seek out.

It's the semen of condiments that low testosterone men enjoy.

 

[fncceo]

It was invented for people who don’t like salad.

And, for that, it’s up there with Penicillin, Fire, and The Internet.

 

[Dr.Destructo]

• Steve Henson, the creator of ranch dressing, was working as a plumber and cook in Alaska in the 1950s. The remote location and limited food options made meals repetitive and unappetizing.
  
  
• • Experimentation in the Kitchen:
    Henson experimented with different ingredients to create a flavorful dressing that would appeal to the construction workers. He combined buttermilk, mayonnaise, and a blend of herbs and spices to create what would become ranch dressing.
    
  • Popularity and Expansion:
    The dressing was a hit with the workers, who enjoyed it on everything from salads to meat. Henson and his wife later purchased a ranch in California, which they renamed Hidden Valley Ranch.
    
  • Commercialization:
    The dressing became so popular at their ranch that they began selling it in jars. In 1954, they partnered with Clorox to distribute the bottled dressing commercially.

 

[Dr.Destructo]

I'm old school.............I prefer ketchup as my main condement. Mainly because I just love anything tomatoes.

Mustard is my next choice for condement.

But I do use Ranch instead of Mayo on sandwiches. For some reason plain Mayo doesn't sit well with me, but if it's mixed into something else, I don't seem to have any issues, unless I eat too much.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Agree 100%.
But also for people who can't cook. Just slop on some ranch dressing.

 

[Oddball]

For me, there was only one place where ranch was better on their wings than BC, and that joint no longer exists...Otherwise, I agree: ranch is gawdawful.

At the joint where I used to bartend, customers slathered that white sludge over more things than ketchup.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

It was invented for people who don’t like salad.

And, for that, it’s up there with Penicillin, Fire, and The Internet.

I second what you say here about salad. I can't eat one without dressing and ranch is the only dressing that I eat.

God bless you always!!!

Holly (a girl who is allergic to Penicillin)

P.S. "Ranch dressing is for people who do not like food." I disagree. I love food and ranch both so much that I have been dieting again for the last year. I weighed in at 202 yesterday and before I started dieting again last year, I was as much as 265.

 

[Unkotare]

Some of the young folk dunk slices of pizza into ranch.

 

[Dr.Destructo]

Some of the young folk dunk slices of pizza into ranch.

I don't mind dipping the crust, but not the whole pizza.

 

[hjmick]

So what you're saying is, Ranch Dressing is the Miracle Whip of salad dressings...

The Primary Difference Between Mayonnaise and Miracle Whip - The Oatmeal

A comparison of two condiments.

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[Unkotare]

I don't mind dipping the crust, but not the whole pizza.

I mean head first, at least halfway up the slice. Shocks me every time.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

I don't mind dipping the crust, but not the whole pizza.

I dip my crust in garlic butter, although I don't care for the garlic butter from Little Ceasar's. It has a bad after taste.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[Stryder50]

When I was doing the single dad thing with my sons, one of our more favorite snacks (or meal sides), like after school, was dipping fresh broccoli florets (and peeled stalks) into a homemade Ranch dressing that used yogurt and/or sour cream to make it thick.

 

[Ava]

I don't dip my Greek Veggie pizza into anything. It would ruin the oven-baked flavor of the baked artichokes sitting all over the crust.

Now, I'm getting hungry, lol. Time to go to bed!!!

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I don't dip my Greek Veggie pizza into anything. It would ruin the oven-baked flavor of the baked artichokes sitting all over the crust.

Now, I'm getting hungry, lol. Time to go to bed!!!

Just sayin - a LOT of people here use dark mode, your dark purple type is pretty much unreadable.

 

[Dr.Destructo]

Just sayin - a LOT of people here use dark mode, your dark purple type is pretty much unreadable.

I usually have dark mode on everything, even at work.

But on here it doesn't seem to work too well, so I don't use it on here.

Just interesting you mentioned that.

 

[HaShev]

Only use ranch (the good stuff) for onion rings, it has almost no value for anything else except maybe on carrots or broccoli as a dip if there's no blue cheese.
Sounds like you are describing dollar store ranch dressing that's gooey -yuck.
When I was young my family always had miracle whip and I hated that stuff.
I ALWAYS used oil on hoagies, but Roastbeef or steak sandwich hoagies I use Mayo. As i got older, I started putting mayo on roastbeef hoagies because mustard only made sense on heated roastbeef on kaiser rolls sandwiches.
One bite of a Publix roastbeef hoagie with cheese that had mayo and I was hooked.
With cheese always used mustard as I never had the taste for mayo and cheese combined, but mustard doesn't go with lettuce onions tomatoes and oregano so most Hoagies I use oil.

 

[Dekster]

1. Miracle Whip is only good on turkey sammiches. Otherwise it is awful.

2. Ranch dressing is nasty. I much prefer bleu cheese if I am going creamy, but I really have no problem eating salad with no dressing or salt. Just a little black pepper from the grinder is tasty enough for me.