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Spent some time in Michigan and they said it was a "Midwest thing".

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 35 points 1 year ago

Everything? No.

Anything? Yes.

[-] pelotron@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

I love this answer. Tip of the hat to you my friend.

[-] HomesliceAbe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Well, years ago Hidden Valley set up a hunt a la Willy Wonka style, but with only one golden ticket in one bottle of ranch, only sold to people living in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, the Dakotas, and participating stores in Nebraska and Missouri. The person who finds and comes forward with the golden ticket gets to learn the location of the Hidden Valley. We're always in a scramble to increase our own chances of finding that ticket, so we have to use it on everything we can get our hands on. Some say it was all a trick by the company, but the true believers like myself know it's out there waiting for it's winner.

[-] Guthix@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago

It's pretty good for dipping pizza and sweet potato fries in, but better with good house-made ranch and not hidden valley.

[-] somedaysoon@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Whenever I make frozen pizzas I drizzle ranch and Valentina hot sauce on top and it's so tasty.

[-] WalkingOnEggshells@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

I moved to the Midwest a few years ago and my friends keep hazing me with ranch. They mail gallons of ranch to my house, photoshop ranch my pictures, even give me ranch related clothing. All this because I said I didn’t like ranch on my pizza. The Midwest has a ranch obsession and it must be stopped!

[-] colebrodine@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Tell your friends to send it to my address instead.

I once dipped a chocolate chip cookie in ranch. This was a Mistake. To be fair, I was much younger. To be unfair, I was still much too old to excuse this.

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Asking the real questions.

It's more a self-deprecating stereotype than anything else. I like it on celery and broccoli. Not really on salad. Pizza sometimes if its trash.

[-] MrMamiya@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Ranch is for fried foods and salad and maybe wings if the bleu cheese sucks at the restaurant. There are people who go overboard though.

[-] Banzai51@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Use it occasionally as a salad dressing, but that's about it.

[-] jecxjo@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

It goes on salads, maybe dipping pizza and only on wings of they dont have blue cheese. Otherwise you're just ruining whatever you're eating.

Now a slice of cheese on apple pie...

[-] colebrodine@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

In Nebraska we have a hyper-localized salad dressing called Dorothy Lynch, so we are forced to split our time 50/50 between Dorothy and Ranch. :)

[-] PixelPassport@chat.maiion.com 2 points 1 year ago

That's interesting! It looks like it's similar to French dressing, I'll definitely have to try it. Do you ever make your own?

[-] colebrodine@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Never tried to duplicate Dorothy Lynch, although we've made homemade Ranch and French dressing before. I like to put a little Dorothy on my (American) tacos or dip my grilled cheese in it also. 😋

[-] Neuropotpie@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Don't think I've bought ranch in 15-20 years. Not a big fan huge fan of ketchup these days either. If I get a sauce at all it's usually honey mustard. Salad dressing I'm a bit across the board: Caesar, french, raspberry vinaigrette, just had a really good roasted sesame seed dressing.

Some ppl seem to like a sauce more than what they're putting it on. Don't think I've ever been that person.

[-] PixelPassport@chat.maiion.com 2 points 1 year ago

Some ppl seem to like a sauce more than what they're putting it on.

This is a very good way to describe it! Of the ones you listed I'd say honey mustard would be my first choice.

[-] Sshaggy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Michigander here. I see this all the time, but it is not my thing.

[-] PixelPassport@chat.maiion.com 4 points 1 year ago

I tried it on pizza and thought it was interesting but the people I worked with couldn't eat pizza without it.

[-] Sshaggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Had friends in school like that.

[-] nocturne213@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not from the Midwest, but i do love ranch. I only put it on my pizza bones (crusts) unless it is really bad pizza.

[-] Ascrod@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

It's great for dipping stuff like buffalo wings and pickle chips, but I definitely don't put it on everything. Not even pizza.

[-] Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 1 year ago

As a Buffalo resident, ranch on wings means they're not Buffalo wings. Buffalo wings are spicy chicken wings with blue cheese dressing. If they're not spicy, they're not Buffalo wings. If they're not chicken wings, they're not Buffalo wings. Same for the dressing.

[-] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Bleu cheese and ranch are both gross though. Wings need to be eaten straight up.

[-] Ascrod@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Some midwesterners are actually fans of bleu cheese. I'm afraid I cannot count myself among them.

[-] argentcorvid@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

Only if it's the stuff the restaurant makes from the powder with buttermilk/sour cream.

The bottled stuff from the store sucks.

[-] PixelPassport@chat.maiion.com 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think I've ever had it this way, I'll have to try making some

And is it good on tater tot hot dish?

[-] pelotron@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

My wife makes it herself and we almost always have a stock of it in the fridge.

[-] Doug@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

I started eating pizza dipped in ranch in elementary school which was not in the midwest.

I've found it works reasonably well on hot dogs, which should answer your question

[-] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

I think we kinda did until everyone started shaming the fuck out of us, now it's been while since I've seen anyone drown a thing in ranch.

[-] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I never liked ranch growing up and only now use it in very specific circumstances, so no. A lot of us think it's gross af.

[-] CatsGoMOW@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t. I never cared for it all that much.

[-] Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Ranch is good on Chicken Nuggets.

Especially the Taco Bell Avocado Ranch

[-] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I was really good friends with a girl from by StL, and she was the only person I knew who put ranch on everything. She also only drank mountain dew.

But ranch has a place. Mostly, but more uncommonly, on salads. I'll dip wings in it though.

But ranch on pizza is dumb people shit.

[-] colebrodine@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

If I'm putting ranch on a pizza, its because it is a VERY bad pizza. That's a desperation move.

[-] Ejh3k@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I can see that.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It’s used wherever ketchup might be. Also pizza and I hear some weirdos put it on lettuce

[-] colebrodine@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Lettuce? Isn't that what cows eat?

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