Hi Midwest! Do you actually put ranch dressing on everything?

3 years ago by PixelPassport to c/askmidwest

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

Nemo 33 points 3 years ago

Everything? No.

Anything? Yes.

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pelotron 5 points 3 years ago

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

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HomesliceAbe 11 points 3 years 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.

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aberrate_junior_beatnik 7 points 3 years ago

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.

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Guthix 7 points 3 years ago
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somedaysoon 3 points 3 years ago

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

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Candelestine 6 points 3 years 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.

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colebrodine 5 points 3 years 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. :)

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PixelPassport 2 points 3 years 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?

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colebrodine 3 points 3 years 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. πŸ˜‹

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MrMamiya 5 points 3 years 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.

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jecxjo 5 points 3 years 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...

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Ascrod 4 points 3 years 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.

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Eufalconimorph -2 points 3 years 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.

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Ascrod 1 point 3 years ago

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

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EssentialCoffee 1 point 3 years ago

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

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Banzai51 4 points 3 years ago

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

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Sshaggy 4 points 3 years ago

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

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PixelPassport 4 points 3 years ago

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

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nocturne213 2 points 3 years 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.

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Sshaggy 2 points 3 years ago

Had friends in school like that.

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Doug 3 points 3 years 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

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argentcorvid 3 points 3 years ago

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

The bottled stuff from the store sucks.

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PixelPassport 2 points 3 years ago

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

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Neuropotpie 3 points 3 years 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.

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PixelPassport 2 points 3 years 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.

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pelotron 3 points 3 years ago

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

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jayrodtheoldbod 3 points 3 years 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.

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Ejh3k 2 points 3 years 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.

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colebrodine 3 points 3 years ago

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

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Ejh3k 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah, I can see that.

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EcksrayYangkeyZooloo 2 points 3 years ago

And is it good on tater tot hot dish?

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EssentialCoffee 2 points 3 years 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.

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Fylkir 2 points 3 years ago

Ranch is good on Chicken Nuggets.

Especially the Taco Bell Avocado Ranch

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captainlezbian 1 point 3 years ago

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

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colebrodine 2 points 3 years ago

Lettuce? Isn't that what cows eat?

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