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

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

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    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!

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    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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    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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    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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    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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      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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        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. 😋

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    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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      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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    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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      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.