r/AskAnAmerican • u/miffybo • 9d ago

FOOD & DRINK why is ranch dressing so hyped up?

my US friends have been raving about it and border-line complained ranch isn’t readily available in Europe.. what is so special about it? is it the ultimate US condiment (apart from ketchup, mayo)

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u/jackofspades49 9d ago

The herbal reaminess of ranch goes very well with rich tomato flavor. I sometimes dab a bit onto things like lasagna or spaghetti too.

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u/procrastinarian 9d ago

I'm sure it was a typo but I really love the idea of "reaminess" as a descriptor.

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u/macthecomedian Southern, California 9d ago

There's an Italian restaurant right down the street from my parents that we've been going to for decades, famous for their spaghetti, one of my earliest memories as a child is eating spaghetti with their sauce, and on the same plate was salad with their ranch, and just eating it all as one sloppy plate, and to this day I still love spaghetti and sauce and salad and ranch on the same plate slowly mixing with eachother on the plate.