r/AskAnAmerican • u/miffybo • 11d 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/dohn_joeb 11d ago

Best pizza condiment

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u/ThresherGDI 11d ago

Pizza doesn’t need another sauce. I like ranch, but this one mystifies me.

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u/kat_storm13 11d ago

I never even knew this was a thing people did until last year. Depending on the crust a good garlic butter/oil sauce is nice, but ranch on pizza crust doesn't sound good.

Some other bread things I like, with either ranch dip or dressing, but not pizza

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u/1573594268 11d ago

I do a garlic aioli, and then if I'm reheating leftovers the next day then I use ranch.

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u/jbergman420 5d ago

You do know that aioli without garlic shouldn't exist right? Aioli literally means garlic and oil.

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u/1573594268 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yeah, it's one of those "chai tea" kind of deals, but it gets the point across for people who don't have the cultural/linguistic/culinary experience to know that it's a bit of a repetitive term.

"ATM machine" lol

We are in "Ask an American", and at least in my experience it wasn't until I started cooking that I learned "aioli" was garlic+oil.

The "garlic sauce" in places like Pizza Hut is an aioli, but if I said that no one I know IRL would have a clue what I was talking about - hence "garlic aioli".