|
Grand Fromage posted:Get the sopping wet sandwich and report back please No sloppy sandwiches guys, please. I mean it.
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 03:03
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 20, 2024 12:59 |
|
|
Sloppy Sando Sunday you say? I think that can happen 
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 03:15
|
|
|
ranch powder is legit, makes great cheese balls.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 03:41
|
|
|
that reminds me of my favorite article of all time
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 04:06
|
|
|
Elviscat posted:One of my fellow American shipmates asking for ranch with their pizza at this nice wood-fired joint in England, and the waitresses horrified reaction is one of the memories seared into my brain forever. A restaurant I managed in college which was a bit schizophrenic in the menu - it was ostensibly a BBQ joint, but had a classically trained chef who really wanted to expand beyond that. The food was good and we did a lot more than just BBQ, including some very good salads with house made dressings. This did not stop people from ordering ranch, which we didn't make, and the chef hated. After a few months of people constantly asking for ranch and being disappointed they could get it, the chef bought a case of bottles of Hidden Valley. But unlike our other dressings, he wouldn't send them out a ramekin of ranch - he'd send out the salad with the whole bottle, to shame the person for ordering the stuff. Want ranch? You get to suffer everyone else in the restaurant seeing the bottle on your table.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 04:45
|
|
|
Shooting Blanks posted:A restaurant I managed in college which was a bit schizophrenic in the menu - it was ostensibly a BBQ joint, but had a classically trained chef who really wanted to expand beyond that. The food was good and we did a lot more than just BBQ, including some very good salads with house made dressings. This did not stop people from ordering ranch, which we didn't make, and the chef hated. After a few months of people constantly asking for ranch and being disappointed they could get it, the chef bought a case of bottles of Hidden Valley. But unlike our other dressings, he wouldn't send them out a ramekin of ranch - he'd send out the salad with the whole bottle, to shame the person for ordering the stuff. oh thanks, most places don't give enough! 
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 04:52
|
|
|
cash crab posted:that reminds me of my favorite article of all time oh my god I remember this, just insane
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 05:53
|
|
|
I could have eaten more than 32 of those in 14 hours.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 06:36
|
|
|
Captain Hygiene posted:
$2 for basically half a bottle of ranch feels like...a decent deal? If you can get it in a separate container I'm wondering if there's some sort of arbitrage/resale opportunity if OP wanted to go into freelance ranch dressing sales here.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 07:16
|
|
|
Captain Hygiene posted:
Doobie's dog house-rear end price scaling
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 07:19
|
|
|
more falafel please posted:Ranch is fine as a salad dressing, but yeah I'd pretty much always rather have bleu cheese. It makes a pretty good veggie dip too I guess. Any other use of it as a topping or condiment is disgusting. Of all food related Americanisms, bleu cheese is the one that really gets my piss boiling. I think it's because it neatly encapsulates two national stereotypes - ignorant Americans, and snobbish French. (There's shitloads of blue cheese from loads of different non-French countries and French people don't even say 'fromage bleu')
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 08:42
|
|
|
Jeeesus, that's a long-suppressed nightmare
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 08:59
|
|
|
In would probably despise myself even more than I usually would, but yes.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 08:59
|
|
|
I started buying the refrigerated "Dill Ranch" and it competes with the likewise refrigerated "Big Blue" in my rotation for dipping and chicken sandwiches Dill rules
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 14:50
|
|
|
Porfiriato posted:$2 for basically half a bottle of ranch feels like...a decent deal? If you can get it in a separate container I'm wondering if there's some sort of arbitrage/resale opportunity if OP wanted to go into freelance ranch dressing sales here. its almost certainly in a little cup. add-ons and ounces always means that sorry for spoilers
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 14:53
|
|
|
Doritos Cool Ranch used to be called Cool American in some European countries because Europeans have no concept of "ranch" as a sauce or a form of agriculture. 
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 15:38
|
|
|
They don't even taste like ranch to me so I'd be fine renaming them that, I feel like a cool American when I eat them anyway 
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 15:42
|
|
|
FreudianSlippers posted:Doritos Cool Ranch used to be called Cool American in some European countries because Europeans have no concept of "ranch" as a sauce or a form of agriculture. It's always been 'cool original' here because no knows what ranch is
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 15:46
|
|
|
It's from an obscure lowland area, I can't blame anyone for not knowing its origins
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 15:55
|
|
|
If it's made anywhere else than the Southwest USA, it's just "Sparkling American."
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 16:21
|
|
|
Ranch is kinda fascinating as the one bit of American culture that the rest of the world absolutely resists having permeate.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 16:34
|
|
|
Elviscat posted:Ranch is kinda fascinating as the one bit of American culture that the rest of the world absolutely resists having permeate. Because it is awful.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 16:35
|
|
|
Love to associate my product with the the wet sound of mud
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 17:04
|
|
|
Elviscat posted:Ranch is kinda fascinating as the one bit of American culture that the rest of the world absolutely resists having permeate. You can get ranch here but it just sits anonymously alongside 12 other salad dressing no ones buys because who'd eat a salad?
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 17:18
|
|
|
Freaquency posted:Love to associate my product with the the wet sound of mud Which my product happens to look and taste very similar to.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 17:20
|
|
|
Ranch is already divisive as gently caress within America itself. Good amount of people hate that it's been shoehorned into every possible place. Like goddamn, even pizza places have dipping cups of ranch dressing.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 17:38
|
|
|
It's variable too. Like if you get thousand island dressing it's probably going to taste the same everywhere. But the difference between fresh made ranch and the bottled stuff is enormous. The fresh made is actually good. It is bizarre how much ranch poo poo there is though.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 17:43
|
|
|
 quote:Cooking time: 15 mins. frying, 25 mins. baking
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 18:29
|
|
|
Schubalts posted:Ranch is already divisive as gently caress within America itself. Good amount of people hate that it's been shoehorned into every possible place. Like goddamn, even pizza places have dipping cups of ranch dressing. There's a pizza place in Portland with a legendarily grumpy owner who is extremely vocal about his hatred for two things: credit cards and ranch dressing. He finally caved and started accepting cards in the past decade but there are still signs in the place that proudly declare "RANCH-FREE SINCE '83"
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 19:16
|
|
|
This far, no further
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 19:30
|
|
|
This party sucks
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 20:05
|
|
|
I guess little meatloaf burgers are fine. I've never heard of raw potato as a binder, though, and that seems like a fair amount per burg. I wonder how noticeable it is.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 20:13
|
|
|
FreudianSlippers posted:Doritos Cool Ranch used to be called Cool American in some European countries because Europeans have no concept of "ranch" as a sauce or a form of agriculture. America's greatest feat/crime was convincing anyone else in the rest of the world that we were ever cool
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 20:46
|
|
|
Elviscat posted:Ranch is kinda fascinating as the one bit of American culture that the rest of the world absolutely resists having permeate. Root beer too. I had to host an "American food" themed party at the school I taught at in Beijing and had the bright idea of serving root beer floats. That was a nightmare until I figured out that HeySong Sarsaparilla is close enough. Though honestly in the last couple of years I haven't seen that brand much in Mainland China either, presumably because it's from Taiwan but I don't really know, could just be less popular than in the past.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 21:23
|
|
|
Ror posted:There's a pizza place in Portland with a legendarily grumpy owner who is extremely vocal about his hatred for two things: credit cards and ranch dressing. He finally caved and started accepting cards in the past decade but there are still signs in the place that proudly declare "RANCH-FREE SINCE '83" Uncritical support
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 21:29
|
|
|
stereobreadsticks posted:Root beer too. I had to host an "American food" themed party at the school I taught at in Beijing and had the bright idea of serving root beer floats. That was a nightmare until I figured out that HeySong Sarsaparilla is close enough. Though honestly in the last couple of years I haven't seen that brand much in Mainland China either, presumably because it's from Taiwan but I don't really know, could just be less popular than in the past. Don't worry, eventually root beer will be Federation-wide
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 21:30
|
|
|
Those are some sad burgers, mournful hamburgers.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 21:33
|
|
|
Ror posted:There's a pizza place in Portland with a legendarily grumpy owner who is extremely vocal about his hatred for two things: credit cards and ranch dressing. He finally caved and started accepting cards in the past decade but there are still signs in the place that proudly declare "RANCH-FREE SINCE '83" 
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 21:55
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 20, 2024 12:59 |
|
|
stereobreadsticks posted:Root beer too. I had to host an "American food" themed party at the school I taught at in Beijing and had the bright idea of serving root beer floats. That was a nightmare until I figured out that HeySong Sarsaparilla is close enough. Though honestly in the last couple of years I haven't seen that brand much in Mainland China either, presumably because it's from Taiwan but I don't really know, could just be less popular than in the past. I've had a whole thing lately of trying brands of root beer, and there's a lot of variance between them, especially once you get outside of the bigger companies, and it's very hard to know what any brand will be like before you drink it, since most of the flavorings will be in small enough amounts that it's not really required to specify in the ingredients. A lot of brands brag about their vanilla (Hank's goes pretty hard on that). Some brands like to use honey which gives a certain flavor like Sprecher or Bulldog. Some brands go pretty hard on licorice root, like Bundaberg. Sometimes there's acacia, Boylan likes to use birch. Abita root beer uses cinnamon, which makes it taste a bit like Coca Cola. Most of the flavors are pretty hard to adapt to at first, especially the licorice-based ones. There's also usually yucca or quillaja in there listed on ingredients, but that's more for foam than flavor. Sarsaparilla I think is somewhere in the same ballpark, but also I haven't had it much, and apparently one of its classical ingredients was sassafras, which is apparently now banned in the US, so I assume there's some weird chemical substitutes involved.
|
|
#
?
Jun 4, 2023 22:34
|
|