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‘Please avoid chugging your ranch’: TSA forced to issue warning as foreign World Cup fans fall in love with American condiment (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (8 children)

You can make it yourself for a fraction of even the price of the packets.

Just made a small batch for wings. It's much better than anything store bought.

Hidden Valley Original Ranch Dressing Clone

1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup buttermilk (Greek yogurt works fine)
Dried Parsley Flakes
Ground Black Pepper
Msg (optional)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon onion powder
Dried Thyme

I like to add a touch of dried dill or dill seed also. Edit: also lemon juice or a touch of rice vinegar.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago (7 children)

One potential problem: I don’t know how it is in the rest of Europe, but in France basically all mayonnaise includes Dijon mustard, so you can’t just use it straight in an American recipe. I did usually see at least one brand labeled “American mayonnaise” that did not include mustard, but people would need to be aware of the difference.

I’d be curious to know if mayonnaise more or less always included mustard and it was for some reason stripped out of the recipe that made its way to the US (my guess would be the British having some role), or if mustard was a later addition to the French recipe after it had already crossed the Atlantic.

[–] Schrolli97@programming.dev 3 points 16 hours ago

As a German I don't think I've ever seen mustard in regular mayonnaise

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 3 points 16 hours ago

It's not universal across Europe, for sure, so I'd say this is A France problem.

Dutch, English, German mayo would be just fine. Can't speak to Spanish or Italian mayo. Farther east, blander it gets.

But the added buttermilk/yogurt really makes it a negligible issue overall.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 4 points 18 hours ago

Mustard is used as an easy "natural" emulsifier to keep things together, since the ingredients in mayo don't really want to be in that configuration and it is easy to "break" that mix.

The amounts needed to do so is very small though, and usually imperceptible at the scale of a whole jar of mayo. Definitely not something you'd notice in most cases.

But again, every brand is different. Some probably are more mustard forward for whatever reason.

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[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 18 hours ago

also, finally an article whose body is oniony!

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 19 hours ago

This definitely fits in NotTheFrenchOnion

[–] valar@lemmy.ca 16 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

Ranch is gross, I'm sorry

[–] cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Homemade ranch with fresh herbs, garlic, buttermilk and fish sauce is amazing.

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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

That's your opinion. It's wrong, but you are entitled to it.

Out of curiosity are you also one of the genetically-deficient that think cilantro tastes like soap?

[–] valar@lemmy.ca 3 points 18 hours ago

Nah I like cilantro!

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[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Ranch from a dressing bottle is gross. A home made ranch sauce is actually pretty good, basically like white sauce with more tang.

[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

Don't be sorry, it is gross.

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Fuck that, we put ranch through dialysis machines.

Fuckin’ chug your ranch, godspeed!

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wait until they find out ranch makes great lube.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Brings a whole new element to tossing a salad

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[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] drhorseturd@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

See you in the quad 🃏

[–] blicky_blank@lemmy.today 6 points 21 hours ago

They sell Ranch in Lidl

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Hope they’re not buying g the shelf stable bottles after falling in love at a restaurant. They will be sorely disappointed when they get home…

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

I might be crazy, but I feel like I am the only one who dislikes ranch. Its just so bland and always prefer blue cheese. I mostly only have it with wings anyway. There is a place by me that does mexican food and im pretty sure they give me ranch with this chicken appatizer, but its filled with dill and tastes great. If it was a variation of ranch then there is definetly hope for it! Just to bland on its own and cant figure out what all the rage is for it.

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[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

shit, it’s stressing

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