Celebrate #NationalRanchDressingDay by learning some pretty cool facts. As a purist and HUGE Ranch lover it was so crazy to learn how my favorite condiment came to be! What is your favorite dipping sauce?

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The Ranch Dressing Facts

• Ranch was created by a plumber, Steve Henson and his wife, Gayle. In 1954, they purchased a ranch right above Santa Barbara, California and named it Hidden Valley Ranch. They opened a steakhouse there that became popular for its salad dressing.
• The dressing became so popular that by the late 1950s, they began selling the dry ingredients in envelopes, so customers could make it at home. Boom! Ranch packets were born.
• By the 1970s, it spread to the Midwest but, it didn’t go nationwide until Doritos introduced Cool Ranch Doritos in 1986.
• The shelf-stable pre-made dressing didn’t hit shelves until 1983, but that’s not too important because we all know that stuff does NOT taste as good as the dry packet. In fact, some, myself included, might even think it tastes bad.
• Ranch dressing made a Simpsons episode. This means everything.
• Today, ranch is most popular in the mid-west. (I could have guessed that)
• There is an Association of Dressing and Sauces. No kidding.
• In a lot of European markets, ranch dressing is called “American dressing” and Cool Ranch is called “Cool American”.
• The brand was sold to Clorox in 1972 for $8 million. In 2017 the brand made over $450 million.
• The first restaurant to serve the dressing, outside of the ranch steakhouse, Cold Spring Tavern, opened in 1868 and is still open today.

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