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Ranch dressing

Ranch dressing is a savory, creamy American salad dressing usually made from buttermilk, salt, garlic, onion, black pepper, and herbs (commonly chives, parsley and dill), mixed into a sauce based on mayonnaise or another oil emulsion. Sour cream and yogurt are sometimes used in addition to, or as a substitute for, buttermilk and mayonnaise.

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Associated cuisine
American cuisine
Created by
Steve Henson
Invented
Early 1950s
Main ingredients
Mayonnaise · sour cream · buttermilk · salt · black pepper
Place of origin
Alaska, United States
Type
Salad dressing or dip

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Ranch dressing

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Triples56
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
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Ranch dressing

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related to Development · 16
Ranch dressing → Anchorage, Audrey Ovington, By, California, Cold Spring Tavern, Gayle, Henson, Henson's, Hidden Valley Ranch, Nebraska, Ranch, San Marcos Pass, Santa Barbara County, Steve Henson, Thayer, The
related to Commercialization · 12
Ranch dressing → Clorox, Colorado, General Foods, Henson, Hidden Valley Ranch, In, In October, Kraft Foods, Manufacturing, Nevada, San Jose, Sparks
related to Production · 11
Ranch dressing → As, Clorox, Hidden Valley Manufacturing Company, Illinois, In, Ken’s Foods, Kraft Foods, Nevada, Reno, Wheeling, Wish-Bone
Main ingredients · 10
Ranch dressing → black pepper, buttermilk, chives, dill, garlic, Mayonnaise, onion, parsley, salt, sour cream
Associated cuisine · 1
Ranch dressing → American cuisine
Created by · 1
Ranch dressing → Steve Henson
Invented · 1
Ranch dressing → Early 1950s
Place of origin · 1
Ranch dressing → Alaska, United States
Type · 1
Ranch dressing → Salad dressing or dip
is a · 1
Ranch dressing → savory

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ranch dressing hidden valley salad united states henson buttermilk also clorox mayonnaise style foods food pepper first used american trademark

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Ranch dressingAssociated cuisineAmerican cuisine1.00infobox
Ranch dressingCreated bySteve Henson1.00infobox
Ranch dressingInventedEarly 1950s1.00infobox
Ranch dressingMain ingredientsMayonnaise1.00infobox
Ranch dressingMain ingredientssour cream1.00infobox
Ranch dressingMain ingredientsbuttermilk1.00infobox
Ranch dressingMain ingredientssalt1.00infobox
Ranch dressingMain ingredientsblack pepper1.00infobox
Ranch dressingMain ingredientsgarlic1.00infobox
Ranch dressingMain ingredientsonion1.00infobox
Ranch dressingMain ingredientschives1.00infobox
Ranch dressingMain ingredientsparsley1.00infobox
Ranch dressingMain ingredientsdill1.00infobox
Ranch dressingPlace of originAlaska, United States1.00infobox
Ranch dressingTypeSalad dressing or dip1.00infobox
Ranch dressingis asavory0.90text

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