Here
at Planet Ranch, we believe that ranch dressing is not just
a dressing; it's a dip, a food topping, a flavor enhancer, and a way of
life.
03/26/09 Sucks or Rules. In their
latest Podcast, the guys over at
Masters of None have decided to debate the merits of ranch dressing in
our society. It's pretty entertaining and certainly worth a
listen. I do think Mike could have done a better job of
defending ranch, I'm not sure his heart was really in it, but it was still a pretty good debate. Check it out here:
http://mastersofnone.podbean.com/2009/03/24/masters-of-none-episode-11-ranch-dressing-sucks-or-rules/
03/15/08 Updates. Lots of new updates
since I last posted. Hopefully I found all the Ranch Map submissions in my
email, I had a bunch to post and I think I got them all. We now have
data on ranch availability in England, Malaysia, Singapore and more! Check out the Ranch Map for
the up to date info on ranch availability around the world.
In the
Image Gallery
I have two new photos of ranch in Iraq, thanks to Gackman. He scored a
packet from the chow hall and photographed it in his body armor outside
his door there.
Check it out!
The
last bit of news, and the most exciting, my buddy neogeek got me this
great video of ranch dressing sitting ON the South Pole! He has a
friend that works in Antarctica and asked him to get me a picture.
Instead he sent back this video. Even better! For the whole story,
check out the Antarctica
section of the Ranch Map.
Here's the exclusive video:
04/24/07 Free Ranch! I've been getting
lots of free ranch lately thanks to the Hidden Valley Heroes contest. I
thought I was just going to get the initial package, but over the last
few weeks they've sent me more recipes, packets and even bottles of
ranch! How cool is that? The recipes look good, I need to try some of
them soon. Check out the Ranch
Collection section of the Image
Gallery for photos of all the cool stuff they've sent me.
Speaking
of the Image
Gallery. I've added a new album called Ranch
@ Work. The other day Sam, Guy and I went around the place we
work and photographed ALL of the ranch on site. Those of you that work
in 1-2 refrigerator offices may not think this is all that exciting,
but the place we work has 14 break rooms
with 24 refrigerators! We found that some
fridges had a lot of ranch, and some had very little to none. One
interesting thing we noticed is that the break rooms that had 2
refrigerators NEVER had ranch in the left refrigerator, only in the one
on the right. Isn't that bizarre? Anyway, check out what kind of ranch
people eat at my work here!
You
may have also noticed that the Ranch Fund has increased again. Check
out the Ranch Fund page
to see the details of the most recent donations.
04/19/07
Cindy wrote in with a ranch recommendation that I thought I should
share with everyone. She says that Ryan's Steakhouse Buffet has the
BEST ranch dressing she has ever tasted. I don't know of any of these
Buffets in my area, but if you live near one it is probably worth a
try. She also says, "They actually call it "house" dressing.
They will not tell me what is in it, just that it is made on the
premises". Thanks for the recommendation Cindy!
02/08/07
At work they had some avocado ranch dressing on the salad bar. I think
it was left over from a special the day before. I love avocados, and I
love ranch, so I had to try this. The dilemma was what to have it with.
My first thought was to have a quesadilla, but they only had small
tortillas, so that wasn't going to work. Instead I had the grill cook
make me a grilled cheese on sourdough with cheddar and grilled onions.
When I got the sandwich I opened it up and spread some of this avocado
ranch in the middle. It was AMAZING! The next time you feel like having
a grilled cheese, be sure to try this great combo.
02/05/07
I get a lot of people asking me about Gregg's Savory Ranch Dressing.
This is certainly the best bottled ranch
I've had. It's still not as good as making it fresh, but it's nice
because it comes in a huge container and it has to be kept refrigerated
at the store. It is fresher and it's missing the preservatives that
make other bottled ranch taste funny. The down side is that you can
only get it at Costco. I've not seen it anywhere
else and there is very little info about this product on the web. If
you've seen this anywhere else, let me
know!
