I love ranch. I love ketchup. Usually when I am eating something with either one of these delish condiments/dresssing I smother said object in said sauce.
Lately, though, I must admit, I have been craving ranch dressing, and it has been usurping the foods that I would normally use ketchup on. Fries espeically. I don't know what it is, but I had a salad the other day and ever since I have just been craving ranch dressing.
That isn't to say that I don't go for ranch with my fries if I think I can get the resteraunt to give it to me for free.
Today I got a side salad and fried zuccini- double dose of ranch. I am a very happy kid at the moment.
I should also mention that it isn't just any ranch that I am craving. No. It is the higher quality stuff that doesn't taste like mayo. Instead it is creamy and smooth and oh so delicious.
And while I am on the subject I will expound on the whole "fried zuccini". I have never had fried zuccini before moving to California. And while I have been here I have had 3 different types. Johnny's, a locally owned resteraunt here in Riverside, has the best. It is crunchy and when smothered in ranch, it combines the best of two things. I am enjoying some right now as I speak...
While this whole craving ranch thing was going on (okay, it is still going on) I had the thought that Ranch and Ketchup are, I have heard, hard to get outside of the United States. It reminds me of Root Beer and how no one who isn't American actually like root beer.
Which makes me think what it says about our country that we are the only ones in the world to have root beer, ranch and good ketchup?
Don't forget Peanut Butter! That's really hard to found outside of the country.
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